This Sunday, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia won the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of the Spaniard Jorge Martin, leader of the MotoGP world championship. The world title will therefore be decided in Barcelona, during the last Grand Prix of the 2024 season.
Who will be crowned 2024 MotoGP world champion? Like last year, the suspense will last until the very last Grand Prix, which should take place in Barcelona, certainly in two weeks. This Sunday, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), double reigning world champion, won the Malaysian Grand Prix, near Sepang. In second place, we find the Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), current leader of the MotoGP world championship standings.
The latter, who could have been crowned this Sunday if he had scored nine points more than his competitor, obviously remains at the head of the generalwith a lead which now amounts to 24 points over the Transalpine. Bagnaia, who made no mistakes this time, recovered perfectly well after his fall the day before during the sprint race. During the first four laps of the race this Sunday, the Italian even fought a magnificent battle with his biggest rival, with multiple overtakes, before managing to have the last word.
Big scare for Miller, Binder and Quartararo
Francesco Bagnaia signs his tenth victory of the season, the 28th since the start of his career in the premier category. Third place in this Sunday Grand Prix goes to another Italian, in the person of Enea Bastianini. Before the outcome of this race, three drivers had a big scare. During a first start, Brad Binder, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Jack Miller (KTM) were involved in a big crash at turn 2. This led to the red flag being brought out, to interrupt this race, which restarted later for 19 and no longer 20 laps. Miller, whose helmet hit the rear wheel of the Habs, was unable to leavebut he was later filmed walking without apparent injury.
For his part, Binder was ultimately unable to take the second start, apparently following a technical problem on his reserve bike. Even though he left the scene of the crash limping, Quartararo, for his part, finished sixth, his best result of the season. His compatriot Johann Zarco (Honda LCR) finished eleventh.
