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i saw that race was quite exciting. racers are really required to conquer the mandalika circuit, which is quite simple in design but difficult, especially at several corners that look mirage and narrow, which often makes racers fall.

but it was quite unfortunate that during the racing session martin and marquez had a crash which meant they didn't get any points in this race and bagnia ended up being the winner in this race and created a gap with martin.

and as usual quartararo got the podium at this circuit, it seems that mandalika is quartararo's favorite circuit.

After yesterday's sprint race didn't go so well for Bagnaia and he even lost the World Championship lead, Bagnaia came up with the right answer today and won the race and regained the World Championship lead. Of course, this was also due to the fact that Martin crashed.

Apart from Brad Binder who touched other riders several times in today's race, I also really regret Marquez who also crashed today and yesterday. He really couldn't show his potential anymore in racing when using a Honda motorbike and another thing that was no less sad was Jorge Martin's fall while leading the race, which made him no longer continue racing. Bagnaia really took advantage of this to win the race and regain the lead in the standings after being overtaken by Jorge Martin yesterday. Hopefully the competition will still be extraordinary in the next race.

We are about to enter another race week in Formula 1. We are going to have three race weeks in a row without a break as well. Our first station is going to be the United States. You know Verstappen has declared his title officially already. However I don't have any doubt that he will still continue to race with the same ambition in the remaining races.

I'm curious about which team will finish the season at the second position. Will it be Ferrari or Mercedes? The points are really close to each other now. If Hamilton didn't make that mistake in Qatar Mercedes might have been ahead by more points.

It was really interesting today's Moto GP race and this is in my country, there were many incidents that happened today, one of which was Brad Binder who received a long lap penalty as a result of touching Luca Marini so Marini couldn't continue the race and Brand Binder made a lot of mistakes in race day this. Today's podium was really interesting because it was won by three different manufacturers, Ducati, Aprilia and Yamaha.

Soon the Mandalika Indonesia MotoGP race will start and I hope the race will be much more exciting than yesterday's sprint race, because yesterday I saw Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi trying to get on the podium. This was a very extraordinary thing even though the two riders from the VR46 Racing Team could not stem the power possessed by Jorge Martin. Apart from that, yesterday the Ducati factory celebrated its constructors' championship for this season and today I hope the Ducati factory team can get a podium. And for Marquez I will not speculate from now on because he still has to race on a Honda motorbike until the end of this season.

After his accident, he is not in his shape no more.
He seems to have lost it.

For sure it is still a great driver but I don't think is he able to win any title anymore.

I have the same impression about his move to Gresini Racing and I do hope he will prove us wrong but from my points of view , this is just another decline of his career and it's normal as no one rules forever.

I also think there are 2 scenarios for him : 1 - he has a great debut with Gresini , gets podiums and stuff that will make him push for another title opportunity.
                                                         2 - he's move will be a bad one and if the bike won't perform great , I think he will retire on the next year after that because I don't see any point for him to continue to struggle.

Everyone probably already knows that Marc Marquez is a very good and talented racer and has won titles on a Honda motorbike. But after he suffered an injury in 2020, everything started to look different and he won't be able to get the title any easier even though next season he will ride the Ducati GP23 motorbike. Because now the young and new racers are also quite fast so this will be a very real obstacle for anyone, including Marc Marquez himself, who will no longer be young next season.

Everyone can expect from now on Marc Marquez, but as we can see now, Ducati is almost as fast in the hands of each of their riders at the moment. So it won't be easy for Marc Marquez to win his seventh world title, especially since the number of series next season has also increased and this can also be used by all riders to collect points for the championship.

Next season for Honda will be much more difficult because they don't have a mainstay rider other than Joan Mir, even though currently Honda is offering contracts to several riders in MotoGP to join their garage next season. But everything still hasn't worked out, because they have also seen how the Honda motorbike performs this season and even Alex Rins himself has also moved to Yamaha starting next season to fill Morbidelli's seat who has moved to Pramac Racing.

While it may look like that,at Honda he barely have chances to win again titles now and since Honda is not looking to improve their bike,difficult to do in just a short amount of time for the next season which starts at March 2024 it remains a logical choice to get to Ducati for Marquez.

The Ducati of Gressini team may look slower but if Marquez adapts well with this bike his riding skills can fill in the gap and difference that this bike is missing with other Ducati teams,we have to wait and see.

I do think the same but I hope Marc will not regret the decision although I heard that he will be in Gresini for the 2024 season only. He crashed today in the sprint race at Mandalika, actually I see that he and Honda are improved a bit at least in the last race and the current race. Next year we will see duo Marquez at the same team for the whole season and hope Marc will be able to adapt with the new bike as well as can be competitive to be in the top 5 in every race.

I'm not sure this is good news for Marquez.

The Ducati of the Gresin team does not look at the same level as the others.

well, this might be the best decision taken by marc considering that currently honda's performance cannot be relied on and it is time for marc to get a new ride for his seventh world title. but from what i heard he only got a gp23, not a new bike, so maybe it will be quite a challenge for him.

and for honda, i feel quite sorry for this team because after the departure of marc, who was their best racer, maybe it will be a difficult time for them to get the best place in motogp.

Great news that Marc will be in a Ducati team and I think he will not need much time to get to grasp immediately the inner difference of the bike compared to Honda.It was a shame for Honda to not provide him a winning bike from some years now as sure he has won titles but for me he is the best rider on the grid and these new riders who have won last seasons from Ducati they are good riders while for me Marquez is a better one.I am pretty confident that no matter he is in a satellite team his riding skills can truly make a difference in making him winning a title with Ducati.

Marc Marquez will only enjoy older parts in the Gresini Racing team next season along with his own younger brother who is his team mate. Meanwhile, Jorge Lorenzo immediately enjoyed new spare parts from the manufacturer so this will be very different to compare because Marquez will be in a satellite team with an older motorbike composition.

This practice session was controlled by the Aprilia factory duo, followed by Bezzecchi and Brad Binder and Jorge Martin, meaning that Bezzecchi also had very good speed on the Mandalika circuit. Hopefully tomorrow he can set a better time and get a really good starting position because I saw the factory Aprilia was really very smooth today.

Now Marc has to get to grips with the Ducati (think back to Lorenzo), but I don't think he can repeat his earlier successes, and there are no more excuses about the bike, now you can't blame the manufacturer for an unsatisfactory result, and Ducati won't develop parts for Marc rather than customising them for him, the factory team has priority and the two factory riders....


Thank you I haven't had time to look at the current training session, I hope you can both ride and there is no accident that could make the injury worse.

As seen this morning in FP1 where Bezzecchi and Marini both took part in the session and now Practice is taking place which Bezzecchi and Marini are also taking part in. It seems that these two riders don't have too much difficulty in Mandalika so the possibility of taking part in the Sprint and Main Race on Sunday is much greater, because now they are both also struggling to get the best time in very sunny weather conditions.

Pirelli renewed once again his contract with F1.

We got some rumors about Bridgestone in the past months but not it is official, Pirelli will stay at least until 2027.

By the way I was really worried about the drivers in Qatar Grand Prix. The reason why was the temperature of course. The weather is just extremely hot in Qatar that the race turns into a nightmare for the drivers. Russell stated that he was nearly going to faint after driving for 20 laps. 

They didn't let the drivers use the same tyres more than 18 laps as well for safety. But the most important and worrying thing about this race was the condition of the drivers during and after the race. We must have all seen how tired and sweaty the drivers were after the race. I don't know maybe FIA can think of removing this Grand Prix in Qatar seriously.

This time it looks like it will be more lively than last year if the racing conditions are dry and from the faces of the riders who are already in Mandalika. It seems that they are always very happy when they are in Mandalika because they can immediately enjoy the natural tourist attractions and enjoy the parade around the city and I also can't wait to see the riders in action on the Mandalika circuit this season.

We will see how his condition is when he undergoes Practice1 tomorrow or to be precise on Friday, because if he is not fit enough to race, there is no need to force himself to continue racing. Moreover, this is about his health condition after the operation, but because he is already in Mandalika, there is no harm in him trying it because on the one hand he is also hunting for more points to gain points for Bagnaia and Martin.

I just hope that the race will be in dry conditions in Mandalika Indonesia this time and it will also be more exciting than the races that have taken place in India this season. Because apart from the facts you say, in rainy conditions it is very difficult for riders to overtake their opponents even though they are very close and this can allow more riders to fall because they are unable to survive until the end of the race.