Pecco Bagnaia’s Terrible Highside and the World Championship Drama: Latest Updates and Analysis

2023-09-03 22:40:52

Pecco Bagnaia’s terrible highside in Barcelona in the S-curve following the start meant that following anxious minutes the world championship leader had to be taken first to the Medical Center on the track and then to the General Hospital in Barcelona, ​​and sp the second start for missed race. The first statement from the Italian followed late in the evening.

Bagnaia, in the World Championship still 50 points ahead of Pramac-Ducati pilot Jorge Martin, who collected 16 points on Sunday, hobbled out of the clinic across the parking lot with walking aids and a plaster in the back of his right knee, accompanied by his sister Carola, among others. “I was very lucky today – really very lucky! I really have to be thankful! Sometimes you have to be lucky.”

How did the Ducati star experience the crash? “I actually have no idea. I had very little grip from the warm-up lap. It then only did one violent hit, it was then a violent highside, that was not normal! It’s a difficult situation for me personally at the moment. What happened there was not a normal crash. Already on the warm-up lap, the grip at the back had decreased; that’s not normal.”

Marc Márquez suspected that Bagnaia had started off with a lot of self-confidence thanks to the successes of the past few months, but that the medium rear tire was not yet up to temperature. As a reminder: In the sprint race (12 laps), all drivers had used the soft compound at the rear.

Regarding the outlook for the next few days before the upcoming San Marino Grand Prix in front of the Tifosi in Misano, Bagnaia stated: “We will now do everything so that we can be there in Misano. And of course I will try to perform well there, »explained the native of Turin at the end.

MotoGP results, Montmeló (September 3):

1. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 23 Rdn in 38:56,159 min
2. Vinales, Aprilia, +0.377 sec
3. Martin, Ducati, +2,831
4. Zarco, Ducati, +4,867
5. Oliveira, Aprilia, +7,529
6. Alex Márquez, Ducati, + 10,590
7. Quartararo, Yamaha, +10,821
8. Miller, KTM, + 10,880
9. Augusto Fernández, KTM, + 12,889
10. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +13,280
11. Marini, Ducati, + 16,491
12. Bezzecchi, Ducati, + 16,561
13. Marc Marquez, Honda, +21,616
14. Morbidelli, Yamaha, +23.108
15. Nakagami, Honda, +26,740
16. Lecuona, Honda, + 28,860
17. Mir, Honda, +33.929
– Raul Fernández, Aprilia, 13 laps down
– Brad Binder, KTM, 20 laps back
– Pol Espargaró, KTM, 22 laps down
– Bathroom, Ducati, DNS
– Bastianini, Ducati, DNS

Results MotoGP Sprint, Montmeló (September 2nd):

1. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 12 Rdn in 20:02.744 min
2. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 1.989 sec
3. Viñales, Aprilia, +2,040
4. Binder, KTM, + 2,857
5. Martin, Ducati, +4,341
6. Oliveira, Aprilia, +4,940
7. Zarco, Ducati, +6,746
8. Bezzecchi, Ducati, +6,888
9. Bastianini, Ducati, +8.068
10. Alex Márquez, Ducati, + 10,380
11. Marc Marquez, Honda, +11,823
12. Marini, Ducati, + 11,900
13. Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +12.018
14. Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, + 13,284
15. Morbidelli, Yamaha, +16,207
16. Miller, KTM, + 16,404
17. Augusto Fernández, KTM, + 16,534
18. Quartararo, Yamaha, +17,147
19. Lecuona, Honda, + 18,658
20. Nakagami, Honda, +19,080
21. Mir, Honda, +19.574
– Pol Espargaró, KTM, 9 laps down

Championship status following 22 of 40 races:

1. Bagnaia, 260 Punkte. 2. Martin 210. 3. Bezzecchi 189. 4. Binder 166. 5. Aleix Espargaró 154. 6. Zarco 141. 7. Marini 125. 8. Viñales 113. 9. Miller 104. 10. Alex Márquez 102. 11. Quartararo 82. 12. Morbidelli 67. 13. Augusto Fernández 58. 14. Oliveira 55. 15. Rins 47. 16. Di Giannantonio 43. 17. Nakagami 35. 18. Bastianini 25. 19. Marc Márquez 22. 20. Raúl Fernández 14 21. Pedrosa 13. 22. Savadori 9. 23. Folger 9. 24. Pol Espargaró 8. 25. Pirro 5. 26. Mir 5. 27. Petrucci 5. 28. Bradl 5.

Constructors’ Championship:

1.Ducati, 379 Punkte. 2. KTM 215. 3. Aprilia 203. 4. Yamaha 102. 5. Honda 96.

Team World Cup:

1. Prima Pramac Racing, 351 Punkte. 2. Mooney VR46 Racing 314. 3. Ducati Lenovo Team 295. 4. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 270. 5. Aprilia Racing 267. 6. Monster Energy Yamaha 149. 7. Gresini Racing 145. 8. LCR Honda 85. 9. GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 75. 10. CryptoDATA RNF 73. 11. Repsol Honda 27.

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