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Hopefully Bagnaia's best performance will not stop after Jerez because there are still many races to take place this season even though 5 races have been completed this season with Bagnaia not being in the position desired by his own team.
But this time Bagnaia will be fighting for victory so the race will look fierce today.


The weather will be good and the race will definitely be exciting, especially since there is Fabio Quartararo in the front row so he will also be fighting for the Back to Back win after winning in Portugal last week, so I'm sure this race will look fierce from the start.

I think we will watch so tough race today, first 5 riders are so competitive. It is hard to predict who will win the race but the first 5 riders has equal chance. Tires selection and machine of bike will be the keys for riders to win. I'm not sure about the weather, but hopefully the weather will be OK so we can enjoy the race.

A dream lap yesterday of Bagnaia, I hope he has found his form and now also understands the Ducati 2022 better, Bagnaia was and is my world championship favorite this season. But he had a difficult start to the season and has remained behind expectations, last season he is only strong at the end, maybe it goes earlier this year with the top form?

I remembered Jack miller (his partner Ducati) on starting grip 2021, he was in 2nd grip place and the result was Bagnaia as the champions. but if we compare Bagnaia and Quartararo, you will have surprised, Quartarao starting in 13th position grip in 2021 and able to be runner up. So in 2022, He was on 2nd grip, when calculating it on paper, Quartararo is better performance and I believe he will stand in 1st if don't have a problem with tire.

What a great day for Francesco Bagnaia where he was able to make pole position as well as break the lap record of Maverick Vinales which was set in 2020 with a time of 1'36.584 seconds at the Jerez circuit when he was still with the factory Yamaha.
But Francesco Bagnaia did something really extraordinary today with the factory Ducati by scoring a best time of 1'36,170 seconds while placing him as pole position for Sunday's Race.
Who do you think will be the champion in Sunday's race at the Jerez circuit? Francesco Bagnaia or Fabio Quartararo ?

We have a new rule, it will start in 2023 for F1.
I mean they are already doing it but whatever.

FROM 2023 drivers must all the compounds in the qualify, in 2 GPs.

I don't know what is the reason but whatever.

It will be the following.

Q1 HARD TIRES
Q2 MEDIUM TIRES
Q3 SOFT TIRES

Maybe it is only an entertaining thing, to get bigger gaps for casual spectators and don't have the risk of having a Q2 faster than a Q3.


It will be valid for all the GPs from 2024.

FP2 MotoGP : Fall 2X in 1 lap !
Marc Marquez fell at the sixth corner after losing grip on the front tire. He managed to return to the track but fell again at Turn 9 due to wide during cornering and stepped on the wet asphalt surface. _{Source: gpnews.ig}

Is the Honda motorcycle currently in a very serious problem so that in every FP Marc Marquez always crashes

The result will not be good, it can't be good and unless he is signed by some other better team than it is wise for him to retire. It's sad that such a great racer ended up this way by the end of his career, he was one of the best drivers, won it 4 times in a row which hasn't been done too many times before, and he ended up with the worst team in the league by a mile on his last season.

I get that his ferrari years was a big fun and it was a bit of a weird feeling to see him part from there but he could have gone to a better team, aston martin doesn't really feel like "4 time world champion team" vibe. Hopefully they will get a lot better.

They have may found a way for reducing weight.



They will work on the brake calipers since they are not "free" from regulations.

Pic source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/pinze-freno-differenze-squadre-tecnica-brembo-sviluppo-redbull-ferrari-615349.html

FP1 was not in good condition due to the rain the day before, the drivers complained, and therefore the times were not very meaningful.

Marc had two light crashs in one lap but nothing happened as Fabio in the crash.

Looks like the Ducati will also work very well in Spain, but Marc should never be underestimated in Jerez. Let's see tomorrow.

Fabio Quartararo has won twice in this circuit with Yamaha satellite bikes in 2020 (Jerez Gp and Andalusian Gp) and last year Fabio Quartararo also showed good performance, apart from the arm pump that had relapsed during the Race.
And in today's FP2 Fabio Quartararo also took first place so the potential to win again at the Jerez circuit looks bigger for Fabio Quartararo.

this time Fabio Quartararo will win at this circuit this time if his past injury to pump his arm doesn't reappear at this circuit we see the performance he has won in recent years.

Vettel has spoken today and released an interview.

He may stop at the end of the season if the result will be not satisfying.


Btw I was sure the Miami race was at the end of this week but I was wrong, it turned out it will be next weekend.

The Motor is the Slowest, How Can Quartararo Win MotoGP Portugal?

Quoted from Crash, Quartararo is well aware that the YZR-M1 he rides is still inferior in terms of top speed when compared to other competing motorbikes. But on the other hand, Quartararo really likes this track because his grip is strong and he really controls the last corner of the Portimao Circuit.

"I never said that the bike didn't work. But it's true that we lost a lot of top speed."
"This is a track I like because there is a lot of grip. I feel not bad at the top speed because in the last corner I came out really fast and was able to control the wheelie effect."

"I was very strong there. I think the key point for me was the last sector. But nothing has really changed, let's say. I rode like the previous races. I didn't make anything new or strange."

"I impressed myself quite a bit for making almost all the races in 1 minute 39 seconds. If I had pressure from someone at the back I could have managed a '39 all the way through." _{Source: gpzone.id}

It depends but that really huge straight doesn't look that good for Ferrari which in the straights has somewhat a lower top speed than Redbull but all the other parts seem fit for Ferrari though.The problem is also Redbull with the upgrade they brought in in the last race it looked like it worked really well for them so we have to see.One thing is for sure in this track,spectacle will be guaranteed,the only problem is the official time of the track for us Europeans which for us should be at night time.

Yes, and I remember once last year when Fabio Quartararo had a problem with his arm pump during the Race which took place at the Jerez circuit.
Even though Fabio Quartararo at that time was leading the race with a very good gap and slightly far from his opponent who was in second place.
If at that time Fabio Quartararo had not had problems with his arm pump, then he would have definitely won the race at the Jerez circuit.


As for Honda, I think it's very clear that Marquez is the one who can master it because other Honda riders don't have the same ability as Marquez, so it's always difficult to race.

It's hard to say if the powertrain problems are completely fixed, but I think RedBull won't be able to get by with the existing powertrains this year and will get one or two penalties. Reliability is on Ferrari's side at the moment, but I like it when a season is so balanced between 2 teams, also Perez and Sainz play a role this year, last season the 2nd drivers had no chance to achieve anything.


I think this section are perfect for the Ferrari...

Time for Miami f1 GP.

Sneaky peek here



Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Grand_Prix#/media/File:Hard_Rock_Stadium_Circuit_2022.png


Should it be a Ferrari favorite track?!

There is no guarantee that they have fixed their reliability issues. They failed first, won second, failed third, won fourth. Which shows that when they are racing, it is really hard to win while Max is still racing, not impossible or anything like that, of course Ferrari could still win, but they haven't won a single race that Max finished right? If that's the case, that means the situation must be closer than most people claim.

I am guessing that no matter how many games Red Bull misses, which I believe they won't this frequently in the future, the end result will be closer than Ferrari would want, and we will have another wonderful season.

Pol Espargaro was irritated because he couldn't move from the mid-table in the MotoGP Portugal. The Repsol Honda racer complained that there was no major update to the RC213V.

“Racing is very difficult. Bad position and the result is the same. We are less than what we had in pre-season."
"The bike we have is the same as pre-season. Nobody complained then about the problems before, and now, we have it all. The problem is that we didn't make any changes."

Over the weekend, it was heard that Honda did a different kind of development on the bike. However, Espargaro denied.

"Marc Marquez doesn't change the bike from top to bottom. We have the same material,” he revealed.
Espargaro was two positions ahead of his team-mate, but found it difficult to maintain his position in front of the six-time MotoGP world champion.

“Marc also tested the bike in Malaysia and chose a new one because it generates more grip. On a circuit with less grip, I think we should be better than the others."
"We are not satisfied with the way the race went. We didn't have the pace today. It's time to understand why this situation happened because during pre-season we were strong."

He hopes that the Spanish MotoGP which will be held at the Jerez Circuit can be a turning point for Honda. The weather is also friendlier.

“Jerez is a great place to turn this situation around and I'm satisfied that we went straight there so we can continue to work. There are some ideas to change the situation in Jerez, I hope the weather will be good there."

"We have to continue to work harder than our rivals to overcome this problem. Fortunately, we have amazing engineers in Japan and have a good team on track." _{Source: motorsport.com / sport.zone_id}