Martin crowned champion as Bagnaia wins finale
Pramac rider Jorge Martin clinched his maiden MotoGP title with a safe third-place finish in the Barcelona Grand Prix, while Francesco Bagnaia had to concede defeat despite scoring an 11th win of 2024. Martin arrived at Sunday’s finale in Spain with a 19-point lead in the championship over factory Ducati rival Bagnaia and only needed […]
MotoGP Barcelona GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results
Alonso continued his winning run in Moto3, while the Moto2 season ended with Canet taking victory in a tense finale The day’s action kicked off with an 18-lap Moto3 race, where David Alonso capped off his title-winning campaign with a record-extending 14th victory. The CFMoto Aspar rider made a brilliant start from pole position to […]
How Bagnaia’s task in Barcelona compares to Lorenzo, Hayden turnarounds
Francesco Bagnaia needs more than a victory to come away from the Barcelona Grand Prix as a three-time MotoGP champion. Only some misfortune on Jorge Martin’s part could swing the title battle in his favour in the final round of the season. The factory Ducati rider rode admirably on Saturday to clinch victory in the […]
You will have to shoot Martin for him to finish worse than fourth
Ducati team boss Davide Tardozzi joked that someone would have to shoot Pramac rider Jorge Martin for him to finish lower than fourth in Sunday’s MotoGP finale in Barcelona. Martin is on the verge of winning the 2024 MotoGP title in his final race appearance on a Ducati, despite factory rider Francesco Bagnaia comprehensively outperforming […]
How Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia can win the 2024 MotoGP title in Barcelona GP
Pramac rider Jorge Martin goes into the Barcelona Grand Prix with a reduced — but still substantial — 19-point lead over factory Ducati rival Francesco Bagnaia. What was a 24-point lead was trimmed down to just 19 by Bagnaia following his impressive performance in the sprint race on Saturday, in which he converted pole position […]
Marquez came in as if no one was there
Rising MotoGP star Pedro Acosta believes Marc Marquez tried to overtake him “like no one was there” after his early exit from Saturday’s Barcelona Grand Prix sprint race. Acosta made a quick launch from sixth on the grid to jump to fourth place at the start, behind the Ducati GP24s of Enea Bastianini, Francesco Bagnaia […]
Bagnaia senses Martin nerves as MotoGP title battle goes to the wire
Francesco Bagnaia believes he can tell MotoGP title rival Jorge Martin has been “nervous” in the final round, but insisted it is normal for a rider on the cusp of winning the title. While factory Ducati rider Bagnaia has shown impressive pace so far in Barcelona to take pole position in qualifying and victory in […]
Martin fine with Bastianini’s last-lap move in Barcelona GP despite surprise
Jorge Martin has conceded he “understands” why Enea Bastianini made a last-lap pass on him in the Barcelona Grand Prix sprint, despite the implications of the move on his MotoGP title chances. Having rapidly closed in on him in the final stages of the 12-lap half-distance race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Bastianini sent his factory […]
Bagnaia takes vital sprint win to take title fight to finale
Francesco Bagnaia scored victory over Enea Bastianini and title rival Jorge Martin in the Barcelona Grand Prix sprint to take the championship to the final MotoGP race of 2024 on Sunday. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia recovered from a relatively poor getaway to score a convincing victory in Saturday’s half-distance race and take five points off […]