As after each Grand Prix, Carlo delivered his analysis to gpone.com, and like every Italian he had good reasons to rejoice, with a transalpine rider playing for the MotoGP world title with Ducati. “ It will be difficult in Valencia, but anything can happen » warns Pernat.
According to Charles Pernat, “Whatever happened, Ducati won the championship. Not mathematically, but for what they did this year. The 3 D's worked, I mean Dovizioso, Ducati and Dall'Igna, it's the Italian alphabet. Andrea admitted to me that he took a step forward in his head and I think this is due to the mental coach who has been with him for over a year and who helped him tear down the walls. Beating Marquez like he did means he took a big step forward.
“Dall'Igna arrived at Ducati at the right time, he took full responsibility and comes from the Witteveen school. Finally, there is Ducati, which has shown great perseverance in competition.
“I noticed that Marc Marquez was happy with his 4th place, despite it being one of his worst races. I repeat: without him, Honda would have won few, if any, titles in recent years.
“Yamaha has big problems in the wet and it's no coincidence that Ducati has overtaken them in the manufacturers' championship, something unthinkable not long ago. This confirms the fact that Ducati is the reference bike this year.
“It will be difficult in Valencia. Dovi must win on a complicated track, Lorenzo could perhaps give him a helping hand. It will be difficult, but in 2006 Valentino lost the title in the last race due to a faulty tire. Who knows if the destinies of Rossi and Marquez will see them cross in the last race of the year..."
Race results:
1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 44'51.497
2 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati +0.743
3 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +9.738
4 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda +17.763
5 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda +29.144
6 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati +30.380
7 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +30.769
8 Jack MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +35.238
9 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +38.053
10 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +39.847
11 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati +42.559
12 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM +44.602
13 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati +48.696
14 Hector BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati +50.058
15 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda +50.705
16 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +56.397
17 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +58.391
18 Tito RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +1'25.571
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
1 MARQUEZ Marc SPA 282 points
2 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 261
3 VIÑALES Maverick SPA 226
4 ROSSI Valentino ITA 197
5 PEDROSA Dani SPA 185
6 ZARCO Johann FRA 154
7 LORENZO Jorge SPA 137
8 PETRUCCI Danilo ITA 121
9 CRUTCHLOW Cal GBR 104
10 FOLGER Jonas GER 84
11 BAUTISTA Alvaro SPA 75
12 MILLER Jack AUS 73
13 REDDING Scott GBR 64
14 ESPARGARO Aleix SPA 62
15 IANNONE Andrea ITA 60
16 ESPARGARO Pol SPA 55
17 RINS Alex SPA 46
18 BAZ Loris FRA 45
19 ABRAHAM Karel CZE 30
20 RABAT Tito SPA 29
Classification by manufacturers:
1 HONDA 332 points
2 DUCATI 303
3 YAMAHA 301
4 SUZUKI 87
5 APRILIA 64
6 KTM 64
Team ranking:
1 REPSOL HONDA TEAM 467 points
2 MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP 423
3 DUCATI TEAM 398
4 MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 238
5 OCTO PRAMAC RACING 185
6 TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR 107
7 PULL&BEAR ASPAR TEAM 105
8 LCR HONDA 104
9 EG 0,0 MARC VDS 102
10 RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING 79
11 REALE AVINTIA RACING 72
12 APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI 67
Photo © Ducati
Source: gpone.com
