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.

Francesco Bagnaia produced a commanding MotoGP race win in Sepang, taking the championship fight to the season finale. After winning

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' standings.

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 says he "will go full send" to try and overcome Jorge Martin's 29-point lead after his MotoGP Sprint

For the tenth time this season Francesco Bagnaia claims victory in a Grand Prix as he closes the gap in the Championship.

Defending champion Francesco Bagnaia kept alive his hopes of retaining his title by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of rival Jorge Martin. Bagnaia, a two-time title winner, finished three seconds in front of the Spaniard to win his 10th GP of the season.

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