MotoGP: Bagnaia jumps Martin in MotoGP standings after race win in Austria
If you’re looking for a forthright MotoGP opinion, Aleix Espargaro is your man. And the veteran Spaniard had something he needed to get off his chest.
But his lack of presence at the sharp end on the same bike being ridden by the top three riders in the championship – Francesco Bagnaia, Martin and Bagnaia’s teammate Enea Bastianini – has been glaring and consistent with his recent past. His struggles in the early rounds in Qatar and Portugal made sense but, as the accident receded in his rear-view, lingered.against the four riders on the previous year’s bike – let alone the other four manufacturers – Morbidelli became an afterthought at best.
Just once – when he spent 14 of the 30 laps inside the top three in Germany – has Morbidelli been in podium contention on a machine that, by the end of the season, may well win 95 per cent of the Grands Prix raced, based on current form and momentum.
From second in 2020, he slid to 17th in ’21 as teammate Quartararo won the title – and 2022 was even worse after he laboured to 19th overall. Context, machinery and health notwithstanding, Miller’s record in that same period – three Grand Prix wins, 13 podiums, 106 laps in the lead out of 412 laps inside the top three – makes for stark comparison.
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