Another red wash from Marc Márquez but this time there was plenty going on in the desert: KTM’s good vibrations (until it befell MotoGP’s air curse), Honda only three-tenths off the winning pace, the ongoing agonies of the reigning world champion, Pecco Bagnaia ruining his weekend with a single Saturday mistake and the return of Franky Morbidelli.
Márquez’s seventh victory from eight starts completed another perfect weekend: pole, sprint win and grand prix victory, his third triple crown from four GPs, a 100% success rate ruined by that unforced, unnecessary Sunday crash at COTA.
The 32-year-old is simply on another level at the moment. I spoke to ‘King’ Kenny Roberts – MotoGP’s only other rookie world champion – during the COTA weekend, and what he told me should strike fear into his rivals
