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A World Cup that is only explained in the present.

A prediction here is as reliable as the horoscope, another Mayan end of the world date, like a palmistry session.

MotoGP to live it, without more.

Who will be the champion?

No one knows, and no one really cares.

The grace is that in each race something very strange happens and everything jumps up into the air.

You have to see it and the end will come.

This Sunday,

As a young prodigy, he had to enjoy the best day of his life: at Le Mans, he could be the first Frenchman to win a MotoGP race since 1953. Since 1953!

Leader of the category, he started from pole and in practice he had been the fastest.

A win would also put him very close to the title and such and such.

And what happened?

That it rained.

And when it rains on the asphalt anarchy is decreed and who can risk, risks and who does not, laments.

With much to lose and because of the poor grip of the Yamaha, Quartararo let all the intrepids pass and reached the finish line as best he could in the position he could.

Finally he finished ninth stiffer than a doll: from ripping the curves with his elbows to not even supporting his knee.

His team applauded him because at least he didn't fall and because, after all, he was still the leader.

Why?

Because two of the three title candidates started the race with an accident and finished behind him.

and

could only be tenth and eleventh after a fall by

slowed them down and forced them to an uncomfortable comeback on that wet asphalt that neither one likes nor the other.

Only

half took advantage of the opportunity left by Quartararo by finishing fourth and cutting him six points.

Now the French has 10 points over Mir, 18 over the Italian and 19 over Viñales.

A career with a known surname

In reality, the appeal of the race was far from championship nerves and had a last name:

.

¿

?

No,

.

The very brother lived his first big day in MotoGP in a season that began with a demotion, the signing of

to take his position at Honda from next year, and continued with many, many inappropriate positions.

His fight until this Sunday was to get into the points, place himself in the top 15, and suddenly, whoosh !, second.

His courage and the good work of the Honda in the wet raised him from eighteenth to the podium and he would have opted for first place if he had not been stopped by Pol Espargaró, finally third, or Dovizioso, fourth.

The winner of the test was

, who thus celebrated his second MotoGP triumph and claimed his figure after Ducati did not renew him to be able to sign

and

.

Petrucci will take Espargaró's place at KTM next year, but no one takes away the enjoyment of this Sunday.

What will happen on Sunday in Aragon?

God knows.

This World Cup is only explained in the present tense. A prediction here is as reliable as the horoscope, another date for the end of the Mayan world, like a palmistry session.

MotoGP to live it, without more.

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