Two years ago Marc Márquez's shoulder 'grew' and since then MotoGP has advanced cluelessly, hilarious for the most expert, impossible for the spontaneous.

An example: last year's champion, Fabio Quartararo, will hardly appear among the best this season because his bike, the Yamaha, is slow, slow, slow.

This Sunday, at the premiere of Qatar, a propitious circuit, he finished ninth, no less.

The absence of a benchmark, the equality between brands fostered by the World Cup itself, the rise of satellite teams has created a championship with no known story, for better or for worse.

In the first race of this 2022, another example, who no one expected, the Italian Enea Bastianini, won, and his victory did not even require anything extraordinary.

Neither the weather, nor an accident, the young man from the Gresini team, with a Ducati from last year, made an extraordinary start, passed Brad Binder, who would finish second, and launched himself at Pol Espargaró, who in the first laps seemed to be the winner .

Nothing more.

The first success in MotoGP of who was the Moto2 champion in 2020 only needed determination and that the favorites, that all the favorites, suffered problems.

Like those of Quartararo, almost endemic to the Yamaha, or the Pecco Bagnaia, current runner-up, who has lost his smile.

The new Ducati, say its pilots, is worse than the old Ducati and that exasperates those who drive it.

The leader of the brand, Bagnaia, tried everything to rub shoulders with the first but ended up on the ground and taking with him a teammate, Jorge Martín, who was not riding comfortably either.

Joan Mir and Álex Rins, who were happy with the top speed of the new Suzuki, fell behind again so the stage was open to surprises.


The pilot who rejected Rossi

Bastianini took advantage and introduced himself to the elders with his strange profile.

Because he was born in Rimini, but as a teenager he did not want to be associated with Valentino Rossi, a local idol, preferring Gresini and Casey Stoner as his idol.

Because he was a trampoline jumper and even won a few junior championships before turning to speed.

And because, despite his little experience in MotoGP, he is convinced that he deserves a position in the official Ducati team next year and does not hesitate to tell it from the rooftops.

With Márquez still sore, fifth this Sunday despite an excellent start, the World Cup lives between shocks waiting for someone to direct it.

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