168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia will seek to even the score with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend.

Their Portimao disaster left both riders in the gravel, then point-less and losing cru𝓀cial ground in the championshi🅘p fight.

Bagnaia caused them both to crash by t🌠rying to overtake Marquez into fifth.

The incident was due to Bagnaia wanting to stamp his authority on Ducati new boy Marquez, insists MotoGP commentator Matt Birt.

“People inside the paddock and fans around the world said tha✃t the sport is lacking the next big rivalry, and a bit of needle,” Birt said.

“We didn’t need t🎃o wait lo🍬ng until Marc was causing chaos in his second race at Ducati!

“Portimao was a classic example of 🌼two proper heavyweights flexing their🐲 muscles.

“They didn’t want to be beaten by each other.

“Unfortunately two heavywe♓ights flexing their muscles… they both end up on the🎶 floor. Not good for the championship.

“Pecco says Marc was too aggressive closing the line. Marc says Pecco was too optimistic wit♛h the gap that was there.

“It is already a headache for Duꩵcati manageme✅nt behind-the-scenes.

“It’s whaܫt we want as neu꧅trals, two of the best riders going at it hammer and tongs!

“For☂ me, it was the right call [a racing incident]. I’d go 60-40 in the blame game on Bagnaia.

“It has certainly spiced up this weekend…”

The fall-out is that Ducati must maꦰnage relations between their star man and reigniᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng MotoGP champion Bagnaia, and their esteemed newcomer Marquez.

The dominant Italian manufacturer will not want a repeat of their two ride🌱rs ending each other’s h🧜opes again.

“Potentially a ꧅humongous headache for Ducati,” Birt said.

“꧋But ൲they knew this when they signed Marc. They know the rider that he is. He’s all-in, very aggressive.

“This was, for me, Bagnaia not wanting in the second race of the season to be beaten by someone wh꧟o is coming to take his crown.

“Pecco has bꦬeen the undisputed top dog at Ducati. Then at round two, Marc has come in…

“They have diff𒅌erent opinions on what happened. It is the kind of juicy rivalry that we’ve been waiting f🐈or.

“I can’t wait f♉or this weekend because they’ll be fighting at the front in the sprint an🌸d in the grand prix.”

The MotoGP of the ꦜAmericas in Texas is traditionally Marquez’s favourite trackꦿ.

He has won seven times at this circuit with Honda, and now debuts o🍷n a Ducati in the third round of the 2024 MotoGP season.

♓“I would be gobsmacked if Marc doesn’t win at least the sprint or the grand prix,” Birt predicted.

“This is where Ma♊rc will truly understand where he’s at, and his potential on the Ducati.

“He’s never been🎶 a fan of Qatar, likewise Portimao.

“This ꦬis his manor.🐼 His back yard. This weekend is where we’ll see how explosive he can be.

“Can he p👍roduce the performance that he did for Honda𓄧 back in the day?”

Bagnaia, however, will not want to𓆉 sit back and let Marquez take all the glory at COTAඣ.

He has a habit of replying strongly to adversity.

“Look🍌 at his record,” Birt said. “Bagnaia is tꦕhe epitome of Mr Consistency.

“Yes he ha🏅s dropped the ball a few times but he is fantastic at bouncing back. He doesn’t dwell on setbacks.

“Since the sprint era came in, Portimao was only the second time in the new foಌrmat that Bagnaia hasn’t scored at least one podium in a weekend.

“He has said it’🔯s time for redemption at the rodeo. It will be fantastic to see how he comes out swinging.

“He wants payback on🍃 his circuit. And he wants payback on the #93 as well!”

Marquez is 33 points behind championship leader Jorge 🔴Martin. Bagnaia is 23 poin﷽ts behind Martin.