Marquez Wins Malaysian GP, Extending MotoGP Championship Lead
The factory Ducati rider dominated from the start and finished 4.1 seconds ahead, moving 44 points clear with two races left.
- On Sunday, reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, securing his 80th premier class victory. Marquez overtook polesitter Alex Marquez at the start and remained unchallenged throughout the 20-lap contest.
- Victory moved Marquez to 399 points in the championship standings, extending his lead to 44 points over Jorge Martin. Martin did not compete after fracturing his wrist earlier in the season.
- Pedro Acosta finished second, securing a double podium after his sprint victory on Saturday, while Alex rounded out the top three. Gresini's Alex successfully defended against Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi despite a shoulder injury.
- Honda rider Luca Marini finished seventh after a rapid start from 13th on the grid. Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia finished 13th after struggling to recover from dropping outside the points.
- Marquez holds a 44-point lead over Martin and sits 67 points ahead of Marco Bezzecchi. He could clinch his 10th world title as early as next week's Qatar Grand Prix.
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The star of Ducati and current champion crossed the goal ahead of Pedro Acosta and his brother Álex Márquez in the suffocating circuit of Sepang. With his main rival for the title, Aprilia rider Jorge Martín, absent in Sepang due to a wrist fracture, Márquez will be able to seal the championship next weekend in Qatar. Márquez left from the first row with his brother Álex, author of the pole position, but took the lead in the first curve and no l…
Cervera's gives no choice in Sepang's long race and shoots at 44 points ahead of Jorge Martín and 67 with Bezzecchi
Writing sports, 1 Nov (EFE).- The Spanish Marc Márquez has taken a decisive step towards the eighth world title of MotoGP, and the tenth of his sports career, by winning the Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix, played in the Sepang circuit, and in which they also won in their categories David Alonso and [...] La entrada Marc Márquez takes one more step towards the title in MotoGP; they also win Alonso and Quiles was first published in HolaNews.
Marc Marquez took a decisive step towards the MotoGP world title after winning the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit. The Ducati factory rider recorded his seventh victory in a main race of the season and now has a mathematical chance of deciding the championship at the next round in Qatar. Marquez led from the start of the 20-lap race and gradually set a pace that his rivals were unable to match. The Spaniard crossed the finish line 4.…
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