10 keys to the 2022 MotoGP World Championship

1. The downfall of Fabio Quartararo in Holland.

The rain that brought the French driver to the ground early in the Assen race was ‘the beginning of the end’. Fabio came out of his two wins at Montmelo and Sachsenring. Building on a brilliant start, Fabio was able to lead the race and win despite a mechanical disadvantage. However, his strategy fell through after recording his second best time in practice in the Netherlands. Seeing Bagnaia flee, his anxiety overwhelmed him and he went to the ground and Aleix his Espargaro off the track. At Assen he not only added his 0 for the first time of the season, but was penalized for a long lap to complete in his next GP. After winning at Silverstone the previous season, the British circuit was one of his ‘safe podiums’ on his account for 2022, but he served a penalty – he ran second and fifth – he finished eighth. Since then, it was his only two times Quartararo returned to the podium.

2. 2022 Yamaha engine debacle.

In pre-season testing, Yamaha engineers found the 2022 engine unreliable. With no time to fix it and its evolution frozen in two years of the pandemic, it was forced to run in 2022 with a 2021 engine that was actually from 2020. The designed engine fought for the title until the final GP in 2022.

3. What’s wrong with the 2022 Ducati Desmosedici.

The Borgo Panigale brand has made a mistake in winter work on the 2021 bike, and the 2022 version is designed to make riders with previous year’s specs theoretically more competitive than riders with better materials. It wasn’t until Jerez, the sixth race of the year, that Ducati didn’t give Bagnaia a competitive bike.

4. Preseason.

The previous two keys were partly the result of preseason cuts. This included his three days on the new Mandalika circuit. Not only did the factory have to work without references, but it found the asphalt and weather conditions basically rendering those days useless. About the process of setting up the bike for the first GP.

5. Suzuki withdrawal.

The announcement after the 6th GP of his decision to withdraw from the world championship at the end of the season blew the Suzuki 2022 project. The news dropped like a bucket of cold water into the team’s ranks, automatically making them uncompetitive. Alex Rins’ double wins in Australia and Valencia at the end of the championship made the decision made in Japan even more confusing.

6. Marquez decision.

The championship began, but after eight GGPPs he announced he was retiring to undergo new surgery. was recovering effectively.

7. Bastianini effect.

More has been said about him than Pecco Bagnaia. For Pecco Bagnaia, Enea has been a veritable nightmare all season. On last year’s bike, Bastianini started off by winning his first three of his seven GPs. Bastianini then became vague when it came to accepting Ducati’s “recommendation” in favor of Bagnaia, leaving the head of the Italian brand desperate.

8. Existing Equality.

After the gradual withdrawal of the dominant MotoGP riders over the past decade and the forced withdrawal of Marc Márquez from the scene, parity within the category has reached its maximum. An equality that led to seven different drivers winning the race.

9. Aprilia’s slump.

In a great start to the season, the Noale Factory won its first MotoGP GP with Aleix Espargaro. They entered championship contention alongside the Catalan driver, but deflated completely in the final sprint of the season.

10. Prepayment.

The dynamic of ending their contracts for the next season as soon as the current season begins has left quite a few drivers in their own boxes whose brands cannot share their plans for the future… Pol Espargaro, Aleix・ Marquez, Raul Fernandez, Miguel Oliveira and others