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MotoGP 2022 – Round Two – Indonesia’s Pertamina Grand Prix

At the Qatar GP, Enea Bastianini won his first MotoGP victory, becoming the 117th and 32nd different top class winner since MotoGP was introduced in 2002. In addition, he is the Another 25th Italy win in the top tier (a total of 254 wins for Italy in the tournament).

Bastianini’s win was the second for an Independent Team Ducati rider in MotoGP alongside Jorge Martin last year in Styria. Additionally, Bastianini became the 11th Ducati rider to win the tournament.

Bastianini is the seventh previous MotoGP champion to have won both Moto2 and Moto3 alongside Alex Rins, Maverick Viñales, Brad Binder, Miguel Oliveira, Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia.

This is Ducati’s sixth win at Lusail, currently the second track where the Italian manufacturer has the most MotoGP wins, along with the Red Bull Ring.

Bastianini gave Gresini their first MotoGP win since Toni Elias won the 2006 Portuguese GP over Valentino Rossi (5621 days ago). That race is still the closest finish line in the MotoGP era since 2002, with 0.002 between Elias and Rossi.

Bastianini became the 10th first winner in the top division since the inaugural race of 2019 alongside Alex Rins, Danilo Petrucci, Fabio Quartararo, Brad Binder, Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli, Joan Mir, Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia. That’s equal to the number of first-division first division winners from 2007 to 2018 (12 seasons), with Casey Stoner, Chris Vermeulen, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Ben Spies, Marc Marquez, Jack Miller, Andrea Iannone , Cal Crutchlow and Maverick Viñales.

This is Ducati’s third win in three consecutive races after Francesco Bagnaia at GP Algarve and Valencia last year, equaling their record for consecutive wins in MotoGP. At GP Indonesia, Ducati riders will aim for their 4th consecutive win to enter this tournament for the first time.

It is also the third consecutive top division title by an Italian, the first since 2017 going from Mugello to Assen with Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi (his last GP win). In Indonesia, the Italians will be aiming for four straight wins since 2008 with Valentino Rossi, who has won from Laguna Seca to Motegi (five in a row).

Brad Binder finished second at Lusail for his third MotoGP podium, and the first not to be on top. He is currently the South African driver with the second most number of podiums after Paddy Driver (eight).

KTM is the 4th manufacturer to stand on the podium at Lusail along with Yamaha (20 podium), Honda (20) and Ducati (16).

Pol Espargaro finished third at Lusail for his eighth MotoGP podium and 52nd overall in the GP race. He led 17 laps at the Qatar GP, more than his MotoGP career before that race. Until Valencia last year, he was leading 10 laps.

Aleix Espargaro is in fourth place (best result in class for Aprilia in Lusail), 2,242 seconds behind race winner Bastianini, which is the closest gap to winner for Aprilia at MotoGP since 2002.

At the Qatar GP, Francesco Bagnaia fell and Jack Miller withdrew from the race, the first time both official Ducati riders failed to complete a lap since Emilia-Romagna last year when they both collided. touch.

Johann Zarco finished eighth at the Qatar GP, scoring eight points to become the French driver with the most points with 620 points ahead of Christian Sarron (616.5) and Fabio Quartararo (604). With 2.1.5 points scored in his GP career, Zarco became the first French driver to reach the 2000 GP milestone.

MotoGP 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo finished 9th, which is the worst result for Yamaha’s top finish in the season-opening first-place race since Colin Edwards finished 11th at the 2006 Spanish GP.

This is the 4th MotoGP race in a row without a Yamaha on the podium, also the first time it has happened (without a Yamaha driver for 4 consecutive races) since 2018 from Brno to Aragon.

At GP Doha 2021, Quartararo won the race with a score of 42’23,997. This year in Lusail, he is 9th with 42’23,741. He was 0.256 seconds faster than last year at the Doha GP but finished 10.543 seconds ahead of Enea Bastianini.

Remy Gardner finished 15th as a top rookie and scored his first point in the top division, 29 years 181 days after his father Wayne scored the last time in the division when he finished second in the 1992 South Africa tournament .

Qatar GP proves a winner for Italy

With Andrea Migno winning Moto3 in Qatar, Celestino Vietti in Moto2 and Enea Bastianini in MotoGP, this is Italy’s first hat-trick (won in all three classes) since San Marino in 2018 with Andrea Dovizioso (MotoGP), Francesco Bagnaia (Moto2) and Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Moto3).

It was the Italian’s first hat-trick on Italian soil since the 2003 Australian GP with Valentino Rossi (MotoGP), Roberto Rolfo (250cc) and Andrea Ballerini (125cc), and the third time the Italian has won. in all three divisions in the opening match of the season with 1957 (in both 350cc) and 1996.

Andrea Migno, Celestino Vietti and Enea Bastianini are currently leading the Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP World Championships respectively.

This is the first time the Italians have taken the lead in all 3 categories (125cc / Moto3, 250cc / Moto2, 500cc / MotoGP) since Malaysia 1996 with Stefano Perugini (125cc), Max Biaggi (250cc) and Luca Cadalora (500cc).

As a small addition, the 1996 Malaysian GP was Valentino Rossi’s GP debut while the 2022 Qatar GP was the first since Rossi retired from GP racing.

Grand Prix racing in Indonesia

The motorcycle Grand Prix returns to Indonesia in 2022 after 25 years when the country hosted a Grand Prix for the first time since 1997. The first Indonesia GP took place in 1996 in Sentul, where it was held. two Grands Prix.

At the first Indonesia GP in 1996, Mick Doohan (Honda) won the 500cc race against Alex Barros and Loris Capirossi (this is his second time on the podium in first place). Tetsuya Harada (Yamaha) won the 250cc race while Masaki Tokudome (Aprilia) won the 125cc race. The second and last time a Grand Prix took place at Sentul was in 1997 when Tadayuki Okada won the first of his four victories in the top division.

All GP winners in Indonesia

• Mick Doohan – 1 x 500cc
• Tadayuki Okada – 1 x 500cc
• Testuya Harada – 1 x 250cc
• Max Biaggi – 1x 250cc
• Masaki Tokudome – 1 x 125cc
• Valentino Rossi – 1 x 125cc

Solo motorcycle races in Indonesia

• 500cc – 2
• 250cc – 2
• 125cc – 2

Premium League

Indonesia is one of seven other Asian countries hosting the Grand Prix event (all singles) along with Thailand, Turkey, Japan, Malaysia, China and Qatar. Mandalika Street Circuit becomes the 12th track used for GP racing in Asia to date.

The track opens in November 2021 to host the Asia Talent Cup as well as the WorldSBK Finals. Other circuits that have been used in Asia are: Motegi (63 races), Sepang (62), Lusail (59), Suzuka (56), Shah Alam (21), Shanghai (12), Istanbul Park ( 9), Fisco/Fuji (8), Sentul (6), Buriram (6) and Johor (3). The Mandalika Street Circuit is the 73rd circuit to host the premier Grand Prix and the 30th circuit to host a MotoGP race since its introduction in 2002.

MotoGP ran three days of testing at Mandalika from 11-13 February. After that test, the circuit was resumed from before Turn 17 until after Turn 5.

The tracks where Marc Marquez has raced and has never won in the top tier to date are Portimão, Red Bull Ring and now Mandalika, which joins this year’s calendar.

Statistics compiled by Dr. Thomas Morsellino

2022 MotoGP Round Two
Time Schedule (AEDT)

Friday Saturday)

Saturday (Sun)

Sunday Monday)

Interim MotoGP Schedule 2022

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