About this episode

The episode discusses the current MotoGP title contenders and their championship chances.

How many riders are actually in MotoGP title contention and who’s now the favourite? Have the factory Aprilia riders let Marc Marquez get too close? Is Ai Ogura now a realistic contender? Don’t forget Fabio Di Giannantonio is top Ducati and a very close third in the points! Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy, Eden Hannigan and Matt Beer assess the championship chances of the current top eight in the very close standings, using some very dubious maths and varying degrees of preparatory homework. Join The Race Members' Club: Sign up to our motorbike-only Riders tier on Patreon for our 2015 revisited series, ad-free listening and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Race Media Ltd

Guests: Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy, Eden Hannigan, Matt Beer

Topics covered

• MotoGP
• title contenders
• championship chances
• rider rankings
• factory teams
• points standings

Keywords

• MotoGP
• title contenders
• Marc Marquez
• Ai Ogura
• Fabio Di Giannantonio
• Aprilia
• Ducati
• points standings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aprilia, Ducati

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