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FALL OF FRANCO MORBIDELLI!!! The transalpine driver was riding in 8th position just before he lost his balance.
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Pay attention because Marc Márquez is closing in on Pecco Bagnaia’s position and the Italian only has a seven-tenth advantage.
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The one who does not end up feeling comfortable at all is Enea Bastianini. After winning the sprint yesterday, today the conditions are not the same and the one from Rimini does not go further than 7th position.
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Behind, Joan Mir is today the best Honda on the track. The Spaniard is in 14th position, just ahead of Johann Zarco.
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Francesco Bagnaia consolidates his lead and currently has a second advantage over Marc Márquez who keeps his chances of victory intact in this rainy Thai Grand Prix.
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Jorge Martín has fallen to third place. He would continue to maintain the lead in the MotoGP rider ranking, but at this time he would only have a 13-point difference over Pecco Bagnaia.
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FIRST PECCO BAGNAIA!!! Jorge Martín has gone long and it is a mistake that could pay dearly because both Bagnaia and Marc Márquez have overtaken him.
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FALL OF FABIO QUARTARARO!!! He was riding in 4th place before crashing.
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Jack Miller is improving positions. He is one of the drivers who runs best in water on the entire grid and is proving it by already riding in 5th position.
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MARCO BEZZECCHI FALLS!!!
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Jorge Martín is managing to open a gap at the head of the race and already has almost a second advantage over Francesco Bagnaia.
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Nice duel now between Brad Binder and Fabio Quartararo. The Frenchman momentarily surpasses the South African and takes fourth position.
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Marc Márquez has moved into third place after making up two positions on the first lap of the race.
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Pecco Bagnaia has tried to surpass Jorge Martín, but the Spaniard manages to emerge victorious from the duel and manages to retain that first place.
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THE DEPARTURE OF JORGE MARTÍN IS TREMENDOUS!!! It is located in the first place…
It rains intermittently. The track is wet and the drivers have started with rain tires.
We review the starting position of the rest of the Spanish drivers that we have not commented on so far. Alex Márquez starts in 9th position, Maverick Viñales in 10th, Aleix Espargaró in 12th, Augusto Fernández in 16th, Alex Rins in 17th, Joan Mir in 19th and Raúl Fernández in 20th.
Pedro Acosta starts the test in 7th place. The KTM rider has achieved four podiums in his first season in MotoGP. The last rookie to reach five or more podiums in the top category was Fabio Quartararo in 2019 (seven).
QUARTARARO, THE ALTERNATIVE TO DUCATI? The French driver starts the race in 6th position. He has scored points in his last five MotoGP races, his best streak this season and the best since one of 16 consecutive Grands Prix between 2023 and 2024.
BASTIANINI WILL TRY TO STOP THE BAD STREAK. The Beast won the sprint yesterday and today has a great opportunity to finish on the podium after failing to do so in his last three MotoGP races. If he doesn’t do it today, it will be his worst streak this season.
…ALTHOUGH WITHOUT HAVING RELEASED HIS RECORD IN THAILAND. ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia still doesn’t know what it’s like to win at the Chang International Circuit, but he has finished on the podium in his last two appearances at the Chang International Circuit (3rd in 2022 and 2nd in 2023).
FRANCESCO BAGNAIA, SOLIDITY ON THE ASIAN TOUR… The Ducati Lenovo team rider has finished on the podium in his last eight races held in Asia (three victories), after having achieved only two in the previous 12 on this continent (one victory ).
Pecco Bagnaia is accompanied on the front line by Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martín, while Marc Márquez starts in fifth position.
Today Francesco Bagnaia starts from pole position. The driver from Turin starts from the first position for the fourth time in the first position this season, although only in one of the previous three was he finally able to take victory on Sunday, specifically in the Grand Prix of the Netherlands.
UNCONTESTABLE DOMAIN OF DUCATI. The Italian firm has achieved victory in the last ten MotoGP Grand Prix held in Asian countries. The last non-Ducati motorcycle that won in races on the Asian continent was Miguel Oliveira’s KTM precisely in the 2022 Thai Grand Prix. The Portuguese rider, however, does not participate due to injury in this 18th victory of the season.
MARQUEZ, THE CURRENT DRIVER WITH THE BEST WIN RATE. After winning last Sunday at Phillip Island, the Cervera rider has won 62 of his 186 races in MotoGP, with a win rate of 33.3%, the highest of any current rider in the top category. He has achieved three victories in the last six MotoGP races, the same as in the previous 53.
This will be the 5th Thai MotoGP Grand Prix and Marc Márquez is the most successful rider, winning two of the previous four (2018 and 2019).
MARTIN LOOKS FOR CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES IN THAILAND. The Prima Pramac team driver achieved the double last year at the Thai Grand Prix (victories in the sprint and the race). We already mentioned that yesterday he was second, but he continues to have every chance of achieving two consecutive victories at this Chang International Circuit.
JORGE MARTÍN CONTINUES WIDENING THE DIFFERENCE. The Spanish driver has 433 points, 22 more than Francesco Bagnaia, 82 more than Marc Márquez and 90 more than Enea Bastianini, who was the driver who took victory yesterday in the sprint.
With only three races left until the end of the season, the fight between Jorge Martín and Pecco Bagnaia continues in a tremendous duel between both in the fight for the title. Although yesterday he could not take the victory in the sprint, the Madrid native was 2nd and once again increased significantly over the Italian driver who, however, finished in third place.
After the victories of David Alonso in Moto3 and Arón Canet in the intermediate category, we dissect everything that may happen in a few minutes in the MotoGP test.
Good morning !!! Welcome to the live broadcast of the MotoGP race of the Thai Grand Prix, the 18th of the 2024 campaign. Ready? We begin…
