MotoGP™- Ducati’s double attack gives Marquez a title headache

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With four podiums in the opening six Grand Prix – of which the latest two have featured both riders – the Mission Winnow Ducati squad are taking the fight to Marc Marquez and the Repsol Honda Team. Danilo Petrucci’s win at Mugello comes as a timely reminder that after back-to-back Marquez wins, it certainly is not over in the unpredictable world of MotoGP™.

Having defeated Marquez in numerous last lap scraps before, it wasn’t Andrea Dovizioso who the reigning World Champion had to overcome. Danilo Petrucci’s inspired ride at home in Italy saw Marquez on the back foot and for the first time, unable to make a desperate lunge on the final lap. This comes after late moves in Austria and Japan in 2017, whilst also in Qatar and the Czech Republic in 2018 failed to work out for the seven-time Grand Prix Champion.

“It’s amazing. It’s unbelievable,” said an elated Petrucci, who pipped Marquez at the finish line. “At the beginning of this season I start to think maybe I never will (win) but then I adapt this strategy of making the best off-track, on-track without thinking about anything. I have no contract for next year, so I started to think about doing other things in my life,” said the Italian Grand Prix race winner.

“I’m really sorry to Andrea for that pass but I saw, not a door, but just a window open and I had to jump into it. Andrea has helped me a lot this winter, now we have to think about the future,” concluded the Italian, who became the 109th premier class Grand Prix winner.

Dovizioso was also happy to for his younger teammate, having worked extensively with his compatriot in the off-season, helping Petrucci with training and preparation whilst also becoming close friends.

“We have to be really happy with the race we put together because the conditions were really difficult. The reason why Marc was able to stay with us at our good track is the speed in the middle of the corner. We accelerate better, we brake better but in the middle of corner we are too slow,” concluded the Italian, who lies second in the championship and just 12 points behind Marquez.

The Italian manufacturer now heads to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, another track at which Ducati have won at in the last two seasons. The pattern shows that the winner of the Italian Grand Prix goes on to win the Catalan Grand Prix too. Will this be the case in 2019?

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MotoGP Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	Ducati	174.1	41’33.794
2	20	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	174.1	+0.043
3	16	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	Ducati	174.1	+0.338
4	13	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	174.1	+0.535
5	11	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	173.6	+6.535
6	10	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	173.6	+7.481
7	9	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	Ducati	173.2	+13.288
8	8	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	173.1	+13.937
9	7	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	172.9	+16.533
10	6	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	172.8	+17.994
11	5	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	172.7	+20.523
12	4	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	172.7	+20.544
13	3	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	172.7	+20.813
14	2	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	172.2	+27.298
15	1	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	172.2	+28.051
16		88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	172.0	+30.101
17		5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	171.2	+41.857
Not Classified
		43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Pramac Racing	Ducati	173.8	8 Laps
		63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	173.3	12 Laps
		55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	171.3	14 Laps
		46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	171.0	16 Laps
		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	172.1	18 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati		0 Lap

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	115
2	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	103
3	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	88
4	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	82
5	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	72
6	Jack MILLER	Ducati	AUS	42
7	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	42
8	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	40
9	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	JPN	40
10	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	SPA	38
11	Franco MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	ITA	34
12	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	FRA	31
13	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	27
14	Jorge LORENZO	Honda	SPA	19
15	Joan MIR	Suzuki	SPA	12
16	Johann ZARCO	KTM	FRA	10
17	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	9
18	Francesco BAGNAIA	Ducati	ITA	9
19	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	8
20	Andrea IANNONE	Aprilia	ITA	7
21	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	6
22	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	CZE	2
23	Hafizh SYAHRIN	KTM	MAL	2
24	Tito RABAT	Ducati	SPA	2
25	Bradley SMITH	Aprilia	GBR

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

MotoGP™- Ducati’s double attack gives Marquez a title headache

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GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA OAKLEY

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

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