Watching actual, heart-in-your-throat, wheel-to-wheel racing motion is why a variety of followers love motorsports. Whereas I can not converse for each fan, I can provide one pretty protected presumption a few factor that we most likely all dislike, and that is a parade.
Who desires to see the identical group of racers go round and round like a merry-go-round, by no means as soon as altering place? Not I, and possibly additionally not you.
When you may have a single rider who’s leagues forward of the place everybody else is that they are at the moment competing in opposition to, it is not almost as thrilling as when you may have two or extra racers who’re on an identical stage.
The competitors, the duel, the duking it out on observe is what makes it thrilling. It is nearly like an extremely high-speed dance, with every racer fastidiously studying what the opposite is doing and anticipating and reacting as they deem acceptable.
And if you happen to watched the 2024 MotoGP Spanish GP spherical at Jerez, then what an absolute deal with all us followers around the globe had, as watching Bagnaia and Marquez battle it out was an all-too-rare deal with.
In case you did not stick round for the press convention after the race, Marquez confirmed off how shut the battle was when he proudly turned his shoulder to show the freaking rubber marks on his leathers from Bagnaia’s entrance tire.
Critically, for anybody who did not watch this race in its entirety, you completely ought to not less than watch their on-track battle. Since each racers completed in first and second place on the finish of the race, you possibly can most likely already guess that neither of them binned it. As a substitute, it was simply insanely shut racing that showcased the consummate abilities and professionalism of each racers at this level of their careers.
Gone are the times (not less than, seemingly so) when Marquez would simply sort of plow people out of the best way heedlessly. And talking as a longtime racing fan, this looks like a way more intriguing present to observe right here in 2024.
Should you did not watch the 2024 Spanish GP, although, you need to most likely return and watch the entire thing, and likewise watch the Dash race, too.
In the course of the Dash race, shock damp patches on the observe led to a fully wild race of attrition that finally noticed Dani Pedrosa, wildcarding with KTM, find yourself taking the third step of the rostrum. That was after Fabio Quartararo surprisingly took the third step for the Dash Race podium ceremony, solely to be disqualified later as a result of his bike’s low tire strain went in opposition to the present regs.
It is sufficient to make you genuinely enthusiastic about what is going on to occur within the subsequent race. We have had 4 races to this point in 2024, and the outcomes have been fairly totally different from race to race (although Bagnaia has gained twice to this point).
What is going to occur in France? I can not wait to see what occurs.
