Marco Bezzecchi is a MotoGP “championship contender”, BT Sport TV experts agree: “He has just clicked!”
The Italian won his first-ever premier class race at the Argentina MotoGP, also handing his Moone💫y VR46 team their maiden victory.
He sits nine points clear of reigning champion, factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia, at the summit of the standings after the first two race weekends 🐎of 2023.
Sylvain Guintoli ✃said on BT Sport: “Where he made the difference was at the start of the race. He was able to put down his lap times and nobody could live with him.
“He was great at the start. He got down to business sꦑo fast, there was no way for anybody to keep up with him. Tꦺhat gave him the ability to control the race later on.
“The big thing in th📖e wet is to activate your style very fast. That makes all the difference. You have to take risks but it’s easy to go from hero to zero, especially in the first lap😼s.
“Since he arrive🔯d at the first test he has performed in every condition. Strong in the dry, in the wet, fast in the sprint🐟.
“He looks ꦡreally complete, and he’s got a really good bike.”
Asked if Bezzecchi could maintain his electric start and fight for the c✱hampionship, ꧙Guintoli replied: “100%. There are a lot of markers there. The work he puts in, the way he conducts himself. That first win could [open the floodgates].”
Michael Laverty added about Bezzecchi: “It was such a controlled effort. The level every💖one is at, you just don’t sღee a 6s or 7s gap.
“He just missed the win on Saturday, he won Sunday, podium in Po🦹rtimao - he’s a championship contender, you’ve got to sa𝓰y.
“He has just clicked. Over the winter he had a [bike tha♕t was] one step down from everybody’s last year. Ducati have now given everyone the same tools, pretty much. They’ve given him a pro✅per race bike.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a d༺ecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
