Francesco Bagnaia won a thrilling Malaysia MotoGP on Sunday after a ding-dong battle with championship leader Jorge Martin to take the pair's title battle to the final weekend of the season.

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia kept his MotoGP title defence alive with a victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, cutting Jorge Martin’s lead in the driver’s standings down to 24 points before the season’s final race.

Francesco Bagnaia says he will go “full send” in the 2024 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix as his title hopes hang in the balance following his sprint crash. The reigning world champion is now 29 points behind Martin and could lose his crown if the Pramac rider outscores him by nine points on Sunday after Bagnaia crashed out of the sprint.

Francesco Bagnaia reflected on his crash on the third lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint, which saw his MotoGP title hopes take a huge hit.

SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) - Francesco Bagnaia believes the MotoGP world championship is Jorge Martin's to lose after the two-time champion's crash in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday left him 29 points behind his Spanish rival in the drivers ...

Jorge Martin can win his first MotoGP championship on Sunday after a sprint victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Jorge Martin put himself within touching distance of the MotoGP championship after a sprint victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday, increasing his lead over Francesco Bagnaia in the standings to 29 points after the Ducati rider crashed out.

Jorge Martin took a major step towards his first MotoGP world title as he won the sprint race in Malaysia on Saturday and rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out.