What Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin need to be crowned MotoGP champion today in Valencia
Last year he was 23 clear of Fabio Quar🍌tararo (Yamaha), th🅘is year he’s 14 ahead of Jorge Martin (Pramac).
Francesco Bagnaia will be MotoGP champion if:
• He finishes in the top five,
• He finishes P6, P7, P8, P9, P10 and Martin doesn’t win,
• He finishes P11, P12, P13, P14 and Martin doesn’t finish better than P3
• He finishes P15 or fails to score any🎐 points and𓄧 Martin doesn’t finish on the podium.
Jorge Martin will be MotoGP champion if:
• He wins and Bagnaia doesn’t finish better than P6
• He finishes P2 and Bagnaia doesn’t finish better than P11
• He finishes P🎀3 and Bagnaia doesn’t finish better than P15
The gap was 21 po𝐆ints heading into the w🌳eekend but Martin shaved seven points off by winning Satirday's sprint.
๊On💧 Sunday, Bagnaia starts the race from second, Martin from sixth.
Keep an eye on Ducati bosses and their teammates, too. What rol🦂e could they play?
Peter has been i♍n the pa🌸ddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
