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Who can win what at the MotoGP
#TheRematch: Jorge Martin leads Francesco Bagnaia by 19 points.
Here are the permutations…
Martin is 2024 MotoGP World Champion if:
- Finishes 9th or better, even if Bagnaia wins
- He finishes 14th or better, and Bagnaia finishes 2nd
- Bagnaia finishes 3rd or lower
Bagnaia is 2024 MotoGP World Champion if:
▪ He wins and Martin doesn’t finish better than 10th
▪ He finishes 2nd and Martin doesn’t finish better than 15th
Moto2 Rookie of the Year
Diogo Moreira is a point ahead of Senna Agius and 15 ahead of Deniz Öncü. They’re the only contenders.
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Qualifying position: Pole – Tissot Sprint: Win
Bagnaia’s pole is his sixth this year, third in a row, and 24th in MotoGP with Ducati. He took his seventh Sprint win of 2024 and needs to recover 19 or more points to Martin to retain his title. He’s done that three times this year: Spain (25 points), Germany (25), San Marino (19). From his two poles before here, he won the GP. If he wins here, he’ll be the first rider to take 11 or more wins in a single MotoGP season since Marc Marquez in 2019 (12). Only Marquez (13 – 2014, 12 – 2019) and Valentino Rossi (11 – 2002, 2005) have won 11 or more GP races in a single MotoGP season.
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing)
Qualifying position: 2 – Tissot Sprint: 4
For his final race before retiring, Espargaro has qualified second for his fourth top three in qualifying of 2024. He finished P4 in the Sprint and will now aim to take a podium for the first time since he won here last year.
Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP)
Qualifying position: 3 – Tissot Sprint: 7
Marquez qualified third and finished seventh in the Sprint following contact with Pedro Acosta on lap 1. He will be aiming to win for the fourth time this year along with Aragon, San Marino and Australia. A podium would be his 150th GP podium. He is fourth in the Championship, 5 points off Bastianini in the fight for third.
Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing)
Qualifying position: 4 – Tissot Sprint: 3
At his final race weekend with Ducati, Martin qualified fourth – the seventh time this year he’s missed out on the top three. He finished third in the Sprint for his 16th Saturday podium out of 20 this season – the most Sprint podiums of any rider. He now has a 19-point advantage over Bagnaia heading into the decider.
Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing)
Qualifying position: 5 – Tissot Sprint: 6
Morbidelli’s P5 is his third-best qualifying of 2024 after P2 in San Marino and P4 in Sepang. He finished P6 in the Sprint. A GP podium would be his first since his P3 in Jerez 2021, but he took a Sprint podium at Misano.
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3)
Qualifying position: 6 – Tissot Sprint: DNF
Rookie Acosta qualified sixth as the top KTM/GASGAS. He retired from the Sprint after contact with #93. Aged 20 years 176 days old on Sunday, he could become the second-youngest premier class winner after Marc Marquez (20 years and 63 days old in Austin in 2013).
Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing)
Qualifying position: 7 – Tissot Sprint: 12
For his final race with Aprilia, Viñales has qualified seventh, which is better than earlier this year in Catalunya when he qualified 12th. He finished 12th in the Sprint, and he will now be aiming to take his 11th MotoGP GP win and his second with Aprilia along with COTA this season.
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Qualifying position: 8 – Tissot Sprint: 2
For his final race weekend with Ducati, Bastianini’s P8 is his best qualifying on five visits here in MotoGP. He finished P2 in the Sprint for his seventh Sprint podium in a row and will now aim to take his eighth MotoGP win and third of the season. He is also fighting for third in the Championship with Marc Marquez.
Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team)
Qualifying position: 9 – Tissot Sprint: 8
For his final race weekend with Ducati, Bezzecchi qualified ninth, which is the 11th time this season he qualified on the front three rows. He finished P8 in the Sprint and will now be aiming for his second podium of the season.
Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team)
Qualifying position: 10 – Tissot Sprint: 10
If Quartararo can better his P6 from Sepang, it would be his and Yamaha’s best GP result this season so far.
Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP)
Qualifying position: 11 – Tissot Sprint: 5
Alex Marquez finished P5 in the Sprint, but he will now aim to add to his premier class podium collection (two with Honda and three with Ducati) or to take his maiden MotoGP win.
Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR)
Qualifying position: 12 – Tissot Sprint: 11
Zarco took Honda’s fifth Q2 of the year, all his. If he can better his P8 from Thailand, it would be his and Honda’s best GP result this season so far.
Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda LCR)
Qualifying position: 12 – Tissot Sprint: 11
Zarco took Honda’s fifth Q2 of the year, all his. If he can better his P8 from Thailand, it would be his and Honda’s best GP result this season so far.
17/17?
A Ducati win would be their 17th in a row, a new personal record. Ducati would be the first factory to win 17 premier class races in a row since Honda won 22 from Malaysia 1997 to Assen 1998. It would be their 18th win in 2024 – a new record for most wins in a single season by the same manufacturer.