Borut Megla
It was clear to everyone that he would race in Jerez took place in severe heat. Even before the warm-up lap, the racers hiding from the sun and looking for all sorts of ways to cool off, and the engineers nervously stared at the screens of their laptops. Will man and technology withstand such efforts? In the spring, when there is usually a race in Jerez, there are already pleasant summer temperatures there, and in the middle of summer it is hellishly hot in the south of Spain.
And so it was on Sunday - the air warmed up to almost on race day forty degrees Celsius, the temperature of the asphalt was in some places on the track 63 degrees Celsius! Michelin tires can withstand temperatures up to 50 degrees, all that goes higher is a lottery for racers, the French rubber was sprinkled with ashes. Especially towards the end of the race when the material is already tired.
Quarterly he’s not an aggressive racer, but he’s very fast nonetheless. After the start of the race, in which Marc Marquez did not compete due to a broken upper arm because the loads and pain were too great, he took the first turn. Quarterly, followed by factory drivers Yamaha, Rossi in Vinales. A young Frenchman he drove his race, and Vinales and Rossi fought on their own and hoped for his mistakes, which were not there.
He showed that he already was an experienced racer and sovereignly repulsed all attacks of rivals and scored the maximum number of points in the opening two races. At Yamaha have been worried all weekend because it is Russia hit the engine last week. The question was whether the malfunction was a design flaw- so are all the racers Yamaha they changed their engines before the second race, which could represent the "blues" this season additional minus in subsequent races.
The fears were partially realized when she gave up Yamaha M1 by Franco Morbidelli the moment the podium even smiled at him. He suffered an even more unfortunate fate Francis Bagnaia (Pramac Ducati) when he was driving in second place and would most likely end up there, but his place on the podium was crossed by white smoke from Ducati engine. The heat was also one of the reasons for the resignation of the six, who finished the race either in the sand or in the pits. Damaged alex rins (Suzuki), which was the tenth, and Crutchlow (LCR Honda), who finished thirteenth, heroically finished the race.
After two races, it is already clear that it is Quarterly a serious candidate to win the title. Marquez failed to return this time, but will be in the next race in Brno probably proved again that he would not give up the title so easily. Honda maybe bet too much on him, Nakagami was fourth this time, Alex Marquez but the eighth, and it is becoming increasingly clear that if not March to Markeza, the Japanese have no serious replacement for him.
It is after more than a year Red stepped on the podium and proved that it is still not old-fashioned and that in the fight of the racer against the racer (Vinales) counts not only youth but also experience. Vinales was a bit disappointed as he was counting on winning, but he was after the race and fighting the Doctor completely exhausted. Ducati it’s also a disappointment, it’s rising KTM. This time they had a lot of chances, otherwise they did not succeed, but their future is definitely promising.
