MotoGP Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley. Mugello 2022
Qualification:
A surprise to some was pole sitter Fabio Di Giannantonio and fellow Italians Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini in P2 and P3. A front-row shut out for these home boys at the Italian Grand Prix.
The big pre-race news was that after Mugello, Marc Marquez is to take an extended break from MotoGP, for a fourth operation on his right arm, which has troubled him since the big crash. He is unable to race as he wants without full flexion in the arm and hopes this next surgery will be the solution, we wish him every success.
The Race:
It was a dynamic start to the race with Luca Marini leading the Italian trio on the first lap, Bezzecchi and Di Giannantonio following through. Soon Bezzecchi was in the lead, Marini second and DiGi third, and Fabio Quartararo in P4, chasing down the V4’s on the underpowered Yamaha Inline four, stunning.
Fifteen laps to go and both of the Suzuki riders Joan Mir and Alex Rins crashed out in separate own fault incidents. Back at the top and Pecco Bagnaia took Bezzecchi for the lead with Fabio Quartararo doing a sterling job in P3.
With Francesco Bagnaia and the Ducati in dominant form, this did not turn out to be an exciting race, however, Fabio Quartararo kept the front runner honest by being within 1.3 seconds throughout the race, using his skill and the turning ability of the Yamaha to stay in P2 lap after lap. So as it came to the last lap it was Bagnaia P1, Fabio P2 and now Aleix Espargaro P3, and that was how it finished. Fabio, as usual, squeezed everything out of the Yamaha he could, and P2 must have seemed like a win, as he wished once again, that his bike had enough power to stay with the Ducati on the straights.
The Results:
P1, Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo Team. P2, Fabio Quartararo, Monster Yamaha MotoGP. P3, Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing.
Author: Martin Northern
Founder of Bike Directory
