Analysis of how Marc Marquez re-entered the 2024 title picture
There is something almost written in the stars when it comes to riders winning for the first time with Ducati. Jorge Lorenzo’s first triumph on the Desmosedici in 2018 at the Italian GP was followed immediately by a second next time out in Barcelona.
Crucially, he’d started the weekend with the same feeling he had at the Red Bull Ring last month. That was his main aim for Misano. As far as adding to his win tally, “the main target” for this year had already been achieved in Aragon and consistency was what he was after now. Under normal circumstances, Marquez was in for more of the same in the grand prix. But continual spots of rain on the build-up to the main race hinted at the drama to come.
Marquez posted a 1m39.953s while Bagnaia’s pace had dropped to 1m43.260s. Marquez wasn’t the fastest of that lead group, but the ability to feel where the limits are in low-grip conditions he demonstrated so crushingly at Aragon would become very evident over lap eight. At this stage of the race, the rain disappeared and pace returned to normal. And for much of the rest of the grand prix, the lap times between Marquez and Bagnaia were quite similar. But the next important phase of the race would come on lap 20.
Decked out in the Gresini team’s retro throwback livery to late founder Fausto, Marquez completed an emotional week for himself and the squad. Marquez is now 53 points off championship leader Martin, having started the San Marino round 70 back. There are 259 points up for grabs still, with 37 available per weekend. And the next grand prix is the Emilia Romagna GP at Misano.
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