First cross between the world of motors and the European football championships in the hot summer of sport that is about to begin.
On the day of Italy-Wales, at 6 pm on Sunday at the Olimpico, both the Formula 1 in France at Paul Ricard in Le Castellet and the MotoGP for the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring will re-ignite: a challenge between tracks and fields to be played. drive fans and enthusiasts crazy.
The Circus returns to a real and very fast circuit after Monaco and Baku re-proposing the challenge between Max Verstapppen's Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, with the world champion in the unusual role of pursuer with 4 points from catch up on the flying Dutchman. New growth tests by Ferrari, called to check its latest performance on a track that is demanding for engine and aerodynamics. And there is also a desire to grow for the home team, the Alpine, which promises a show with the former Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso: "I have always liked racing in France. I have had good results in Formula 1 and in other categories. of motorsport, but the 'Paul Ricard'it is actually a track that I don't know very well because I have only raced there once with the single-seaters - says the Spaniard who returned to F1 this year -. The track has been resurfaced with some minor changes to help improve the racing, so we'll be evaluating it from Friday.
The circuit - explains Alonso - has some high-speed sections and turn 10 will be fun with these cars. It will be different from what we experienced in Munich and also than in Baku. We hope to be able to put on the track in a good show for the fans. "
Moving from four to two wheels, we are waiting to see the former world champion Marc Marquez again on a track where the Spaniard has always dominated from start to finish. After a week off, the MotoGP paddock heads to Germany, at Sachsenring, one of the stages that in 2020, due to the pandemic, did not host the World Championship. Leafing through the yearbooks, you can see how Marquez with his Honda can consider himself the master of the house given the 10 consecutive victories he won from 2010, when he was engaged in 125, to 2019 when he conquered the eighth world crown. The German track is well suited to the Honda which had previously won on seven other occasions with Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi, Sete Gibernau and Max Biaggi securing 78% of the victories in the MotoGP era. At the moment,the situation of the winged house is delicate, as shown by the classification of the Catalan GP where its first representative was Alex Marquez (Marc's brother), 11 / o at the finish. As for the eight-time world champion, he has not yet fully recovered from his right arm fracture last year, although he has made significant progress despite three consecutive crashes in the race.
Among the favorites certainly the leader of the MotoGP world class Fabio Quartararo. The Frenchman has never won in Germany and has never enjoyed the view from the podium but, with the three wins in his pocket, El Diablo will attempt the extension. The Ducati riders make his life difficult. The Borgo Panigale house can count on an excellent trio made up of Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing), Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) who are respectively in second, third and fourth place in the standings. . To verify then the state of form of Valentino Rossi called once again to give signs of growth.
