8 Poles v 27 Falls, as it must pay being youthful, Fit
and full of vim 'N vigour, Eh?
Whale', I've been hoping for awhile now that
the unthinkable would happen, and somebody beside thou Pinball Wizard', nee
Marc Marquez would win the MotoGP title.
As I've been thinking all year long how
amazing of an upset it would be for Ducati's "Number Two" rider Andrea Dovizioso
to triumph as world champion over his esteemed team leader, triple world
champion Jorge Lorenzo.
Not to mention how popular this would have been in
Italy! Even if Ducati's owned by some Automotive company with four Rings on its
grill. Uhm, Err, via some clever maneuvering, Ducati's technically owned by
Lamborghini, albeit both its and Audi's parent company is Volkswagen AG.
Yet heading into the season finale at Circuit
Ricardo Tormo,
whilst I knew that (Dovizioso)
Dovi' had six wins to his credit, I was unawares that
Marquez was keeping pace, also with 6-wins. While the early season's
championship favourite Movistar Yamaha's Maverick "top gun" Vinales,
remember him? Was third best with three W's this season.
Rounding out the riders to stand atop the
podium was Dani
Pedrosa taking a popular win in Jerez at the Spanish
Motorcycle Grand Prix on May 7th. With the only other rider on top of the
podium being the ageless "Doctor," nee Valentino Rossi - winning at thou
Netherlands legendous' Assen TT circuit Wayback at the end of June, before
Marquez and Dovizioso
resumed their winning ways...
Interestingly, or is I-T just for Mwah? How
Germany's top luxury car manufacturers have locked up pacing la Federation's
*FIA ) top two racing series, nee Formula 1 and MotoGP respectively.
As BMW didn't want to be left out in the
rain, so to speak, since I'm pretty certain that Mercedes still paces the
Formula 1 Boyz'.
But even the M5 Bimmer' couldn't slow Marquez
down, who secured Pole at Valencia, before another crash, with title rivals Dovizioso way down on
Row 3, in ninth.
And in what seemed to be the season's mantra,
besides The Whiz Kid winning, another Grands Prix was held in wet conditions,
where Dovi' needed a major miracle to overtake Marquez for the title, which was
not to be.
As the 31yr old Italian Factory Duc' rider
fell out of the race, whilst the 24yr old Spaniard saved himself from another
fall, hanging onto third place en route to his fourth MotoGP championship crown
in five years.
As Marquez Repsol Honda team-mate Pedrosa claimed his
second win of the season, ahead of the hard charging rookie Monster "Tek
Twa" (Tech 3) Satellite Yamahopper' rider Johann Zarco, who reportedly scared Marquez in the race...
As what a
difference another year makes, along with not fighting against his fiercest
rival, The Doctor, with NO kicking or scratching, Ci!