Marc Marquez is satisfied after achieving second position in the Sprint Race of the Malaysian Grand Prixnineteenth and penultimate round of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship. On the Sepang track we experienced an intense race, with Pecco Bagnaia’s crash which could have written the word “end” to the race for the title.
Jorge Martin, in fact, won the race and extended his lead to +29 points over his rival, finishing with 913 thousandths of a second over Marc Marquez. and 2,010 on Enea Bastianini who completes the podium. Fourth position for Alex Marquez at 6.5, fifth for Fabio Quartararo at 7.9, then sixth Franco Morbidelli at 8.9, seventh Brad Binder at 11.0 ahead of Jack Miller, Pedro Acosta and Marco Bezzecchi who completes the top10.
At the end of the short distance race, the eight-time world champion driver recounted what happened on the track: “Even if this is not one of my favorite tracks, did I achieve an excellent result? The secret? Work, work and work. When you can’t take the right chances, you have to roll up your sleeves even more. Today we started well, taking a step forward already in qualifying, thanks to a set-up never tried before. I hold this podium close to me and I want to dedicate it to the entire Valencian Community affected by the devastating floods of recent days.”
Bagnaia crashes in the Sepang Sprint, Martin wins and has the World Championship in his grasp
The pilot native of Cervera continues his story to Sky Sport: “Honestly, today I went fast also because I took a risk. If I hadn’t pushed a little harder I wouldn’t have done so well. Without Bagnaia’s crash I wouldn’t have finished higher than third, so I know well what my limit is on this track. In any case, I’m happy because I didn’t have the pace to be with the best until yesterday.”
