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It's... 2:22 a.m.

It's Sund-

Monday morning.

I've just come back from Isola Liri.

But I'm on it!

The post-gp video can't wait.

What an incredible championship
we're watching!

Incredible.

Nothing is taken for granted.

The German race had to be
an advantage for Martin and Marquez.

Instead, a devastating Pecco
in crushing mode wins 'em all.

Let's not waste any time
and get started with the analysis.

Opening.

A respectable post-gp video
also explains some technical aspects.

So, since you appreciated it in the past,

when it will be worth it,

I'll try to point out those details
that many times we miss.

Something that us enthusiasts like
is the sound,

the bikes' exhausts.

In MotoGP, we saw exhausts
of all types

and of different shapes.

Often, the main idea was the following.

Short exhaust to improve
the delivery at low revs,

long exhaust to improve it
at high revs.

Right?

Actually, the level's much higher.

Look at this update on Honda.

It conformed to KTM,
with a low and short exhaust.

The final part, in particular,
is very tight.

This is used to create
the so-called 'thrust effect'.

It's a physical thrust,

as if it were a jet,
to put it simple.

It's a very little detail.

Thrusts of three-four kilos.

However, in today's MotoGP,

every hundredth of a second matters.

So, here it is.

In other bikes too
you can see this converging duct,

to compress the gases
and push them towards a direction.

For example, on Yamaha.

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Back to the race,

Friday's hot topic
was Marquez, for sure.

You can say whatever,

but MotoGP should thank
every saint in heaven

for having such a rider on the grid.

Divisive, crazy, determined, inconsistent,

and, above all, very strong.

Marquez arrived at Sachsenring
with the same mentality of 2023.

He would accept
no other outcome but victory.

It's his track, riding a bike
he strongly wished for.

He wanted to prove it.

But...
There's a 'but'.

The level's changed.

He has a GP23, not a GP24.

The other riders,
also leading...

They achieved a difficult-to-reach level,
even for the best Marquez.

However, contrary to other riders,

until he doesn't crash hard on the track,

he doesn't give in.

I want to ask you: how many riders,
with a client bike from the year before,

have won some races?

Few.

How many have won a whole championship,
in the modern era?

Nobody.

Do you believe
Marquez doesn't give it a thought?

Of course he does.

But reality is what we said earlier.

At the moment,
the level's too high,

both for him and the bike he's riding.

Does it make sense,
to risk getting hurt this way,

and also risking next year
on the factory bike,

instead of waiting to be
on a level playing field,

and then playing all your cards
while you're at the top?

We'll see if his ego will accept this,
in the next races.

There's something I adore about him,
I go crazy for it.

It's the fact he doesn't ever complain.

Really, never.

Either about his bike,
or his conditions.

Those riders are stronger than us,
Bagnaia and Martin.

You can say whatever about him
and about the usual topics,

it's something we talked about
in previous post-gps and years.

But this guy has a determination
and willpower that are impressive.

I don't know if you know what it means,

but the guy rode a MotoGP bike for 30 laps

with four cracked ribs
and a broken finger.

At the end of the race, he simply says,

'those two fighting ahead
are better than me, they're stronger'.

He doesn't even mention
his physical conditions,

or the bike he's riding,
which is inferior compared to the tops.

With all the cries we always here
after the race,

he's truly admirable.

Now let's talk about Saturday

and the qualifying session.

About all the insults on Bradl
for making Marquez lose the best lap...

The Talking Helmet has already spoken.

Hi, there.

I want to be honest.

I've never seen him so angry with someone.

But he's right!

Holy shit, Bradl, get the f*** out!

Luckily, in 2025,
Espargaro will be a tester for Honda.

At least good Stefan will focus
full time on being a commentator.

Thanks to this, the Spanish rider
had to recover from the 13th position,

on one of the tracks
where it is most difficult to overtake.

The two championship leaders
are always on first rows,

despite the bad luck.

This time, it was a yellow flag
for the attempt by Pecco.

I want to be honest
about the Tissot sprint too.

It's little telling,
especially in such a track.

The start makes up for 90% of the race.

So, the sprint doesn't tell much.

Martin has gained some points
to get close to Pecco,

while Marquez made a usual comeback.

Besides this, there's little to point out.

I almost forgot.

Vinales had only one job.

After realizing
Marquez was right behind him,

on the last lap,

he only had to close it
before the last turn,

to avoid being overtaken by the only rider
who'd try even if he was 30 meters away.

Especially if it's the last-

I don't even have to tell ya.
Let's move on.

Let's talk about the race.

It was a show on the limit.

Martin and Pecco may be
seconds apart during the race,

but in the end, the result's the same.

The'yll fight for the victory
with a gap of three tenths.

You can push it at the start,
like Martin did,

but you'll pay for it.

The choice is
between hunting or being hunt.

There's one thing that annoys me so much!

That is, reading some comments on the web.

Something like the following.

'You can tell Martin is
mentally weaker than Pecco'.

Guys, maybe you have short term memory.

In the last two years or so,
where they have been fighting it out,

both have made several mistakes.

The difference in strong mentality
is not in the error itself,

which can happen,
as they're always on the limit,

but in getting back up
in the race afterwards

and still be on the same level.

At the worst moments,

where a second mistake
would have jeopardized the season,

instead of slowing down and taking it easy

Pecco has always reacted
like a true champion.

That's where mental strenght lies.

Don't forget what happened
in Jerez, last year.

A tension that anyone would have suffered,

he took it to make a difference,

to push it harder
even in his worst moment.

As I was saying,

it's not about the mistake itself,

not the half-bar of braking more or less
that makes you lose the front.

The difference of mental strenght
doesn't lie on the mistake itself.

In such a competitive season,
it's normal to make a mistake.

What matters is how you get back up
after such a thing.

We'll see if Martin will be there
fighting again,

maintaining his usual speed level,

or if he decides to take it easy.

I'm happy to see Morbidelli
find himself again, little by little.

Unfortunately,
as you've seen,

he paid heavily for the choice
to scramble the tyres at the beginning,

out of over-eagerness,
if we can call it that.

On the last laps, you could clearly see
his front end was quite scarred.

Anyway, sniffing the upper reaches
of the rankings is becoming a habit.

A beautiful habit.

It's the best way
to find his competitiveness again.

He only misses a stronger race management

to be at the top.

About Marquez, I don't want to say
something else, bothering you.

Just a little data.

Starting 13th, he finished second

on the most hostile track
in the championship,

under the physical condition he is,

with a gap of 3.8 seconds
from the top.

Johnny, understand?