MOTOGP
LOSAIL (QAT)
10 MARCH
ROUND 1/21
On a weekend that started with the spotlight firmly on Marc Marquez and rookie sensation Pedro Acosta, reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia showed why he is still the king of MotoGP with a dominant performance in Qatar.
Ducati supremo Bagnaia faced several new challenges heading into the 2024 campaign: Jorge Martin remains keen to seek revenge for his narrow title defeat in 2023; Enea Bastianini had been showing flashes of his ‘2022 best’ in pre-season testing; and Marquez, perhaps the greatest rider of the generation, is now also on a Ducati, albeit a year-old bike. By
