Francesco Bagnaia did not achieve the feat of overthrowing the Spaniard Jorge Martin, new MotoGP world champion. If the Italian Ducati rider won this Sunday, the last Grand Prix of the season contested in Barcelona, the double title holder failed to make up for his 19 points deficit.
The “Martinator”, third on the Catalan track, therefore offered himself his first MotoGP world champion title. In the end, he is 10 points ahead of his transalpine rival and 116 points ahead of his compatriot Marc Marquez (Gresini). The latter took second place in this Grand Prix, which allowed him to overtake Enea Bastianini (Ducati-Lenovo), finally fourth of the season.
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The MotoGP riders' world championship standings
1. Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati-Pramac), 508 points
2. Francesco Bagnaia (ESP/Ducati), 498
3. Marc Marquez (ESP/Gresini), 392
4. Enea Bastianini (ITA/Ducati-Lenovo), 386
5. Brad Binder (AFS/KTM), 217
6. Pedro Acosta (ESP/Ducati-Lenovo), 215
7. Maverick Viñales (ESP/Aprilia), 190
8. Alex Marquez (ESP/Gresini), 173
9. Federico Morbidelli (ITA/Ducati-Pramac), 1173
10. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA)/Gresini), 165
11. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia), 163
12. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 153
13. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha), 113
14. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM), 87
15. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Aprilia-Trackhouse), 75
16. Raul Fernandez (ESP/Aprilia-Trackhouse), 66
17. Johann Zarco (FRA/Honda-LCR), 55
18. Alex Rins (ESP/Yamaha), 31
19. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Honda-LCR), 31
20. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/GasGaS-Tech3), 27
21. Joan Mir (ESP/Honda), 21
22. Luca Marini (ITA/Honda), 14
23. Pol Espargaro (ESP/KTM), 12
24. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/KTM), 7
25. Stefan Bradl (GER/Team HRC), 2