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Pecco Bagnaia wins the Sprint in great fashion and postpones the title decider; Enea Bastianini beats Jorge Martín in the battle for second

by Antonio Mendes
November 16, 2024
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Pecco Bagnaia vence Sprint de forma categórica e adia decisão do título; Enea Bastianini bateu Jorge Martín no duelo pelo segundo

© Mateusz Jagielski

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All postponed until tomorrow! Pecco Bagnaia won the Sprint race, Jorge Martín’s specialty, in Barcelona and saw his opponent overtaken at the end by his teammate, who in a way “helped” him.

Everything was in place for the Sprint with the MotoGP title at stake. Leading contender Jorge Martín would have to beat Pecco Bagnaia by two points to secure the title, but it was the Italian starting from pole position, ahead of Aleix Espargaró and Marc Márquez, while the #89 was fourth in qualifying.

What an unbelievable start to the race for Bastianini, who took the lead from eighth position! Martín was quickly up to second, but Bagnaia responded and retook the position.

🚦LIGHTS OUT IN THE FINAL #TissotSprint OF 2024 🚦@Bestia23 leads @PeccoBagnaia as @88jorgemartin is 3rd into T1 💥#SolidarityGP 🏁 | #TheRematch pic.twitter.com/iiikUpZUNY

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 16, 2024

The world champion quickly began to make a living and moved to the front, with Bestia between him and Martín. Franco Morbidelli was fourth and Álex Márquez fifth. Espargaró, with a very poor start, was eighth.

It should be noted that in the third corner of the first lap Marc Márquez and Pedro Acosta had a collision that ripped the front of the fairing off the KTM RC16.

In the right timing Martín went on the attack and overtook Bastianini, who tried to respond immediately, determined not to let his opponent get away. Bastianini was now provisionally third in the overall standings.

The fight was intense between the #23 and the #89 and on the following lap the Ducati rider moved into second place and “helped” Bagnaia, who led by 0.691s over his teammate. Aleix Espargaró was now sixth.

With eight laps to go Bastianini was overtaken by Martín and then also by Morbidelli, but he responded and regained third place. Bagnaia was already more than 1.3s ahead of Martín, and if it ended like this, the title would be decided tomorrow.

It's all kicking off again for 2nd! 🤯@88jorgemartin is through on @Bestia23 and @FrankyMorbido12 & @alexmarquez73 join the fight too! 💥#SolidarityGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/7sULMBdCH7

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 16, 2024

With seven laps to go, this was the top ten: Bagnaia, Martín, Bastianini, Morbidelli, Á. Márquez, Espargaró, M. Márquez, Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Quartararo and Brad Binder. It should be noted that Acosta had already retired from the race a few laps ago.

If the race ended now, Martín would have a 21-point lead going into tomorrow’s race. The Spaniard just had to manage the race and not crash, as the (greater) pressure was on Bagnaia’s side.

Morbidelli meanwhile dropped two positions and Á. Márquez was fourth and Espargaró fifth.

The Sprint was progressing at a good pace towards the end and if Bagnaia was comfortable, the truth was that at the end the gap between Martín and Bastianini was 0.355s and a lot could still happen.

In the last two laps Martín was losing time but Bastianini wasn’t and the Italian went on the attack and even gained the position.

Unsurprisingly, Bagnaia confirmed victory in the Sprint and postponed the title decision until tomorrow, while Bastianini beat Martín and helped his teammate, and more importantly, is provisionally third.

© Mateusz Jagielski
Tags: Aleix EspargaróBrad BinderEnea BastianiniFrancesco BagnaiaJorge MartínMarc MárquezMotoGPMotoGP BarcelonaPedro AcostaSolidarity GP of Barcelona
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