At the end of a Grand Prix day, we like to contrast all the actions and facts of the race with the vision of someone who has already experienced hundreds and hundreds of them. In other words, try to take a step back with someone much more experienced than us.
Usually we do this with Hervé Poncharal, but, Italy obliges, it is once again the vision of Carlo Pernat that we share with you today.
Is it necessary to recall that man worked with Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Marco Simoncelli, and still does it today with Andrea Iannone and, very recently, Enea Bastianini ?
The Transalpine is kind enough to express himself in French embellished with colorful turns of phrase and an accent that smells of Italy...
Carlo, do you think that this Grand Prix in Misano was a soulless Grand Prix?
Charles Pernat : " No ! It was a great Grand Prix. OK, there was no Valentino, so that's different. There are fewer people but it will be the aperitif when Valentino finishes his injury. It's like that ! Fortunately, many tickets had already been sold before. We should do a test when there are no tickets sold beforehand. Valentino may not ride in Aragon, but I think he will come there to try.
But the Grand Prix itself was a great Grand Prix in which Márquez demonstrated that he was the best of all! And certainly, Petrucci had a great competition. With four laps to go he made a mistake with his bike and was a little embarrassed, but Márquez's last lap was an incredible thing. 47.0 is amazing, huh? Danilo behaved like a hero. He couldn't beat Marquez, and I saw the disappointment on his face after the race. But he shouldn't be disappointed, because it was an exceptional phenomenon he had in front of him.
I was expecting something more from Dovizioso, but probably he settled for what he got. He wasn't in the best condition to do anything extra.
Vinales will never win a world championship if he doesn't learn to ride in the wet. In the wet, it's still not great. It took eight or nine seconds. And every year there are three or four wet competitions. If you don't learn to ride in the wet, the world championship, bye-bye!
I think the world championship is between two people: Dovi and Marc! Yes ! Look, with three zeros (white results), he is in the lead. You imagine…
Twice due to a fall and once due to the engine.
Dovi gets a zero, but it's not his fault. I think that a driver who has 3 zeros and who is leading the world championship is stronger than the others.
The world championship, Dovi can win it, but Márquez can simply lose it. This is the truth !
And there is another important thing in my opinion: Ducati has become the benchmark at the moment. Nobody expected Ducati to become the benchmark bike, but right now it's the most balanced bike on any track. There is not just one circuit where she is good, but on all the circuits: Sachsenring, Silverstone, all the circuits.
I think that's the reason, because Yamaha and Honda, to follow Ducati, they worked a little bit too much on the engines and the electronics. The failure of Márquez's engine, in my opinion, is because at the moment the Ducati is too strong. So Honda looked for the limit. In my life, this is the first time I have seen something like this. But I believe it's the truth.
It's a championship that won't be finished until Valencia. I'm sure ! »
Let's continue with the drivers and their race today: didn't Jorge Lorenzo want to do too much?
“For me, he was going too fast. But his problem, I think he managed to know the Ducati a little bit, but he has lapses in concentration. With the Ducati, you can't lose concentration. If you lose concentration for one or two laps, you lose three seconds or you fall. You always have to use your head, and he doesn't yet have the head for all the tricks. He missed one or two laps, like he did with the Yamaha and then he started again. Here, if you lose concentration for two laps, you've lost three seconds or you crash. This is the thing he still needs to work on. Here he was going too fast. »
And finally Andrea Iannone?
“A problem happened to him here. After two rounds his forearm was like this (swollen) and it didn't feel right. But it's a nasty year, more than difficult, nasty. Things have to change, otherwise...
There is no feeling between the two. Between the bike and him. I have to say that the Suzuki is not bad, since Rins managed to achieve important results in the last races. Unfortunately, Iannone has entered a whirlwind that we hope will emerge soon, although I think we will have to wait until 2018."
