
MotoGP wrapped with another title-decider in the compact and ‘arena’ environment of the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, eastern Spain. The tight and twisty course was surrounded on three sides by another sold-out attendance of 110,000 and the largely partisan gathering were sent into rapture by Marc Marquez claiming his fourth premier class crown.
Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Johann Zarco walked ‘the box’ for the third occasion in his first season on the Yamaha M1 and led 26 of 30 laps in the Spanish sunshine and with the championship drama of Marquez and Dovizioso (the former almost crashing out of the lead and the latter running wide and into the gravel) behind him for long phases. The Frenchman engaged in a duel for the top spot with Dani Pedrosa and lost out to the six-times times winner at Valencia by three tenths of a second at the flag.