Coming into the 2022 MotoGP title showdown, Yamaha is hoping to end up on the other side of the kind of last-race drama that denied it and Valentino Rossi the 2006 crown.
But how much encouragement can Fabio Quartararo really take from the late Nicky Hayden’s triumph, and what is his likeliest path to a decidedly unlikely second championship?
Toby Moody is joined by Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson to discuss MotoGP’s history of last-race title turnarounds, and why there is another example that’s more relevant to Quartararo’s hopes of defeating Pecco Bagnaia than the 2006 finale.
They also talk about the battle for third place in the standings between Aleix Espargaro and Enea Bastianini, and the state of Honda’s bid to avoid the ignominy of finishing last in the MotoGP constructors standings for the first time ever.
Finally, they discuss the idea of safety cars in MotoGP and the current state of wet-weather racing in the series.
