Ducati will order their army of riders not to engage in “super-aggressive attacks” against each other in a ploy to help Francesco Bagnaia to the MotoGP 2022 championship, says Paolo Ciabatti.
Marc Marquez’s healing right arm is at ‘an acceptable level’ to make a MotoGP return at Misano on Tuesday. But with the bone previously 34 degrees out of line, for a year and half, there is still ‘a long way to go’ in terms of rehabilitation.
Aleix Espargaro will start the Misano MotoGP just behind title leader Fabio Quartararo, but with the pair only eighth and ninth on the grid it was of no consolation.
Having lost 47 points to Francesco Bagnaia over the last three rounds, Fabio Quartararo needs to take as much benefit as possible from the Italian’s Misano grid penalty.
Home favourite Francesco Bagnaia has explained why he backed off in the final minute of MotoGP FP1 at Misano, creating a near-miss with riders behind and resulting in a three-place grid penalty.