2024 MotoGP Standings: Martin And Bagnaia Are Low

Jorge Martin began to be chased by his points (Instagram/@89jorgemartin).

JAKARTA The distance between the leaders of the 2024 MotoGP drivers, Jorge Martin, and his rival defending champion Francesco Bagnaia, is getting thinner.

The two riders are now separated by 10 points only after the 2024 Japanese MotoGP at the Motegi Twin Ring Circuit on Sunday, October 6, 2024.

In this series of races, Bagnaia successfully won the Sprint Race and the main race. Meanwhile, Martin finished fourth in the Sprint Race and came out as runner-up in the main race.

These two victories made Bagnaia now collect 382 points. The Italian rider who won the last two series was one place behind Martin who had collected 392 points.

Both of them were ahead of Bagnaia's team-mates at Ducati Lenovo Team, Enea Bastianini, who collected 313 points and Marc Marquez from Gresini Racing in fourth place with 311 points.

Mathematically, these four riders still have a chance to win. However, the biggest chances are only in the hands of Martin and Bagnaia, unless something unexpected happens to both.

There are still four series left in the 2024 MotoGP calendar. Thus, fierce competition towards the title is likely to continue until the final series later.

The four series started successively from Australia (18-20 October), Thailand (25-27 October), and Malaysia (1-3 November), and Valencia's final series (15-17 November).

MotoGP Standings 2024 After The Japanese Grand Prix