Dull Motegi grand prix prompted backlash from MotoGP’s biggest star and highlighted fundamental problems getting in the series’ way to being exciting again
MotoGP hasn’t witnessed a grand prix that featured more than one change of the lead since the British GP back in August. In Austria, Jorge Martin led for a lap before being overtaken by Francesco Bagnaia in a battle that thrilled for a minute but no more.
It was hardly worth the early alarm most fans in Europe had to endure to watch their favourite sporting competition. And it’s no wonder that Marquez made a point of pointing out it was “a boring race” just moments after jumping off his GP23. If he thought it wasn’t very good - and he was actually taking part - then what was the rest of the world meant to think?
Grand prix winner Bagnaia explained exactly what the problem was for riders behind when giving his theory for why Pedro Acosta crashed out of second while chasing him on lap three of 24. “This kind of circuit, where it’s stop-and-go, if you start behind somebody you lose a lot of performance on the braking. And then you don’t gain on the exit because of the aerodynamics. It makes life a lot more difficult and you can just overtake the guy in front if you are three, four tenths faster. If you are just one tenth faster it’s impossible.”
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