Jorge Martin and Italy's Francesco Bagnaia go into battle this weekend at Sepang in Malaysia with the MotoGP world championship crown within the Spaniard's reach.Bagnaia went on to retain his world crown in the series-finale at Valencia.
Francesco Bagnaia won the Thai MotoGP ahead of Jorge Martin in wet conditions on Sunday to close the gap on the championship leader with two race weekends left."Being me and Pecco (Bagnaia) at this stage of the championship, with these conditions, is not good."
Ducati's Enea Bastianini won the Thai MotoGP sprint race on Saturday with the two world title rivals Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia second and third respectively."I was not used to this heat, it was really tough," said Spain's Martin, who is attempting to win the world title for the first time.
Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in practice Friday for the Thailand MotoGP with a lap record, as championship rivals Jorge Martin came second and Francesco Bagnaia fourth.Spain's Martin is just 20 points clear of Bagnaia in the world championship title race.