Max Biaggi Ends
Max Racing Team
F
our-time 250cc and two-time
WorldSBK Champion Max Bi-
aggi will wrap up his eponymous
Moto3 team at the end of the
season after splitting from team
manager Peter Oettl.
The team celebrated one of
the biggest moments in its history
last time out at Sepang, when
John McPhee went from fifth to
first to lead home Ayumu Sasaki
for a Max racing Team 1-2.
"A wonderful double, after a
very difficult period, in which it
was necessary to make painful
decisions," Biaggi said.
"Valencia will represent
the last race in Moto3 of
the Max Racing Team.
"I want to thank Steril-
garda Alimenti, which has
always supported me,
Husqvarna Motorcycles,
KTM and all those who, in
recent years, have contributed to
achieving these results.
"My passion is inexhaustible
and will always represent the
engine of new goals with which
to measure, already in 2023."
Biaggi has not revealed any
plans to continue managing a
team in 2023. The Max Racing
Team will be rebranded as Liqui
Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Moto3
for next season.
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That's all she
wrote for Biaggi's
Moto3 team,
which will close
its doors after the
Valenica finale.
"Anything Can Happen"—Lin Jarvis
T
he MotoGP World Champi-
onship will be decided this
weekend at Valencia in Spain,
and it will be a case of Yamaha
hoping for a miracle if Fabio
Quartararo is to close down
Pecco Bagnaia's 23-point cham-
pionship lead.
Bagnaia only needs to fin-
ish 14th or better if Quartararo
wins, and although the Ya-
maha crew knows it's a massive
mountain to climb, team man-
ager Lin Jarvis has taken solace
remembering the time he was
on the other side, when Valen-
tino Rossi went into the 2006
Valencia finale eight points up
on Nicky Hayden, only to crash
out with Hayden going on to
take the crown in the biggest
last-race points overturn
in history.
"We're still in the fight,"
said Jarvis to Crash.net.
"We should be happy
about that. You never
know, but we have to win
the race, which is not
easy, and our rivals will
have to have a sort of
setback, which is not the
ideal way to win either...
but in this sport anything
can happen.
"When we went to
Valencia in 2006 Valentino was
going to almost simply complete
a formality by winning the race
but the unthinkable happened,
Valentino crashed and Nicky
took the title. I know that Valen-
cia is a very difficult track, so
anything can happen."
The 2021 Valencia MotoGP
saw a win for Bagnaia on the fac-
tory Ducati with World Champion
Quartararo in fifth.
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Lin Jarvis is still
holding out hope
for a Valencia
miracle for
his man Fabio
Quartararo.
