© Bruce Allen September 24 2018
The latest results from Aragon haven’t made much difference in our chase of the predicted 297 points or less for Marc Marquez this season in MotoGP. His projected point total has declined since Austria only due to the once-every-four-decades cancellation of the Silverstone round 12. All I want to say in defense of my dubious prediction is that he is trending toward 316 points. Liars figure and figures lie. One might argue that a single careless post-clinch crash could reduce his point total by his average per race, which is 17.6 which rounds to 18.
316 – 18 = 298.
If there’s anything at all interesting about these numbers–and I’m beginning to wonder myself–it is that Marquez led Dovizioso by 72 points on August 12 and will lead him by 72 points on October 6, the day before Buriram. Each has had a first and a second the last two rounds, while Lorenzo has crashed from pole both times. And whereas Lorenzo trailed Marquez by 71 points on August 12, he will trail him by 116 points on October 6. The Spartan, the tragic hero, victim of his own hubris, might have kept himself in the Top Three Riders conversation. Instead, he is now flirting with becoming one of those sideshow guys like the late-stage Randy de Puniet, who could qualify the hell out of a bike only to finish 14th every time out.
Tags: Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Marquez, motogp
Late-Braking MotoGP 
September 29, 2018 at 7:13 pm |
Good onya for remembering Randy.
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October 6, 2018 at 9:42 pm |
“Setting a new track record” counts for your tally at the new track?
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October 7, 2018 at 9:35 am |
In the record books it will show the record set in 2018, at least until someone breaks it. So yes, it counts by definition.
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