Moto GP: Francesco Bagnaia has taken out the sprint race in Barcelona to keep his chances alive of a Championship win, however a finish of 9th or higher for Jorge Martin would see the Spanish star take out this year's honours in his home country!
Jorge Martin won the MotoGP world championship for the first time with an untroubled run to third place at the Grand Prix of Barcelona on Sunday, the Spaniard’s 32nd podium of the season enough to dethrone reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia , who won from pole position but fell short of a hat-trick of titles.
“I don’t know what to say, I’m completely shocked,” Martin, who became the fifth Spanish premier-class world champion after Alex Criville, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Joan Mir, said. “I don’t want to remove the sheen to Jorge, I think it’s deserving what he achieved and this day is for him,” Bagnaia said.
Martin dropped to third behind Marquez at the beginning of the second lap and was under no pressure from behind, the Spaniard’s close friend Aleix Espargaro spending the majority of his final race in the sport before retirement in fourth place and exerting no pressure on the Pramac Ducati rider.
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