“In the test I was really fast but not only one lap like last year, the pace was good. I could do 20 laps in a row within half a second, which was really consistent and the most important thing,” causing Cavendish to comment that such consistency was comparable to five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. “Yes, it was Jorge’s strong point, always within a tenth in the race.”
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From Maverick Viñales’ 125cc French GP victory at the age of just 16 years, 123 days to Fabio Quartararo’s 2018 Moto2™ Catalan GP masterclass when the Frenchman was 19 years, 58 days. There’s plenty of other races to choose from too, with some of the biggest MotoGP™ names making the list, including Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
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“That remains forever, it is a victory that I will always remember. We celebrated it, the sensations were incredible, but we were already thinking about the next race. In a normal situation we would have had to fly to Thailand, where I won in 2019, and where we would have arrived with a lot of energy, after the victory in Qatar, but also after the preseason that we had done. Now I just try to live in the moment.”
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“At the end of last year, we decided to swap the positions, and now the first approach is done by Ducati because they wanted to make a plan in the medium to long term with young riders and they asked us if it was possible. Of course, they keep us updated step by step. So, regarding Jack, they’re doing the negotiations and, as far as I know, it’s not done yet. But, of course, from both parties there is the intention to do the deal. I think it’s close.”
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Regarding the pressure that his rider faced during the 2019 season, dealing with the raw pace of rookie Quartararo, Forcada explained that, although he didn’t openly admit it, the 25-year-old, without doubt, struggled: “Franco didn’t show the pressure on the outside, but surely he felt it. It’s that it was so unexpected because if you go to a team and you know the guy on the other side of the box is a World Champion, you know what to expect. But when this happens and there’s no warning, obviously it’s a bigger shock.”
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The Pro Draft is the official selection phase of the competition with each player taking part in three online challenges using the Official MotoGP™ videogame. At the end of the three-time trial tests Kana finished third in the Rest of the World standings – first Asian gamer – and was the top placed in the PC category, thanks to two first place finishes (Qatar and Austin) and a second place in Thailand.
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MM: “Well, what we know is that on the side of the promotors the riders, the teams, we want to get started as soon as possible, but there’s a priority, which is people’s health, obviously, and those who know about the virus – the experts that are dealing with it – will have the last word. But everything’s looking like mid-July we can start with the Jerez GP but the big handicap we’ll have, in our case, is that the World Championship travels to different countries, there are various nationalities involved, and that’s where it’s more difficult to coordinate everything but they’re trying to create or improvise a championship in a bit of a new style maybe repeating circuits to do different races, so it counts as a World Championship, but adapting to the current situation.”
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The man in question is, of course, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), a rider who Crutchlow works closely with in the HRC ranks. “Marc is this incredible talent, a great guy to work with, to be able to share a manufacturer and work together with,” said Crutchlow, when asked about what Marquez is able to do on the bike, and what makes him such a special talent.
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However, Martin said that he believes that his riding style could match the performance of the Desmosedici GP. “The Ducati is a bike that, due to my current riding style, I could better adapt to”, whereas a move to one of the KTM MotoGP™ teams would mean him having to work on his style, because “the KTM is a bike that forces me to brake super late, stop it and open the gas early.”
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The FIM CEV Repsol’s new proposal, if approved by relevant authorities, would see the first two rounds of the season take place in Portugal. The round scheduled for the Circuito do Estoril from the 4th-5th July would go ahead as planned and become the season opener, to be followed by the Algarve round the week after as the first of the postponed events to be rescheduled:
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