“Momentum” boost for Pecco Bagnaia as Marc Marquez heads for unfavourable track

Pecco Bagnaia heads to Qatar M♚ot𒅌oGP, where he is strong, in title battle

Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia
Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia

The “momentum” in the MotoGP title battle is firmly with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia ahead of a round which takes Marc 🃏Marquez to more uncomfortable territory, they have be🔴en told.

Bagnaia won the Americas MotoGP in Texas after Marquez, who traditionally l🌃oves the circuit, crashed out of the lead.

The fourth round of an engrossing championship is next week in Qatar, which swings to a circuit more favourable to💖 Bagnaia.

Bagnaia won last year’s Qatar MotoGP (Marquez has only won that race once in his prꦜemieꦕr class career, 11 years ago).

“We are seeing the pendulum. Before this race ⛦the pendulum was in Marc’s corner,” Sylvain Guintoli told TNT Sports in Texas.

“Making a mistake showed he can be vulnerable. It gives Pecco the feeling that it ﷽can happen - that ‘I can beat him’.

“It is huge, especially that it happened here, a�♊�t a track where Marc is supremely strong.”

'Momentum' shifts away from Marc Marquez

Alex Marquez has taken over 🌼as the championship leader owing to another P2 finish. He is one point clear of his esteemed brother.

Bagnaia is third, 12 points off the top, but is newly 𒊎invigorated ahead of the Qata𓃲r MotoGP.

The momentum shiꦛfted in difficult wet cond🦄itions in Texas when Marc Marquez went over a kerb.

“He was riding on the limit and he didn’t need to be,” Micha🌼el Laverty said. “That, in my opinion, was a mistake on his part.

“He played his cards well. The stra𓄧tegy and the decision to switch bikes was a clever move. It caught everyone else on the grid unaware.

“The chaos that ensued was because Marc was in control oꦬf the situation.

“No-one knew what to do. Maverick Vinales let his bike go, then wanted🀅 it back.

“When Marc didn’t get h♕is front device engaged at the start, I thought he was flustered, rattled.

“Then he got the start, pushed on, had a c🎉omfortable gap,🔯 and took a liberty.

“He took the risk, the front let go. Unfortunately for him, th𓂃e first mistake of the season.

“He h✱as knocked the momentum 🔜out of his sails, going to  track that he’s not that strong at.”

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