JAKARTA - The 2022 MotoGP race is back on. The Misano Circuit in San Marino will host this weekend.
Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia has an important mission. He is eyeing a fourth win in a row this season.
Moreover, racing in his own hometown, the perfect place to continue the extraordinary trend.
The Italian had a record of four podiums in his 11 visits to Misano when he finished third in Moto2 2017 and won the race in 2018 after starting from pole position.
Then in MotoGP, Pecco came out as runner-up of GP San Marino 2020 and then perfected it with a win from pole at GP San Marino the following year, according to MotoGP statistics reported by Antara.
Thanks to three consecutive wins, Bagnaia is in control of his position to third place in the standings with a collection of 156 points. He followed Aleix Espargaro with a difference of 12 points, and 44 points from leaders Fabio Quartararo.
GP San Marino this weekend became the 28th race to be held at Misano. The first Grand Prix at Misano was held in 1980.
The 500cc race on the 3.448 km long track runs counter-clockwise. Kenny Roberts was the winner.
Misano held 10 Grand Prix events between 1980 and 1993 before being absent from the MotoGP calendar for 13 consecutive years due to an accident that ended Wayne Rainey's 1993 career.
The Grand Prix race returned to Misano in 2007, this time with a modified circuit to 4.18 km. The race turned into clockwise.
Yamaha last tasted victory at Misano when Maverick Vinales took the top podium in 2020.
However, Yamaha is still the most successful manufacturer there by bagging eight wins.
Valentino Rossi presented it in 2008, 2009, and 2014. While Jorge Lorenzo in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Then Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Vinales.
Meanwhile, Honda won the second race at Misano last year through a sensational performance by Marc Marquez. Marquez's victory in 2015 was also the first for Honda at Misano since 2010 after breaking four consecutive wins of Yamaha.
Ducati also proved himself when Bagnaia won the San Marino Grand Prix race at Misano 2021 from pole position. Bagnaia also won pole at last year's Emilia Romagna GP which was the fifth pole of Ducati at Misano after Casey totaling in 2007 and 2008, and Jorge Lorenzo in 2018.
Marc Marquez became the runner in Misano with seven wins (1 125cc, 2 Moto2, and 4 MotoGP. While Jorge Lorenzo was ranked second with four wins each in 250cc and three MotoGP classes.
However, both drivers will not race this time. Lorenzo has retired, Marquez is still struggling with injury.
Since 2007, five riders have won MotoGP at Misano from pole position. They were Casey totaling in 2007, Valentino Rossi in 2009, Dani Pedrosa in 2010, Maverick Vinales in 2020/2021 and Francesco Bagnaia in 2021/2022.
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