Jorge Martín could be MotoGP world champion this weekend and the accounts are clear. All his options go through Sunday’s long race, in the sprint race there would be no chance of him mathematically dooming the title. For this, Saturday’s test will be decisive. Martinateur He must leave Saturday with a minimum advantage over Pecco Bagnaia, which allows him to reach the 38 point gap with which he would need to leave the Malaysian GP to be champion, since in each race 37 points are distributed in total .
Right away, Jorge Martín is the World Cup leader with 17 points ahead on his pursuer. Since the last Grand Prix, title battle becomes a matter of twobecause Márquez and Bastianini said goodbye in Thailand. There will be a repeat of last year’s fight. The two who fought for the World Championship will do so again in these last two races. The Pramac driver will have his revenge and this time will have a small advantage over the Italian driver. In fact, it depends on him to be champion.
If Martín finishes in the top two in all races (sprint and long) which remain, would be world champion. But, to emerge victorious from Sepang and reach the final event with the title under your arm, He should arrive at least on Sunday with 13 points ahead of Bagnaia.. In this way, the one from San Sebastián de los Reyes would have a mathematical option of condemning the World Cup if they win and Pecco does not score, which seems quite improbable, although it has already happened several times this year.
The Madrid native has the upper hand on this occasion. While waiting to know what will happen in the last race, whether or not it will take place in Valencia after the surroundings of the Cheste circuit were devastated by DANA, the two men will give their all on the Malaysian track. FIM President Jorge Viegas and Carmelo Ezpeleta have made it clear that They want it to happen in Valencia and they will wait as long as necessarybut the final decision rests with the Generalitat Valenciana. They will be the ones who will decide whether to run or not, provided they do not take resources from the population.
How many points does Martín need to be champion?
The accounts so that Jorge Martin to be champion in Malaysia are very clear. He must leave Sepang with a 38-point lead on Pecco Bagnaia, since in each test a total of 37 are distributed (12 in the sprint and 25 on Sunday). The Italian will give everything to try to cut points from the Spaniard. In fact, in practice on Friday, the defending champion finished first and the World Cup leader finished second. In other words, for Martín to have a chance, he will have to cross the finish line on Saturday in second position in case Pecco wins.
The one with Prima Pramac He cannot lose more than four points with his rival in the sprintbecause in this case he would no longer have any chance of being champion on Sunday. This is exactly what Bagnaia wants to try, leading the battle until the last race. It’s difficult, but not impossible. This season there has already been a result that would proclaim Jorge Martín MotoGP world champion.
It was in Portimao, when Martinateur won on Sunday and Pecco fell. In case they finish first and second on Saturday with the Ducati Lenovo in front, If the result of the long Portuguese GP race was repeated, Jorge Martín would be world champion with one race to go and I will be driving the 1 on the Aprilia next year.
