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Qatar MotoGP Saturday Subscriber Notes: What Saturday's Podium Means For Sunday's Race, Marquez' Plan, And The Acosta Hype

A race is in the books and points are on the board, and the 2024 MotoGP season is underway. Even if you're not a fan of the sprint races - and there are reasons not to like them - you can console yourself with the thought that we have some really hard data to go on.

Did we learn anything? We learned a lot. First of all that having to do a fast lap in practice, then a fast lap in qualifying (or two, if you are like Jack Miller and Raul Fernandez, and make it out of Q1 into Q2), and then a sprint race is very demanding on nerves and body. Laying down a qualifying lap is a battle of nerves, pushing as hard as you can and dancing on the razor's edge of disaster, taking risks in the fast corners, where crashing hurts, rather than the slow corners when you're working on setup.

Qualifying was more exciting than the race. The sprint was a tense affair, but once the leaders sorted themselves out there was little overtaking. The gaps opened and closed, but not many people got past, though there was a pass for the podium, and on the penultimate lap as well.


David EmmettSun, 10/Mar/2024 - 01:30

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