Jorge Martin failed to win the second race in Malaysia. Francesco Bagnaia narrowed the Spaniard’s lead in the fight for the world championship.
Italian Francesco Bagnaia won the World Championship race in Malaysia on Sunday and closed the gap on the reigning MotoGP world championship by Jorge Martin lead to 24 points. The Spanish Martin was the second in the competition and the Italian Enea Bastianini third.
– Frankly, Jorge was very aggressive, Bagnaia described the tight competition.
– But our pace was also good, and as always in competition, I can attack.
Martin increased his lead on Saturday by winning the sprint race. Bagnaia, who won the previous two world championships, crashed in the sprint race, but the token will be in the saddle for Sunday.
– We do incredible work. This is the tenth win of the season.
The last races of the season were supposed to be run in Valencia in mid-November, but the races were canceled due to the giant floods in Spain that claimed more than 200 lives.
The race organizers are now looking for a replacement place. One option that emerged over the weekend is Barcelona, ​​so Martin still has the chance to celebrate the World Cup in his home country. On the final weekend of the season, he can already secure the world championship by winning the sprint race.
– Thanks to “Pecco”, because he always makes this challenge more difficult, Martin, who is chasing his first king class world championship, thanked his competition partner Bagnaia.