MotoGp, Sepang: Pecco Bagnaia wins the race but not the World Championship

The World Championship will be decided in the last race in Valencia

A great Bagnaia manages to win the Malaysian Grand Prix (seventh GP won in the season). Starting in 12th position, Pecco made a great comeback, taking home the win ahead of Bastianini and Quartararo (who started ninth). Bezzecchi’s fourth place was excellent.

A victory that is not worth the mathematical certainty of the World Championship. The Ducati rider has, in fact, 23 points ahead of the reigning World Champion. We will have to wait until the Valencia Grand Prix to know the name of the winner of the MotoGp World Championship.

After six titles won by Valentino Rossi in eight years it was the Spanish riders who took the lion’s share of the MotoGp World Championship. From 2012 to 2020 only they have won, with Jorge Lorenzo a two-time world champion, Marc Marquez (6) and Joan Mir, triumphant in 2020 with his Suzuki.

1 F. BAGNAIA 40:14.332
2 E. BASTIANINI +0.270
3 F. QUARTARARO +2.773
4 M. BEZZECCHI +5.706
5 A. RINS +12.140
6 J. MILLER +13.963
7 M. MARQUEZ +14.542
8 B. BINDER +17.068
9 J. ZARCO +18.624
10 F. MORBIDELLI +20.463