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Round 14 Misano, Italy, 17-19 September 2021 MotoGP World Championship

IF THE CHINESE proverb is to be believed, the best things in life come in twos. Yin and yang; male and female; and in Francesco Bagnaia’s (Lenovo Ducati) case, MotoGP victories. The Italian sustained the rich vein of form that saw him defeat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) the previous week to triumph at home after a late Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) onslaught.

Bagnaia’s staunch defence here may have lacked the all-out kung-fu combat of the previous race, but there was reason to believe it was just as impressive. While his rival in Aragon was still far from full fitness, regaining strength and feeling aboard one of the poorest incarnations of Honda’s RC213V in living memory, here he had to hang on as the championship leader, a