Marko Hanželic
It is the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship Ducati occupied all three places on the podium. He stepped on the highest Francis Bagnaia, on the other George Martin and to the third Jack Miller. Ducati also secured the title of champion among the teams.
“My helmet and a race like that was the right way to say goodbye to Vale properly and thank him for everything he did for us at VR46 Academy,” he said after the win bagnaia. “This race is for Valeja. I'm really happy. This time we were among the fastest here. That we ended the season like that is fantastic. ”
George Martin pulled from the pole position at the start of the race the fastest. They were behind him Miller, Joan Mir (Suzuki), bagnaia and Fabio Quarterly (Yamaha). Red was in ninth place after the first round.
He was making progress bagnaia, which first overtook Miller and then more Mira and began the hunt for the leading Martin. Alex also improved his position Kidneys (Suzuki), which also overtook Mira and climbed to third place. Miller then also lost fifth place against Quarterly. It's in the eleventh round Kidneys, who was third at the time, fell, which they had Martin in bagnaia at the forehead half a second before Miro who followed him Miller. It is at this point Quarterly lost contact with the top four.
bagnaia he pressed on Martina, but did not find a way past the newcomer for a long time. At the end of the 15th lap, the Italian finally overtook the Spaniard and took the lead and started to drift away from him. It's nine laps before the end of the race Miller overtook Mira and climbed to third place. The driver Suzuki, last year’s world champion, has not led a single lap in the race this season. With this, he is the first world champion after Nicky Haydn in 2007, who did not win a single race in the year he defended the title.
At the top, nothing changed in the last phase of the race. bagnaia he made it to the finish line for his fourth win of the season without a hitch. Martin he was crowned second best rookie of the year, third place went to Miller.
Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha) finished very solidly at his 432nd and final Grand Prix tenth place. The nine-time champion finished his 26th and final season together 18th place. It is an interesting fact that it is Red participated in as much as 44,2 percent of all World Championship races MotoGP.
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