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kuala lumpur, Malaysia. 3rd Nov, 2024. Francesco Bagnaia of Italy and Ducati Lenovo team Bagnaia forces title showdown with win over Martin and keeps title hopes alive by winning a thriller in kuala lumpur, Malaysia. Credit: Ranjith Kumar

Bagnaia forces title showdown with win over Martin and keeps title hopes alive by winning a thriller

Bagnaia wins the 2024 Malaysian GP to force a final round showdown for the championship. 

Jorge Martin finished second & Enea Bastianini completes the podium. Over all Championship gap is now 24 points between Martin and Bagnaia. 

Francesco Bagnaia dominated the 2024 Malaysian Grand Prix after a thrilling battle with Jorge Martin to keep his MotoGP title hopes alive and set up a final round showdown.

With 29 points splitting Martin from Bagnaia coming into the 20-lap grand prix, the championship could have been won by the former if he got his tally up to 38.

But Bagnaia dominated the race over Martin by 3.141s to score his 10th grand prix win of the season.

Martin finished second and his championship lead fell down to 24 points and a final round showdown – set to be staged at Barcelona (not yet confirmed) – being set up.

Enea Bastianini completed the podium for another Ducati.

The race was initially red flagged during the opening lap after a scary incident involving KTM duo Brad Binder and Jack Miller, as well as Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo at Turn 2.

Binder had made contact with a bike ahead of him and then clattered into Quartararo, who had Miller on his extreme inside.

Miller recieved trackside medical assistance, but suffered no serious injuries. Binder did not take the restart due to injury.