People are starting to put money on who they think will win this year’s MotoGP World Championship. But that’s boring. Because it’s obviously Marc Marquez, unless his arm falls off again or the title is decided on tyre penalties. So never mind that.
We’ve scoured the betting sites to find some of the more interesting side bets that the major bookies have been offering for the coming season.
Davide Tardozzi to grab Marc Marquez by the throat in pit lane- 2/1
The excitable Italian is no fan of the Spanish Antichrist at the best of times
Marco Bezzecchi to attack Marc Marquez in a gravel trap – 4/6
Bez is like a less camp version of his hero Rossi, so no off-camera “mosquito bites” for him
Maverick Vinales to stop fannying around and damn well overtake somebody – 200/1
Bookies are trying to part suckers from their cash with these tempting odds
Clinica Mobile to be taken over by the Canadian health system – 50/1
Riders would save $$$ on orthopaedic surgery if they were euthanized for walking in with so much as a fractured scaphoid
Marc Marquez to grow a Dick Dastardly moustache – 33/1
It’d give him something to twirl when he’s sitting in the pit garage
Taka Nakagami to win MotoGP World Championship – 500/1
Oh, wait. That’s genuinely what the bookies are offering. How did that one get in here?
Pecco Bananas to be punished in any way for his drunk driving conviction – 1000/1
You can’t bring the sport into disrepute when Ducati, Dorna and the FIM are already doing it worse than you are
Championship points to be tallied up by software licensed from the British Post Office – 80/1
Riders would be jailed after the Post Office falsely accused them of inflating the number of points they’d scored
Gigi Dall’Igna to wipe his backside on a page of the MotoGP rulebook live on TV – 5/1
He’s been metaphorically wiping his arse on the technical rules for years already, but will this be the year that Ducati’s engineering genius finally does it literally?
Somebody removes Marc Marquez’s Scooby Doo mask to reveal he’s been Max Biaggi all along – 18/1
Ever seen the two of them in the same room at the same time? Didn’t think so!