Pecco Bagnaia won the Malaysian Grand Prix, narrowing the gap between him and Jorge Martin at the top of the world championship. The Ducati rider delivered an intense race, marked by numerous overtakes and counter-overtakes with his main rival. By winning at Sepang, Bagnaia restarted the title race. He is now 24 points behind Martin, which means that anything remains possible ahead of the final round of the season, which will undoubtedly take place in Barcelona.
Pecco Bagnaia had only one goal in mind when
Malaysian Grand Prix : win the race to keep his title chances open against Jorge
Martin. After the race
Sprintwhere he was -29
points behind his rival, the Chivasso driver accomplished his mission by winning a race marked by a red flag following an accident involving Brad
Binder, Fabio Quartararo et Jack
Miller. Although the Australian remained on the ground for a while, he eventually left the medical center standing, much to everyone's relief.
When the race restarts, reduced to 19 laps,
Bagnaia quickly took the lead, and the first laps provided a memorable MotoGP spectacle, with daring maneuvers and overtakes between him and
Martin. The latter, with different tires, nevertheless competed fiercely, making life difficult for the Piedmontese driver. However, it was towards the middle of the race that
Bagnaia managed to take off, crossing the finish line first for his tenth victory of the season, the 28th of his career.
This Malaysian Grand Prix will be remembered
With this success, he narrows the gap to -24 points
behind Martinwith a thrilling final expected in Barcelona, which is expected to replace Valencia. Enea Bastianinifor its part, benefited from the fall of
Marc Marquez at turn 15 to get on the podium, while Marquez finished 12th but kept one point ahead of Bastianini in the championship.
Behind them, Alex Marquez also had a good race, finishing fourth ahead of the rookie
Pedro Acostawhile Fabio Quartararo took sixth place, propelling the
Yamaha as the best Japanese motorcycle of the day. The top ten was completed by Marco Bezzecchi et Augusto Fernandezwith
Johann Zarco finishing 11th and best driver
Honda.
The victory of Bagnaia at Sepang revives hopes of a MotoGP title for this season. But the pressure remains on the Ducati official since it will be enough to
Martin to win the last Sprint race of the season to be crowned, whatever the performances of
Bagnaia. The grand finale will still take place!
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