Two riders, two rounds and 17-points.
That’s the MotoGP title state of affairs with reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia lowering Jorge Martin’s benefit heading into this weekend’s Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang.
Crushed to 3rd within the Buriram Dash, Bagnaia responded in type to say his ninth grand prix victory of the season in final Sunday’s soaking Thai MotoGP.
The Italian now arrives at certainly one of his favorite circuits desirous to take one other chunk out of Martin’s lead forward of the Valencia finale.
Bagnaia, winner of the 2022 Malaysian GP and third behind team-mate Enea Bastianini and Gresini’s Alex Marquez final season, was quickest in February’s Sepang pre-season check.
Nevertheless, Martin, fourth at Sepang final season, was simply 0.172s behind.
Moist climate may once more add to the title drama with rain forecast to make an look all through the weekend.
This weekend will even see the MotoGP return of Andrea Iannone, who joins VR46 rather than the injured Fabio di Giannantonio.
Iannone, who gained a race in his debut WorldSBK marketing campaign this season, might be using on the similar monitor the place his failed anti-doping check in 2019 finally led to a four-year ban.
FP3 begins at 10:10 native time, adopted by Qualifying from 10:50am. The ten-lap Dash race begins at 3pm.
