Jorge Martin of Spain wins 2024 MotoGP championship in Barcelona

Jorge Martin finishes 3rd successful the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP to go archetypal autarkic rider satellite champion of the MotoGP era.

Prima Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin has been crowned the 2024 MotoGP satellite champion aft finishing 3rd successful the season-ending Solidarity Grand Prix, which was won by his rubric rival Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati.

Martin led by 19 points heading into the last contention of the play connected Saturday, and the Spaniard needed to decorativeness successful the apical 9 to clinch the rubric if polesitter and twice-champion Bagnaia won the race. Gresini Racing’s Marc Marquez finished second.

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Bagnaia had done everything to adjacent the spread successful the rubric race, with triumph successful the last Grand Prix his 11th of the season, but Martin’s 32 podiums crossed sprints and races earned him the rubric by 10 points.

Bagnaia and Martin made superb starts disconnected the enactment and the rubric rivals went into crook 1 archetypal and second. Marquez was 3rd but helium dived successful connected the wrong of crook 1 connected the 2nd thigh to overtake Martin.

Enea Bastianini instantly began to hound Martin but the Ducati rider did not spot Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro down him arsenic the Spaniard elbowed his mode past to determination up to 4th successful the last contention of his vocation astatine his location Grand Prix.

The apical 3 maintained their gait implicit the people of the adjacent fewer laps, with Martin nether nary unit successful 3rd spot arsenic the experienced Espargaro defended 4th presumption successful an aggravated conflict with Alex Marquez.

Bagnaia yet cruised to triumph – with his aboriginal teammate Marc Marquez finishing 2nd – but the Italian and the Ducati store could lone ticker arsenic Martin finished 3rd to seal the rubric and punctual chaotic celebrations.

Ducati’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (L) and his member Alex Marquez, besides of Ducati, clasp Valencian flags arsenic they thrust their bikes aft the MotoGP Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona astatine the Circuit de Catalunya [Manaure Quintero/AFP]