Chronicle Fabio Quartararo travels alone to the World Cup
Classification This is how the World Cup goes
On the podium, a still man. Around him there were those who jumped, who shouted, who celebrated, who ran the cava, who bathed one another, but the party was not with him. On the podium,
Maverick Viñales
with a hell of a rage. This time, at Assen, it was because at the start the clutch "was burned out" and that mechanical problem prevented him from fighting for the victory. But the previous week at Sachsenring had been something else, and at Montmeló, another, and at Mugello, another, and so on all season.
At the end of the ceremony, in fact, Viñales himself admitted that he is considering breaking his contract with Yamaha and leaving the brand and his situation, so and so strange, served as an example of what happens in MotoGP: nobody can discuss the World Championship with
Fabio Quartararo
. If your own teammate is mad at the world and has already given up the title, what can the rest of them do?
Yesterday, after his fourth victory of the season and expanding his leadership, the Frenchman was asked about his rivals and he did not know very well who to point to. "I think they are the Ducati riders, but we must be careful with
Joan [Mir]
and ...
Miguel [Oliveira]
, yes, Miguel. What has Miguel done today? I must also be attentive to Miguel," he said without even knowing that Oliveira had finished fifth and that he already accumulates 71 points behind him. Quartararo simply remembered all those who preceded him in the classification because, of all of them, there is no one who stands out. One fact sums it up:
Johann Zarco, Francesco Bagnaia
and Joan Mir, that is, the second, third and fourth classified, have not yet won this season and, what's more, only the Spaniard knows what it is to win in MotoGP.
A different time
"For me the most important thing is not the others, it is that I have changed a lot mentally compared to last year. A few months ago, if I had seen Maverick in front, I would have slowed down a bit, but now I know that it is time to win. At the moment, I'm doing well in this championship ", summed up the Frenchman, proud of his maturity.
In 2020, the season of the pandemic, he could already be champion, but he sank only dwarfed by the pressure.
Now he looks different: enjoy, laugh, and even joke.
He celebrated his victory in the Netherlands with a disastrous golf swing, parodying his limited ability with the sport.
Its growth is, in fact, the only good news for a World Cup in transition. From the days of
Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa
and
Jorge Lorenzo,
he should have passed into the era of Marc Márquez's dominance, but his accident in Jerez last year cut everything short. With a generation of talents too young and, above all, too hesitant, without the Gaul the risk of indifference would multiply.
Beyond the depression of Viñales, the absence of a reference in Ducati or the limitation of Joan Mir due to Suzuki's resources, the negative adaptation of
Pol Espargaró
to the Honda or the constant falls of
Álex Rins are
disturbing
.
Both should contend with Quartararo, but they are not even among the top 10 of the contest, always far from the podiums.
Only the increasingly uncertain physical recovery of Márquez could add excitement to the season.
Right now no one can dispute the World Cup with the French.
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