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MotoGP 2021: First half vs second half performance

If Francesco Bagnaia had been able to match his 143 points over the second half of the MotoGP season during the opening nine rounds then, all else being equal, it would have been enough to pip Fabio Quartararo to the title by eight points. That's no surprise given the Italian's near perfect end-of-season run where - aside from falling from the lead in Misano - he scored 116 out of a possible 125 points in the over events. However, another Ducati rider made an even bigger second half improvement than Bagnaia's +34 points; rookie Enea Bastianini. Riding an aging GP19 for Avintia, Bastianini scored just 27 points by the end of the Dutch TT, round 9 of 18. But Bastianini then almost trebled...
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