With five rounds to go, starting at Motegi this weekend, five riders are still in mathematical contention for the 2024 MotoGP world championship.

But with fifth place 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta needing to win every remaining Sprint and Grand Prix, and for168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Jorge Martin not to score, the KTM rookie can be discounted.

That leaves a Ducati quartet of Martin, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Enea Bastianini and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez.

Martin and Bagnaℱia start this weekend’s Japanese MotoGP 21 points apart, with 185 poin𓆏ts remaining and everything still to play for.

But Mandalika took a heavy toll on th𒁃e title chances of Bastianini and Marqu𒈔ez.

Neither reached the finish of Sunday’s race - Bastianini due to a fall and Marquez an engine failure - leaving them 75 and 78 ಌpoints behind Martin, respectively.

That means they ne෴ed to outscore Martin by ꦏan average of 15-16 points per round for five events in succession.

"I'm happy to get back on track right away and leave last Sunday behind me for good,” said ⛦Bastianini, who crashed out of a late third place while hunting down Martin and Acosta.

“It's been two years since I last raced in Japan, but I’ve always liked the Motegi track, and recent🐼ly, we've been fast on almost every circuit.

“The gap in the championship is geꦚtting bigger, but it's still not mathematically impo♋ssible.

“It will beജ important to stay focused in these final races, give our best, and always push hard."

Before Mandalika, Bastianini had scored 1ꦑ27 points in the five rounds since the summer breꦬak.

Only Martin scored more, with 129 points. M🍷arquez brought in 115 and Bagnaia only 95 over the same period.

If those scores are repeated in the final five events, the order of the championship top four will rema🉐꧂in unchanged.