MotoGP Malaysia GP 2024, live
Spanish Jorge Martin (Ducati) and Italian Francesco Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) opens a new chapter in the fight for the world title MotoGP in Malaysia.The penultimate Grand Prix of the season will take place this weekend in two acts: the sprint race on Saturday and the main race on Sunday at the Sepang circuit.
Live coverage of the 2024 Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix Sprint Race.
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The Madrid native is the leader of the World Cup with 17 point advantage about the defending champion closing the gap at the Thai Grand Prix with a victory that puts him in position to retain his crown with four races remaining in the championship.
Both drivers are the only ones who have a chance to compete for the title. World Cup final, in which 74 points are awarded With 12 sprint races and 25 main races in each Grand Prix, the Italian is forced to attack if he wants to further close the gap on San Sebastian de los Reyes.
He Sepang asphalt As such, he is the judge for the penultimate round for the title with precedent for 2023when Italy’s Enea Bastianini won it all, she was followed by Alex Marquez and Baganaia himself, with Martin in fourth place.
That changed a year later, and although both were fighting again in the championship final, this time The Spaniard takes the initiative in the classification. and the Italian is the one who is forced to return.
Down a notch, Marc Marquez defends third place in the World Championship ahead of Bastianini, winner of the last race in Thailand and just 11 points behind the eight-time world champion.