The Italian Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia, riding for Ducati, celebrated an important victory in the Thailand Grand Prix of MotoGP, reducing the points gap with the Spanish Jorge Martín, also from Ducati, who finished in second place and leads the championship. The podium was completed by the Spanish Pedro Acosta with KTM.
Bagnaia secured pole position and, despite temporarily losing the lead to Martín, managed to regain it after an error in turn three by the Spaniard. Marc Márquez also briefly overtook Martín but crashed while attempting to attack Bagnaia, losing positions in the process. Bagnaia maintained the lead and achieved his ninth victory of the season.
With this victory, Bagnaia reached 436 points, just 17 behind leader Martín. Although Martín has only won three main races this year, his consistency and 14 podiums have allowed him to top the standings. Other riders who scored points in Malaysia were Fabio Di Giannantonio, Jack Miller, Brad Binder, Maverick Viñales, Johann Zarco, Aleix Espargaró, Marc Márquez, Luca Marini, Takaaki Nakagami, Enea Bastianini, and Joan Mir.
The next race, which could see Martín crowned, will be held on November 3 at the Malaysia Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit. The MotoGP championship standings were as follows after the Thailand Grand Prix: Jorge Martín at the top with 453 points, followed by Francesco Bagnaia with 436, Marc Márquez with 355, Enea Bastianini with 345, and Brad Binder with 203.
