MOTOGP
LOSAIL (QAT)
19 NOVEMBER
ROUND 19/20
One way or another, tyres are threatening to have a massive bearing on the outcome of the 2023 MotoGP world title. And that is a bad thing. If it’s not the threat of both Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin being hit with a time penalty for riding underneath the mandated minimum tyre pressures, it’s the possibility that one of them could be lumbered with a duff option.
In the sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix, Bagnaia saw his first match point slip away from him when problems with his rear tyre meant he struggled to fifth, while
