2024 Round 16: Motul Grand Prix of Japan - Mobility Resort Motegi
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He was trying to prove something it looked like.
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The sprint needed a few drops of rain, and an extra lap, the excitement came too late. I thought Pedro was pushing too hard given the machinery disadvantage and lo and behold, his crash seemed inevitable. I'm sure he wants to win this season but beating the Ducatis is a challenge of the tallest order. Great races by the top 3, and Martín minimized damages with a wonderful start but lacked pace compared to the top group.
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I felt like Enea was riding as a wing man for Pecco. He took a big risk just to hold onto second which was interesting considering he in theory has no reason to since he is gone from Ducati.
I will say though that Pecco is not going to get away with this next year. I honestly don't see him beating Marc any longer. A few months ago I could see it, not so much now. He's been flagging as we come down the home stretch. Regardless of whether he wins or loses the championship, I don't have any full-fledged confidence in him to handle the pressure Marc will put on him. He doesn't respond well to being disrupted at all.
I think Pedro will learn, but this isn't as simple as Moto 3 or Moto 2 where he is facing stiff competition here. He's also going to need the bike to go with his talent which remains to be seen with KTM. I mean we all assume they will take a step forward next year, but I genuinely do wonder what if it goes in the other direction.
Martin with a very nice recovery ride. But he's going to have to ride perfectly tomorrow to try and stem the bleeding on the points table.
Marc looked very strong, pity about the provisional pole lap getting cancelled. Might have been a vastly different race had he been on pole.
Hoping the race tomorrow has some more fireworks than today.
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Bestia wasn't letting Marc stay in front. It was a nice pass back and he showed speed to stay away.
The front is very easy to lose with these crap Michelins and the aero. Disappointed to see Pedro dump it. He had speed but clearly pushing very hard.
The front is very easy to lose with these crap Michelins and the aero. Disappointed to see Pedro dump it. He had speed but clearly pushing very hard.
Whilst Bagnaia has been making too many unforced errors this year, I do think it will be an even fight next year. Right now Marquez is riding with nothing to lose while Bagnaia has to manage an extremely tight championship battle; and contribute to the development of next year’s bike as well.
It will be a bit more even next year when the stakes are the same for both.
Especially if Martin takes the #1 plate to Aprilia and Bagnaia doesn’t have to bother with defending a championship from round 1.
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I think it's easy to forget talent alone isn't enough to win at this level. So many more things to manage than simply just riding around the limit as Pedro is beginning to find out.
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He definitely proved something - just not what he intended.
He had the speed to win, just needed to win in a slower time. I hope he has learned this lesson for tomorrow.
Neither of them whined post race which is what you like to see.
Yes I think he needs to learn he can’t just ride away from everyone based on riding talent, particularly on a KTM riding against riders equipped with GP24s who were also prominent in the junior classes themselves.
It isn’t even like MM’s rookie year in 2013, tremendous though MM’s achievement was he did land on one of the only 4 bikes on the grid which could win a race back then.. Winning a race on a KTM this year would be remarkable, and I won’t even qualify that by saying winning a dry race,,he won’t beat both MM and Binder in the wet. He probably had the winning of this race sans the impetuosity though.
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