Only Rossi loses title at Ceste and emerges as leader

The seventh MotoGP world title will be decided at the Gran Premier de la Comunitato Valenciana in Ceste, with tickets for Sunday already “sold out” this Friday.But this Saturday, he will serve first in the weekend’s game. Pecco Bagnaia For those who only need to add 4 more points Jorge Martin We won the MotoGP title for the second consecutive year.

Reaching the final tournament with an advantage will give you a certain amount of authority to win the crown, but Bagnaia’s teacher Valentino Rossiin both 2006 and 2015, it was shown that even the greatest cannot promise happiness, losing the title despite coming in favorably.

There are titles distributed on Cheste in 2020. joan mille But in his case, it was the penultimate race of the campaign.

2006 Nicky Hayden

Valentino RossiAfter that, he had five premier class titles under his belt, and in the final race against Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) he had an eight-point advantage, giving him the advantage of taking the title with five consecutive podiums. I got off to a good start. Il Dottore took pole position but had to fight back from 7th place after a poor start, leaving Nicky in 2nd place. Then, on his return, he crashed on the fifth lap. He returned to racing, but never finished higher than 13th. In his third appearance, Hayden ended up winning the World Cup by five points.

2013 Marc Marquez

Newcomer Marc Marquez And already two-time champion Jorge Lorenzo arrived in Ceste with 13 points ahead of Cervera, who should have finished fourth. Lorenzo slowed the pace of the race in an attempt to get in the way of the drivers, but this inevitably made the rookie nervous and he eventually gave up, holding off Pedrosa and Marc Marquez for the win.

2015 Jorge Lorenzo

Valentino Rossi He returned to the final race with a 7-point advantage over Jorge Lorenzo, but he started in last place due to a sanction for unsportsmanlike conduct against Marc Marquez in the previous race at Sepang. It became. He moved up to 4th place, but his strength was lacking. Jorge Lorenzo defeated the Repsol Honda of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa to take the title by five points. Years later, Marc admitted that after what Lorenzo did to him at Sepang, he had no intention of overtaking Lorenzo and “giving” the title to Rossi.

2017 Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez arrived with a 21 point lead over Andrea Dovizioso. Victory is mandatory for Ducati riders, and 11th place was enough for Marc. Marc was always wearing the crown, but both Ducatis crashed, first Lorenzo and then Dovizioso, even though there were only six laps left. This appointment is still remembered as the “Mapping 8” sent to the Mallorca representative, but it served no purpose. Marc also had to save himself from a fall to take the win, but ended up finishing third.

2020 Joan Mille

First game ball joan mille It was Suzuki’s second race in Valencia in 2020, during the pandemic, and it was Suzuki’s first victory in 20 years. Joao was relying on himself in the penultimate event of the year and could lose up to 11 points compared to his two chasers, Quartararo and Rins. . The Frenchman fell, Rins fourth and Mir seventh, which was good enough.

2022 Francesco Bagnaia

After losing 91 points after the German Grand Prix but making an impressive comeback in the standings, Bagnaia served his second match ball in Cheste and arrived with a 23-point advantage. He did the right and necessary thing and finished ninth, with Frenchman Fabio Quartararo in fourth, but the result was good enough.

2023????????????

Pecco Bagnaia has two match ball options for both Saturday’s sprint and Sunday’s long race. He enters with a lead of 21 of his 37 points and has the most wins. Adding four points more than Martin is enough to be champion on Saturday.