Jorge Martín once again puts Spain at the top of MotoGP. Four years after Joan Mir’s title in 2020, a Spanish rider reigns in motorcycling’s highest category. Martinateur gave a real recital this season, once again planting the flag of Spain on the throne of the premier category. Since Alex Crivillé’s victory, not very long had passed without a Spaniard ascending the throne.
This way, Jorge Martín takes over from Joan Mir four years later, the one he won in 2014 in the Red Bull Rookies Cup. That of San Sebastián de los Reyes once again succeeds that of Palma in the list of winners, as has already happened in Moto3. Only on this occasion it happened to him directly, since the 89 won the year after the Balearics, while this time he is his successor in the list of Spanish champion drivers in the premier category.
The first to win was Alex Crivillé in 1999 after defeating Kenny Roberts Jr. crivi He took Spain to the pinnacle of motorcycling with his 500cc title. Then two aliens would come like Jorge Lorenzo And Marc Marqueztwo of the best drivers in history. Between them, they have nine world championships, six in Cervera and three in the Balearics. After the arrival of the Catalan Joan Mirwho took advantage of Lleida’s injury in 2020 to realize his dream of being MotoGP world champion.
Since then, Spain has not won a world title in the premier category. Martín came close last year fighting in Valencia, but he arrived with a big points disadvantage to Pecco Bagnaia. In 2023, that couldn’t be the case, but it was just a warning of what was to come in 2024. This year, Jorge started very strong and led practically the entire year, with the exception of some races like Germany and Austria in which he took first place. lead his rival.
A historic World Cup
Pecco and Jorge completed a historic World Cup. It is historic because of the battles they fought against us, like that of Malaysia, because of the healthy rivalry between these two great pilots, but above all because They surpassed the number of points they both got last year. Bagnaia improved his own score, with which he was champion (467). After the sprint, the Italian already had 473 points against 491 for Martín.
In the absence of the long race, the last in 2024, it was already the World Cup with the most points in history (helped by the sprint format). Pecco’s Mistakes and Perseverance Martinateur, who achieved ten second places on Sunday, was the key to one of the most dynamic championships in recent years, and who fell to the side of a Spanish driver. The Madrid native carried the Spanish flag with the Osborne bull, the one his parents carried to support Crivillé, at the top of MotoGP.
