Francesco Bagnaia wins Thailand MotoGP to narrow Martin’s championship lead
Al Jazeera
The reigning world champion closed the gap on championship leader Jorge Martin to 17 points with two races remaining.
Francesco Bagnaia has won the Thai MotoGP to close the gap on championship leader Jorge Martin with two race weekends left, with the Spaniard second in tricky wet conditions.
Martin’s lead over defending champion Bagnaia of Italy was cut from 22 points to 17 ahead of another chapter in their title tussle at Sepang in Malaysia next week.
MotoGP rookie Pedro Acosta was third at Buriram International Circuit on Sunday.
Pramac Ducati’s Martin began the race in third and made a lightning start to grab the lead from his pole-sitting rival, Bagnaia.
But Martin, 26, did not stay there long, running wide to fall to third position as Bagnaia took the lead with six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in hot pursuit.
