As Quartararo walks through Montmero, Aleix gets confused and loses the podium.

A year later, the world champion Fabio Quartalaro It culminated in a break on the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit, which cut down a whimsical zipper that didn’t know how to tune it well. However, the Catalunya GP does not stop offering painful anecdotes. And this time, they have reached the local hero, Aleix Espargaro. He took a second chance when he made the wrong turn, and after starting to celebrate one lap, he saw the checkered flag confused with the number displayed on the clock tower of the circuit. The second was the fifth, and Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco, who are undergoing surgery on their right hand tomorrow, are on the podium.

good morning. It was just over 2 minutes left. At the end of the warm-up Aleix Espargaro crashed on turn five When teammate Maverick Viñales had a great time and had to skip the basic start rehearsal from 2pm, he began to lay the groundwork for his most desirable victory. This Sunday, the time ends in front of the 60,068 spectators who came to the circuit in Montmero. But it was more than a warning, and he took it very seriously. If he exaggerates, he can be left empty, it was a matter of thinking big.

Nakagami takes rinse and Bagnaia

On top of that, the start of the race was very bumpy. Fabio Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro made two spectacular starts, but Bagnaia wasn’t. Then, at the end of the Barcelona-Catalonia straight, the drama appeared in the form of classic multiple crashes. Nakagami and Rinse, who were accelerating in parallel on the outside, made a sharpener with Rinse, a Japanese who lost Honda due to a sudden brake, hit the rear wheel of Ducati of Pekko Bagnaia while sliding down the asphalt, and ended on the ground. rice field. A new zero for Italians who have just won Mugello and still can’t get on the title train.

Quartararo went straight and Jorge Martin overtook his friend Aleix Espargaro, making the life of the Aprilia rider even more difficult, losing two seconds on lap 6 and three seconds on lap 9. A poorly tuned zipper stole from him a year ago, but he not only gives back to the French, but also drives like Jorge Lorenzo and seems to be on the rails. I pulled it strongly to open the gap. Alex was able to overtake Martin by accelerating at the end of the straight on lap 10, but he was already 3 “5 behind the French.

Of the four spectacular 2022, only Fabio and Aleix remained standing and less explosive, but Tierney, the winner of three races this year, “solidarity” with two winners, Banyaia. It is also more regular because it remains on the ground. His own merit was yes, followed by a second zero on lap 6.

In the middle of the race, Aleix began copying “Diablo” lap times, which wasn’t enough if he wanted to win the crown at home. But he didn’t make any more difference, Quartararo stabilized the difference by more than four inches, and even the two Pramac Ducati jumped at him. With nine remaining, Martin overtook Espargaro again at the end of the straight. When Quartararo has already crossed another level on the Solo Getaway with the bar set to 5 inches.

Aleix connected with Martín in four, and again on turn one he overtook the man from Madrid. If he fails in Montmero, at least the second withdrawal is a great prize and the distance between them remains 13 points. Now he has released two Pramac Ducati and won the match against Zarco.

Alex is confused

But the pre-race lap, Aleix Espargaro, wasn’t the first to see a column on the circuit, not the Aprilia dashboard, but the checkered flag because of the 0 marking the last lap. Without showing, the race was believed to be over and he began to greet the public as he crossed the finish line, continuing to insist until he realized that Martin, Zarco, Mir and Marini were still at full throttle. He went from 2nd to 5th and eventually defeated Marini. He arrived in a desolate box, not wanting to talk to anyone. Today the four-year-old twins came to the box to comfort him, without understanding what his dad was crying, and even Carmelo Espereta. From 13 points he would have stayed at 22 now separating him.

Joan Mir broke Suzuki’s bad line that they did nothing but accumulate double zeros since the Hamamatsu brand’s horrifying announcement was made. If Rinse was involved in the first multiple crashes, Mir added Espargaro’s fourth courtesy and took 11th place in the race.

For the rest of the Spaniards, Maverick Viñales was in 7th place, Alex Marquez, better Honda, 10th place, starting last after the post in FP4 and unable to qualify. The last Pol Espargaro.