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MotoGP 2022 – Round 5 – Portimao
Grande Premio Tissot de Portugal

I returned home smelling the splendor of ASBK after a weekend in Wakefield Park, and sat down on my towel to the MotoGP circus that always lives up to its name.

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve it’s a hairy monster of the track. A brutal roller coaster ride that allows no rest, and punishes mistakes like a cranky old nun. And it can make for spectacular races. But as it is, it can also make for a procedural race, with riders trying not to collide, while fighting their genetic imperatives to win at all costs. any. I love it, no matter the race.

And it looked horrible like it was going to be a steamy skirmish. The Practice are lame ceremonies, causing both expectations and surprises. Marc Marquez has cemented himself at the top of the timesheets for FP1 and second for FP2, led by his teammate Pol Espargaro – but as we all know Pol mostly won’t do much in the end. race day, this is just a figment.

Marc looks good, and if it’s still wet, he’s a good chance to be on top once again. But it wasn’t wet at all, and while he put in a punch in the Qualifiers, a yellow flag caused his lap time to be canceled and he was relegated to ninth on the grid.

Zarco sat on a pole. Yes, I was surprised too. Mir, always fast, wet, wet or dry, comes in second, and there are whispers that the 2020 World Champion might be in the right place to make a serious attempt to win something. .

Aleix lifted his Aprilia to third, while Jack, Fabulous, and an incredible Bezzechi were in second. Clearly Rossi’s presence at the track inspired young Bezzechi to put his best rookie foot forward.

An unlucky Rins has started on the 23rd, while Bologna’s pre-season Golden Child and Ducati’s Italian Great Hope, Pecco Bagnaia kicked, motherless for the last time and is nursing a heavy shoulder after a blow oopsie in the Qualifier. The Beast is at 18, so it all looks a little weird, but very engaging.

And it will be a dry race. I took a spare bath towel.

Within seconds of the race starting, it was clear what would happen. Great happened. Then he made some more. After that, he continued to operate until there was nowhere else to operate.

It was a dazzling display of dominance. And this is from a man who has been constantly complaining about the performance of his Yamaha. But you will recall he also complained the year he won the championship. Go find numbers.

So Fabulous just leaving, piling on a lead would prove too difficult and almost confounding for the rest of the pitch. Sure, Mir took the lead by a few corners and a lap, but once Fabulous overtook him, it was all over.

Mir’s teammate Redoubtable Rins – who is also a much faster racer than Mir, but has so far been inconsistent – had an epic start and finished in 10th place before finishing the first lap.

The keeper Zarco also fell back to fifth in the first round, but was quickly bid out for the cheeky and amazingly quick Alex Marquez, taking fourth place without too much difficulty.

It’s like they’re all self-collecting, sorting heads and belts – with the exception of Fabulous, of course, who got to the track with as many loins as he could – although he’s a long way ahead now. loins. can’t even be seen.

Zarco then found the pace to overtake Miller in third, as Rins worked relentlessly to finish ninth. Then on the eighth. This must have appalled Jorge Martin, who had come to trap gravel in the sharp hailstorm that Bagnaia had complained about all weekend.

Looks like Pecco likes his pebbles smooth and round. And maybe if he ever wins the title, someone will heed his demands. But until that day comes, he has to plunge into the same sharp crap as everyone else.

As the drivers split behind the inaccessible Fabulous, an epic battle began to unfold for ninth place. Pol was there with his teammate, Marc, when Beast stalked them both.

Another battle emerged for fifth place. Alex Marquez, Aleix Espargaro, and Miguel Oliveira begin to beat it, then Rins overcomes them all as if they were standing still.

Zarco finished third and closed in on Mir, who must have been wondering how to catch Fabulous, who was currently two seconds ahead of him and still faster than everyone else. Jack had been trailing Mir in fourth place for over a second and a half, but appeared to be refocusing.

Beast calls it a day, and goes into the gravel, which doesn’t do his championship well at all. Taka also crashed, but managed to pull through, just as the fire ahead seemed to have stopped for a bit.

Fabulous is now clear for almost four seconds. Mir, in second place, is keeping Zarco at bay, and Jack has now reduced Zarco’s advantage to less than a second.

Zarco lifted it, and began to pull Mir straight down. But Mir will overtake him and keep second place out of reach for the Frenchman. And, of course, this gives Jack even more access to the pair.

It is getting very stressful for Monday. Zarco eventually overcame Mir on the third attempt and failed to make Turn One fail. Jack also closes in on the Spaniard, and behind him both Aleix Espargaro and Rins are taking it to the next level.

Brad Binder took this opportunity to visit the stones in Step 11, and parts of South Africa were started again. It seems that South African daydreaming doesn’t work well for Brad.

Jack, who had been threatening Mir for some time, now ran to the end of the main line. And he caught him. But the speed he was taking into a tenth corner – a sudden, rushed downhill into a slow right-hander who was quite blind in his initial approach – meant that he must fully depress the front brake. yes, that is too much. His front folds down under him, and he also brings Mir out.

Back in the pitiful Ducati, Davide Tardozzi closed his eyes and put his head in his hands. He looks pretty broken. And speaking of crushing, Fabulous is now almost six seconds ahead of the rest. His skin has been perfected, and he looks solid and stable.

Jack’s companionship with Mir now places Aleix in third and Rins in fifth. And Aleix was Aleix, feeling he should at least make an effort to terrify Zarco. And so he made the attempt, but Zarco defended in true Napoleonic fashion and held back the Spaniards.

Marc Marquez has risen to sixth (thanks to Jack), and is enthusiastically dueling his brother, Alex.

Bagnaia also dueled, but he dueled Pol, and it was such a duel that Bagnaia tore off one of the wings in the front of his Factory Ducati when he collided with Pol in one corner.

And so ended the race. The wonderful house on the yacht, covered with domination. It was an amazingly good ride, and most worthy of the title he currently holds.

Zarco made it France one-of-a-kind, although he was clearly frustrated at not being able to stay with his countrymen. As all admitted after the race: Fabio was on another planet.

It will be interesting to see if he stays on that planet when they reach Jerez in a few short days. I will obviously need more towels.

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