all that counted would have
tied up the title one race earlier.
But explosively fast challenger
Jorge Martin was better at the
all-action sprints, and the points
he racked up there kept him in
contention to the very end.
It can hardly escape the at
-
tention that the biggest winners
were Ducati.
Factory
staff pretended that
they cared whether their own
rider Bagnaia won out over sat-
ellite rider Martin—who they had
rejected
for the factory team
in favor of the often-injured
Bastianini. But I don't believe
they really minded. Ducati won
I
t was an epic MotoGP season.
Double the number of races
led to more than double the
excitement (and more than
double the number of injuries);
while the new format kept the
title open until the last of a re-
cord 40 races over 20 rounds.
Mature,
considered Pecco
Bagnaia was better over full-
length races, and had they been
P120
CN II IN THE PADDOCK
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
IS MOTOGP'S
INTERREGNUM OVER?
Marc Marquez already looks at home
on the Ducati. Next year will be very
interesting.
PHOTO: GOLD & GOOSE
