The MotoGP World Championship is just around the corner, that is to say, next week it will be held, at the circuit of losailon Doha, Tasteunder thousands of lights, the first Grand Prix of the season. The French Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) will premiere title after a short reign of the Mallorcan Joan Mir (Suzuki) and everyone hopes that the reappearance of Catalan Marc Marquez (Honda) liven up the championship again, not only because of his spectacular driving and aggressiveness, but also because of his desire to recover a title that he has already won six times.
The week before Qatar-2022 opens with a great novelty that could be, without a doubt, the starting shot of a series of renewal operations for the next two or three years, the next contracting period. Ducati has just announced that it has reached an agreement with its star rider, the Italian ‘Pecco’ bagnaiacurrent runner-up in the world and, for many, the great favorite to take the scepter from the ‘Devil’ until 2024. The renewal of Bagnaia means that, at the moment, only three riders on the MotoGP grid have a valid contract until that date, 2024: Bagnaia, Marc Márquez, who signed a long-term contract with Honda, and South African Brad Binder, with KTM. Franco Morbidelli is the only one who has signed until the end of 2023 with Yamaha.
all to renew
The rest of the great champions and stars of the highest category, starting with the MM93 teammate, also Catalan Pol Espargaró and continuing with the Aprilia couple (Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales), the Suzuki couple (Àlex Rins and Joan Mir), Bagnaia’s partner in the Borgo Panigale official team, the Australian Jack Miller, the alternatives to the official Ducati ‘team’, Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco, the very fast Enea Bastianini (Ducati), the solid Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (KTM) and Yes, the new champion, Quartararo, must either renew or change scenery throughout this season.
It is clear that everything will depend on the performance of their bikes and of themselves, of course, and the gaps that occur on the grid. Honda will continue to await confirmation of Márquez’s full recovery, Suzuki will want to know if his stagnation is technical or due to his riders and, of course, Quartararo, who has complained in the pre-season tests that his Yamaha M1 is not up to height, especially in power and top speed to the bikes of its rivals, it will wait to know the material offered by the Japanese brand of fingerboards to renew with them or listen to offers.
Happiness in Ducati
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“Starting the 2022 World Cup having secured my most immediate future is something that reassures me and, in that sense, apart from continuing to see my dream of continuing with my favorite brand, Ducati, fulfilled, I can only say that now I have to return with good results the trust that everyone in Borgo Panigale has placed in me & rdquor ;, commented Bagnaia.
“I can only say that, from the first day he was with us, ‘Pecco’ has shown that he knows how to ride our ‘Desmosedici’ and his victories in Aragón, Misano, Portimao and Valencia show that it is a motorcycle that he loves”, commented Luigi Dall ‘Igna, General Manager of Ducati Corse. “We are delighted that he is still with us & rdquor ;.
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