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I confess: I will watch the race and it will be the first I will watch this year only to see what can Marquez do.

The most important thing for Bagnaia and Aleix today is to get through after the crash from Fabio, it is not so important whether first or third, getting through is the most important thing. For us spectators there is nothing more exciting than when the first 3 in the world championship are very close together.
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The new provisional MotoGP calendar for next year has been published. Due to the reconstruction in Doha for Formula 1, the season starts in Portimáo, and still holds one or two surprises. Also there were some temporal changes of the individual Grand Prix.

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26. März: Portimão/Portugal
02. April: Termas de Río Hondo/Argentinien
16. April: Circuit of The Americas/USA
30. April: Jerez/Spanien
14. Mai: Le Mans/Frankreich
28. Mai: Aragón/Spanien
04. Juni: Mugello/Italien
18. Juni: Sachsenring/Deutschland
25. Juni: Assen/Niederlande
09. Juli: Sokol Circuit/Kasachstan (fraglich)
06. August: Silverstone/GB
20. August: Red Bull Ring/Österreich
03. September: Catalunya/Spanien
10. September: Misano/Italien
24. September: Sepang/Malaysia
01. Oktober: Motegi/Japan
09. Oktober: Phillip Island/Australien
22. Oktober: Buriram/Thailand
29. Oktober: Mandalika/Indonesien
12. November: Losail Circuit/Katar
19. November: Valencia/Spanien

https://www.speedweek.com/motogp/news/198319/MotoGP-Kalender-2023-mit-einigen-Ueberraschungen.html
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There are new rumours regarding Nyck de Vries and Pierre Gasly.

After being in talks with a couple of teams it looks like Nyck de Vries is close to sign for AlphaTauri now. He is expected to replace Gasly in this case which is even more interesting. Because I wasn't expecting Gasly to be out of Red Bull programme completely. I thought that he would fight for a seat at Red Bull again. In addition, Gasly is the biggest candidate to have the available seat at Alpine in case AlphaTauri announce Nyck de Vries officially. Honestly I would rather replace Tsunoda instead of Gasly. Because I don't think that he has a bigger talent than Gasly. Gasly has been more successful than him in this season also.
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Ducati is very fast this weekend, it seems the victory goes only through Ducati and Bagnaia, would be very important for Bagnaia and the championship if he can keep his form and at least finish on the podium tomorrow. For Fabio it will be difficult to get on the podium and also Aleix could make up points again. Will be an exciting race tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.
The front row has been controlled by Ducati for tomorrow through today's qualifying and another remarkable thing is Pecco Bagnaia who is pole position for tomorrow by breaking last year's speed record of himself by setting the fastest time of 1'46,069 seconds where last year's was 1 '46,322 seconds. And yes tomorrow is another day of victory for Ducati if the Ducati rider doesn't crash in tomorrow's race.
Ducati has been consistent on his previous performances. I hope that he could maintain the same speed or even exceed it for him to beat his own record. I could also smell a good victory for Ducati tomorrow. It will be another challenging day yet he already has an edge for sure. He deserves another win this time.
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Ducati is very fast this weekend, it seems the victory goes only through Ducati and Bagnaia, would be very important for Bagnaia and the championship if he can keep his form and at least finish on the podium tomorrow. For Fabio it will be difficult to get on the podium and also Aleix could make up points again. Will be an exciting race tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.
The front row has been controlled by Ducati for tomorrow through today's qualifying and another remarkable thing is Pecco Bagnaia who is pole position for tomorrow by breaking last year's speed record of himself by setting the fastest time of 1'46,069 seconds where last year's was 1 '46,322 seconds. And yes tomorrow is another day of victory for Ducati if the Ducati rider doesn't crash in tomorrow's race.
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Ducati is very fast this weekend, it seems the victory goes only through Ducati and Bagnaia, would be very important for Bagnaia and the championship if he can keep his form and at least finish on the podium tomorrow. For Fabio it will be difficult to get on the podium and also Aleix could make up points again. Will be an exciting race tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.

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Good to see him back after 3-month rest. He looks confident driving his Honda RC213V and able to save him from crashing on the last lap. He also looks crazy only left 0.3 seconds from Jorge Martin on the first day, this shows us he still has spirit and is not stiff on shift handle even long time on the track. So we don't have a surprise if have the podium next.
To get on the podium seems to be a bit difficult for Marc Marquez even though he really likes and masters the layout of the Aragon circuit, but considering he has just returned after being absent from racing for three months makes it a little difficult to get on the podium because this season no podium has been achieved by Marc Marquez.
And it will certainly be a great surprise if Marc Marquez is able to grab his first podium of the season at Aragon on Sunday.
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Yesterday I watched FP1 as well as FP2. And it was very visible after the FP2 session was over, Marc Marquez was caught by the camera while holding his shoulder when he wanted to start practice. Saturday FP3 and FP4 and qualifying will start for all the riders who will compete on Sunday, let's see how Marc Marquez is after that, whether he will get a good position or just complete the top ten for the starting position.
Good to see him back after 3-month rest. He looks confident driving his Honda RC213V and able to save him from crashing on the last lap. He also looks crazy only left 0.3 seconds from Jorge Martin on the first day, this shows us he still has spirit and is not stiff on shift handle even long time on the track. So we don't have a surprise if have the podium next.
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~snip~

And btw...  Verstappen is lined at 1.40 to win the next race.  Lmao.  The books are catching on.  Cheesy



This is the current situation for Verstappen and Leclerc.

Verstappen has a really low odd indeed after starting to win like in every race. I would rather bet on Leclerc and try my lucky with a 5.00 odd.  Grin  Hamilton's insane lap in Singapore GP qualifying session is like everywhere and it is really hard not to admire. I wonder if we will see even a better work by Verstappen with this very quick car. It's obvious that this GP is another easy one for Verstappen unless he has some problems with the car. It's too hard for Leclerc to keep up with him with his current car. But maybe he might have an opportunity somehow to benefit from this time. This would increase the competition level a little also as things have been really boring lately.
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It can be the final test for him, we already got rumors in the recent past about possible retirement.

It he have pain after this long break he can retire and end his carrier in Moto sprint.
Yesterday I watched FP1 as well as FP2. And it was very visible after the FP2 session was over, Marc Marquez was caught by the camera while holding his shoulder when he wanted to start practice. Saturday FP3 and FP4 and qualifying will start for all the riders who will compete on Sunday, let's see how Marc Marquez is after that, whether he will get a good position or just complete the top ten for the starting position.
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I don't remember the odds being so low to win a race like Verstappen has with 1.40
It seems to be the man to beat, but his winning streak will also come to an end. It also doesn't always have to be his own fault if he crashes or falls out. 1.40 seems very low to me, maybe you can bet on that Verstappen will not win the race. Lots of crazy things can happen. Meanwhile, Hamilton also has to wonder whether he still feels like continuing to race at Mercedes in this way.
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Good start for Marques, already in the top 10.

The next practice will start within the next hour. Very good news for him if he can end with no pain.



He was relatively close to the top, only 4/10 slower.
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^  But isn't De Vries really a Mercedes reserve driver who's allowed to work with other teams and where his services are wanted?  I'm not sure how drivers and teams work that out in F1.  If there are signed contracts behind these or do they have clauses behind them or if it's just an agreement between teams but the drivers are free to take a better gig if it's available.  Maybe coinlocket$ could enlighten us.

But yeah, the Williams team has recently given us a preview for another driver who could possibly racing for podiums one day.  

And btw...  Verstappen is lined at 1.40 to win the next race.  Lmao.  The books are catching on.  Cheesy
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For the Williams I think Nyck De Vries did pretty well for his first drive in a real F1 race.  I'm not sure if it's just because of the track or something but he scored a point for the team and he showed something promising out there.  And here's the kicker...  He's also from the Netherlands.  Dunno what it is but it's prolly in the water or something.  Cheesy  Verstappen haters would def hate him too.  Lol.

So yeah, I hope he gets his drive at some F1 team next season.  And if he does well, he could replace Hamilton when he retires.  Now Toto Wolff has his own flying Dutchman.  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

Williams are doing the right thing by getting rid of Latifi as soon as possible.  Grin  He is really the worst driver on the grid at the moment. I don't have any idea about how much he's cost to the team so far after all those accidents. He doesn't deserve to be a part of F1 but money talks of course.

Anyway, Nyck De Vries should be taken into account indeed. He is a talented driver who can do a pretty good job in F1 and his performance in Monza GP was like a sneak peek for this. However he is a part of Alpine's test at the same time as they are targeting to determine their new driver. I assume that De Vries would be more eager to drive a faster car next season. But his responsibilities will be bigger at the same time which he should already be aware of.



The source: https://racingnews365.com/alpine-to-test-four-contenders-for-2023-drive-ahead-of-singapore-grand-prix
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Marc Marquez will be racing again in MotoGP this week in Aragon where he had a fierce fight with Pecco Bagnaia last season despite not winning, but it looks like a really great fight because if only Marc Marquez didn't make a mistake, maybe he can fight for win to the finish line. But for this year I still have doubts about the Marc Marquez fight in Aragon because he has just returned after the official test at Misano and two days ago he had the green light to return to the race track in the AragonGP series.
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2022/09/13/marc-marquez-emulates-sporting-greats-with-motogp-comeback/364222

It can be the final test for him, we already got rumors in the recent past about possible retirement.

It he have pain after this long break he can retire and end his carrier in Moto sprint.
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There are still some rumours linking Vettel with Alpine for 2023 season. It would be lovely to watch him driving a faster car after struggling with Aston Martin most of the time. However I don't think that Vettel is thinking of changing his mind seriously about retiring at the end of the season. Besides I believe that he should be a part of a team that are fighting for the championship even if he continues in F1. Maybe he can't be the main driver of such team now but he would still do a good job as the second driver.

Mercedes were linked with him some time ago to fill Hamilton's place when Hamilton decides to quit F1. Maybe this could happen in the future even if Vettel retires. But they would need to make a big effort to convince him to return to this sport again.  Grin  I wonder if they would make a good duo with Russell also.

Personally, I don't think Vettel will resign from the resign, why would he do that so quickly? At Williams I think after the excellent performance at Monza N. de Vries will get a cockpit, as N. de Vries was mainly at Mercedes I don't think he will come to Alpine or a non Mercedes team, but there is probably only one cockpit left at Williams. But some seats are still available for 2023, here is a small overview.

Red Bull: Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
McLaren: Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll
Alpine: Esteban Ocon,  Huh
AlphaTauri: Pierre Gasly, Huh
Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas, Huh
Williams: Alexander Albon, Huh
Haas: Kevin Magnussen, Huh

For the Williams I think Nyck De Vries did pretty well for his first drive in a real F1 race.  I'm not sure if it's just because of the track or something but he scored a point for the team and he showed something promising out there.  And here's the kicker...  He's also from the Netherlands.  Dunno what it is but it's prolly in the water or something.  Cheesy  Verstappen haters would def hate him too.  Lol.

So yeah, I hope he gets his drive at some F1 team next season.  And if he does well, he could replace Hamilton when he retires.  Now Toto Wolff has his own flying Dutchman.  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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Max Verstappen is in fact already champion. Even in theory it couldn't go wrong, unless he crashed and couldn't drive for the rest of the season. Something to think about for next season. Do we want another season just like this? It all started nice and nice when Leclerc won a few races in the beginning, but after that it was over. I don't think it's because of Leclerc, but that Ferrari's car wasn't good enough. If Leclerc had driven the RedBull it would have been a lot more fun. This is a memorable season in particular for Hamilton, he has not yet won a grand prix and he has not even been allowed to dream about the world title.

None of us would like to watch a season that ends very early of course. We all have favourite drivers in this sport but honestly I don't want to see any pure dominance by my favourite one. I just love to watch a high competition until the end of a season. This makes F1 more interesting and attracting for even people who had no relation to this sport before.

For example, I also enjoyed the previous season very much because Hamilton didn't let Verstappen get a very comfortable championship. The champion was determined after the last race which was the kind of competition we missed so much. There won't be such thing happening this season maybe but I hope next season will be different. Because Mercedes are improving already now and their main focus is to be the champion next season. Ferrari will hopefully be back with a better crew or they will solve their issues to prevent silly mistakes. Therefore we might be likely to watch a wonderful competition among even more than two drivers for the championship.  Smiley

It would be enough for me not to see a single driver dominating that season though.
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Teams deciding on the next season already is a good decision and probably the updates they have this year were all decided long time ago, which is why I am not shocked to learn that they are going to end up working on the next years car.

It's normal because we are seeing these clubs seeing the difference RBR has and that means we are going to see Max win and RBR win at the end of the season and clubs know about it and racers known about it and it's much more important to focus on the next years car going into half way into the season already. If they can make something work and have a better car then we are going to be see them much better and maybe a competition to Max next year, because they can't be this year.
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Marc Marquez will be racing again in MotoGP this week in Aragon where he had a fierce fight with Pecco Bagnaia last season despite not winning, but it looks like a really great fight because if only Marc Marquez didn't make a mistake, maybe he can fight for win to the finish line. But for this year I still have doubts about the Marc Marquez fight in Aragon because he has just returned after the official test at Misano and two days ago he had the green light to return to the race track in the AragonGP series.
https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2022/09/13/marc-marquez-emulates-sporting-greats-with-motogp-comeback/364222
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