Bagnaia cold blooded by 10, Marquez 2. Bezzecchi navigated, 8- Corriere.it

Portugal inaugurated the new format of the World Championship, with the double race commitment, won for the record and for history by Bagnaia, on the top step in the Sprint race on Saturday and in the Grand Prix on Sunday. Full score, first in the standings, closely followed by Vinales, standard bearer of an Aprilia that doesn’t fear comparisons with the Ducati. Marquez, the black rider of a muted Honda, inaugurated the relaunch season with a red card incident.

Wet 10

Bewitched by the number 1. One-two and full loot, he flies to the top of the World Championship in a war bulletin weekend (two riders in the hospital, two others in the medical center) where his coolness made the difference together with his ability to exploit better an excellent Ducati.

Vinales 9

The gypsy returned. Thanks to an Aprilia that doesn’t fear comparison with the powerful Ducati, but also to a newfound awareness that recalls the 2017 Maverick, capable of winning three races in a row at the start of the season. If he also found the continuity…

Bezzecchi 8

What can you say to a 24-year-old boy, in his second season in MotoGP, capable of grabbing a podium with the confidence of an experienced rider? The freshness of a talent to focus on drives him, but in the sequel it could still surprise.

Zarco 7

Arriving finish, he throws himself into the melee with Binder, Miller, Alex Marquez and Quartararo and comes out of it by force, stopping his run-up (perhaps late) at the foot of the podium.

Alex Marquez 7

Fifth after a convincing race in his first season with Ducati (of the Gresini team) after years of purgatory with Honda (which had fired him from the factory team after just one season).

Miller 7

The average between Saturday’s race and Sunday’s, in any case the confirmation of a rider re-motivated by his move to Ktm (after his forced exit from Ducati) who seems to have taken the right path to becoming a protagonist again.

Quartararo 5

The extenuating factor of one Yamaha under tone (score 4) , could perhaps apply to the first race (aside from the fact that he had won in Portugal the year before), the appeal test is already upon us (Argentina GP, Sunday 2 April). And he is still a former world champion.

Marquez 2

He made a mistake, by his admission, and due to the incident with Oliveira and Martin (both thrown off the track) he took a double long lap penalty to serve in the next race. A neophyte mistake, with the only extenuating factor that perhaps he has to rediscover the mechanisms of the race after two intermittent seasons spent more in the hospital than on the track. But with the suspicion that the excessive competitive enthusiasm is the origin of the combined disaster.