The Gotha here it is. With additional precision, we must take into account the absolute number of victories over a season but also put it in relation to the number of GPs raced over the corresponding years, there is therefore also a percentage of victories which is ultimately the number more telling. Here we go. So, this year, ten victories for Bagnaia, maybe and even probably eleven, including four in a row. The difference with the other drivers cited is that they, in the reference years, have been titled, which is not yet the case for Bagnaia. So Bagnaia in percentage is 52% wins, 55% if he wins eleven times. When we talk about victories, it is only about GPs, the sprints bring points but do not enter the official prize lists. The first of Gotha is obviously Agostini, ten victories in 1968, 1969 and 1970, eight in 1971, eleven in 1972 but they are in a row and represent 100% of victories over these years in 500. Untouchable, like all the figures in this rider, except the total number of victories in 500/MotoGP, beaten by Rossi. Doohan is second on the list, in 1997, twelve victories out of 15 GPs, including nine in a row! That’s 80%! Note that that year, Honda won all fifteen races of the year, 100% so, for those who are sad to see a Ducati Cup, the red brand this year is eighteen victories out of ten nine GPs, or “only” 94%! We move on to Marc Marquez in 2014, thirteen victories out of eighteen GPs, or 72%. Including nine in a row! In 2019, another thirteen victories but over 19 GPs, therefore 68%. Rossi scored eleven victories in 2001, 2002 and 2005, seven in a row in 2002. Percentages 68% and 64%. Finally in 2007, Stoner won ten victories out of eighteen GPs, or 55% of victories. He is the only Gotha driver that Bagnaia can match if he wins the Barcelona GP. And yes, becoming a legend, not easy, Bagnaia knows it, not all my colleagues… Summary table above…
