This season in MotoGP is taking place a special championship between seven riders within the great general competition itself. For once, it does not pit rookies against each other, since this battle will not take place this year, Augusto Fernandez being the only beginner in 2023. On the other hand, it concerns those who have changed horses from one campaign to the next. other. Here is an update after the French Grand Prix…
A hierarchy which is recalled by Moto.it and which begins with the one which can only be cited for memory and which is Pol Espargaro. After suffering serious injuries in his fall at Portimao, the pilot GASGAS Tech3 did not have the slightest opportunity to demonstrate what he could be capable of with the red RC16. He is therefore last in the ranking with zero points, and this status must annoy him all the more since he saw the performance of his young teammate Augusto Fernandez au French Grand Prix. The potential is there, and the Spaniard hopes to return before the summer break, which leaves him with three opportunities: Mugello, Sachsenring and Assen. However, affected, among other things, in the back, he must above all take care of himself…
With three points, Raul fernandez follows and it remains a big mystery in MotoGP. His more than discreet first year at Tech3 KTM was put down to a collective shipwreck, also engulfing his then teammate Remy Gardner. But he is now at RNF with a good Aprilia and here he is prey to physical problems which are not due to falls, but which forced him to withdraw from the French Grand Prix. His best ranking was an 11th place at the finish of the first Sprint race. Not enough to raise the curtain.
Another one who suffers is the fifth in this ranking in the person of Joan mir. He already has eleven crashes at this stage of the season, more than anyone else in any Grand Prix discipline at this stage of the season. It is therefore nothing to say that its adaptation to Honda is not going well. The 2020 MotoGP World Champion openly regrets his Suzuki and has already admitted to fear on his reluctant RC213V. He is leading an unfortunate five points taken in Portugal. He did not appear in the top ten, and out of 10 races he retired six times. Don't throw any more away, the cup is full...
Jack Miller is the leader of this championship in the MotoGP championship
From fourth place, we start to smile with Miguel Oliveira who, despite two withdrawals due to injuries contracted during two falls in which he was a collateral victim, claims 21 points scored. Factory driver background KTM à Aprilia within the RNF satellite team, he never missed a top 6 as long as we left him on the track. It is certainly missing from the current development of RS-GP. We look forward to his return in great shape.
The third is Alex Marquez with 41 points. Having moved from LCR Honda to Gresini Ducati, the brother of whom you know had started his new professional life well before getting his feet wet both in Spain and in France. Blank scores which made him lose contact with the top of the general ranking where he is now only 12th.
Another one that slides down the hierarchy is a alex rins, second with 47 points. Of this capital, 34 units come from the only meeting in Austin where the former Suzuki team was almost a hit. But since then, nothing, or close to it, which may worry about the future of events for the six-time MotoGP winner, tenth overall.
We end with the leader who is Jack Miller who manages his transition well Ducati à KTM with 49 points scored. Certainly, he missed the French Grand Prix, but his performances on the RC16 that he is discovering are convincing. The Australian should have his hour of glory sooner or later in this season where anything is possible... We will remember that he is in competition with Maverick Vinales to be the first in history to achieve success with three different brands in a career in the major Grand Prix class.
