The Indonesia round ended with Martin's victory, a revenge for the Spaniard against the circuit that has betrayed him several times, and the podium of Bagnaia, who managed to nibble away a few precious points on his rival still leading the standings. Just 21 points separate the two brandmates, in a championship that has seen the two exchange the lead several times.
Bagnaia had called it the championship of mistakes, made on both sides, but the statistics speak of a challenge, that between the Italian and the Spaniard, that takes on even higher contours than last year. The zeros of Bastianini and Marc Marquez obviously had a significant weight in the standings, although they cannot yet be arithmetically excluded from the race.
Undoubtedly, however, the two will be there, potentially becoming the needle in the scales of the feud between Ducati's two riders. Ducati's goal remains clear, however, they will use the usual method to defend tradition, while Bagnaia officially admits he is looking for a direct confrontation with his hispanic rival. Let's take stock in the company of Manuel Poggiali.
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