ROUND 6 / JUNE 9-11, 2023
MUGELLO CIRCUIT / TUSCANY, ITALY
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P94
Like Honda, the KTMs soon
realized the Ducatis couldn't
be touched on home soil, with
Marini, Alex Marquez and Zarco
eking clear of Binder and Miller
in the fight for third. After unsuc
-
cessfully attempting to outbrake
Marini
at San Donato on lap 12,
Marquez made the pass stick
at the same spot the following
time around. Yet a crash out at
Luco on lap 15 compounded a
second. But his nervous RC213V
provided a warning of its limita
-
tions early as the first lap, when
he
nearly tucked the front enter-
ing Scarperia. Like the previous
outing at
Le Mans, his front tire
cried enough when attempting
a cut-back on Marini at Bucine
on the sixth lap. His disbelieving
pose in the gravel—arms out,
head bowed—perfectly summed
up Honda's woes.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) and
Johann Zarco (Pramac Ducati)
into the mix, the pair pouncing
on Alex Marquez and hovering
over Miller's rear.
Soon it was clear Marc
Marquez was working minor
miracles just to stay among the
hoard of Ducatis. Once again, he
used a Ducati tow (this time it
was Bagnaia) to snatch a place
on the front row by qualifying
Jorge Martin got on the
podium in both races.
