Dani Pedrosa has tipped Jorge Martin to become a first-time MotoGP champion after backing Ducati’s dominance
Four different riders from four different teams have won the title in the past four years - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez in 2019 (Honda), Joan Mir in 2020 (Suzuki), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo in 2021 (Yamaha) and Francesc🐠o Bagnaia in 2022 (Ducati).
The most recent three were all first-time champions, and Pedrosa is backing that trend to contin🍨ue.
“The easiest thing would be to choose one of the Ducati riders, because at the moment it is the mostℱ stable bike on all types of🃏 circuits,” he told DAZN. “The one with the best performance that can go fastest.
“If I have to name names, from what I saw in Mala🦹ys💖ia, one of the best riders was Jorge Martin.
“Pecco is the champion and will try to defend his titlꦓe. Last year he won afಌter making many mistakes, something that had never been seen before, so he just needs to stop making mistakes to do better.
“Then there is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini who is very determined to prove his value. 💞Having the champion next to him will motivate him.
“These three feel very strong.
“I can’t tell you if this year’s Ducati is better or not than last year’s, but what is clear is that at the moment they ar🥂e superior, at least that’s what they showed in 🌳the first test in Sepang.
“I was on track watching and they looked very solid in all of the♓ corners and every part of the 🥂track. They seemed to be very comfortable.”
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 MotoGP calendar features a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP Sprint race at every round, a maj༒or new scheduling feature which might play havoc with the championship race as the riders get to grips with it.
KTM test rider Pedrosa, the most successful MotoGP rider ever to not win the title, said: “There are many races in wh♎ich🅘 you can fall or get injured. Many things can happen and, maybe after five races, you are no longer fighting for the title.
“If you lose a race to injury, it is no longer just one. It is two. If they ꦚare consecutive, you can lose up to four or six, losing many poi🥂nts.”
Pedrosa believes that the 𒀰preseason Sepang test, and the upcoming Portimao test, will not reveal the season’s early l𝔍eaders.
“I think there could be changes of position,” he said. “The order in wဣhich they finished th🅺e last test, or could finish the next test, may be different in the first, second or third race.
“Some riders feel more comfortable in a r🍌ace weekend than a test weekend. Others always do well in testing, but in the race, with the atmosphere or the pressure, they don’t know how to get good laps and the order changes.
“The important thing is that, betw🍒een first and 20th there were eight or nine tenths. So with a small mistake or a bad day, you can ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfinish very low.”
James was a sports journalist at Sk▨y Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
