MotoGP France Championship: Marco Bezzecchi returns to Pecco Bagnaia with as many victories and more podiums

When Marco Bezzecchi wins, it is always in style. In France, in the dry, the driver of the VR46 once again taught the competition a lesson, as in Argentina in the rain. At an infernal pace, and despite the setback of having to give up a position, the driver of the VR46 took off and became nothing more than a point on the horizon for his closest pursuer. For Pecco Bagnaia, the promotion companion of the VR46 academy risks being more dangerous than Enea Bastianini last year…

With the victory of Marco Bezzecchi at the French GP, it is the first time that there have been four victories for Italian riders in the first five MotoGP races since 2006 with Loris Capirossi, Valentino Rossi et Marco Melandri. With this realization, ahead George Martin et John Zarco, Ducati is on a series of 31 MotoGP Grand Prix in a row with at least one rider on the podium.

Marco Bezzecchi offered to Ducati his fourth consecutive MotoGP at Le Mans after Danilo Petrucci (2020) Jack Miller (2021) et Enea Bastianini (2022). This is Ducati's third treble with Valencia in 2021 and Argentina earlier this season. France is the second time that it only includes motorcycles from independent teams on its podium, with Argentina.

The teammate of Luca marini is now tied with Francis Bagnaia as the most successful driver so far this season with two wins each. Additionally, he is the rider with the most podiums so far this season with three… The Italian achieved his second victory in MotoGP, becoming the ninth rider Ducati different to win more than once in the category.

Marco Bezzecchi doesn't give up, the Pramac riders are in the top 5... The private Ducati teams are a hit!

For its part, Johann zarco finished P3 for his 17th MotoGP podium and his second this year after his P2 at the Argentine GP. The Frenchman now has one podium less than Christian Sarron, who occupies second place on the list of French drivers with the most podiums in the category behind fabio quartararo (29). With his 17th podium, zarco also extended his record as driver with the most podiums without a win in the category (ahead of Colin Edwards with 12).

Le Mans was the first podium of the season for Martin and the first since his third place last year at the Valencia GP. Augusto Fernandez finished fourth. The KTM/GASGAS rider thus obtained the best result of his rookie season so far. It was a great weekend for the team Tech3 since Daniel Holgado took his second Moto3 victory and the team's first on home soil.

Marc Marquez fell, and therefore, at the Italian GP, ​​there will be 595 days since his last victory at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP. For comparison, there were 581 days between Valencia 2019, his last victory before his arm injury suffered at Jerez in 2020, and his next GP victory of Germany 2021.

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