The Pramac Racing rider misplaced the entrance finish of his bike beneath braking for Flip 6 inflicting him to retire from the race lead, handing victory to Francesco Bagnaia.
Martin did win the dash race although, so he nonetheless holds a comparatively comfy factors benefit after 4 rounds of the season.
Who’s main the 2024 MotoGP world riders’ standings?
Martin arrived on the Spanish GP main the championship by 21 factors after a terrific begin to the 12 months with victory within the Portuguese GP and Qatar dash race, in addition to three different podiums. That championship benefit was prolonged to 29 factors, as he received the Jerez dash race after being handed the victory when chief Marc Marquez fell off his bike at Flip 9 on lap 9 of 12.
However Martin’s retirement within the grand prix precipitated his championship result in cut back considerably, as he left Jerez with a 17-point benefit. Fortunately for Martin, lots of his front-running rivals additionally had a disappointing grand prix as rookie Pedro Acosta was second within the championship till he completed tenth on the Spanish GP, after a poor begin the place he misplaced eight positions.
Enea Bastianini was second heading into Spain, however the Ducati rider failed to attain factors within the dash earlier than ending fifth within the grand prix. Comparable will be mentioned for Maverick Vinales, who began the weekend third within the championship however ended it fifth after zero factors within the dash and ninth within the grand prix.
These disappointing outcomes meant Bagnaia jumped as much as second within the standings because the reigning, double world champion scored his second victory of the season in Spain. His first got here within the Qatar season-opener however scoring simply 19 factors throughout the Portuguese and Americas GPs meant he dropped all the way down to fifth within the standings earlier than Jerez.
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Staff
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The highest 5 riders at the moment are separated by 29 factors with sixth-placed Marquez simply three factors behind Vinales. The six-time MotoGP champion scored his first grand prix podium of the 12 months with second in Spain inflicting him to climb two positions within the standings after a combined begin to the season. Marco Bezzecchi was one other large gainer from Spain as third within the grand prix noticed him bounce from eleventh to ninth within the standings, whereas Fabio Quartararo’s troublesome begin continued.
Quartararo completed fifth within the Spanish dash race, however fifteenth within the grand prix means the 2021 world champion stays twelfth within the standings with seventh in Portugal being his finest grand prix outcome but.
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Who’s main the 2024 MotoGP world groups’ standings?
The Ducati manufacturing unit workforce is already beginning to run away with the MotoGP groups’ championship after a high-scoring Spanish GP, the place it prolonged its lead over second-place Aprilia from 14 to 43 factors.
This occurred as a result of Ducati scored first and fifth within the grand prix, whereas Aprilia’s solely factors end was Vinales’ ninth as Aleix Espargaro crashed after tagging the again of Johann Zarco down the within of Flip 5.
Varied groups had a disappointing Spanish GP although as reigning champions Pramac Racing stay third, however now sit 47 factors – beforehand 29 – behind Ducati after a double retirement from the race. Its solely saving grace was ending first and fourth within the Jerez dash to maintain it forward of these behind, as Gresini gained two positions from sixth after second and fourth within the grand prix plus sixth within the dash.
It means the KTM manufacturing unit squad has dropped to fifth within the standings after Brad Binder completed sixth within the Spanish GP, however Jack Miller retired. Tech3 GasGas Manufacturing unit Racing additionally had only one grand prix factors end with Acosta in tenth – nevertheless it did end second and seventh within the dash.
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VR46 is simply 9 factors behind in seventh, whereas the underside 4 groups are all a reduce under as VR46 has double the factors tally of eighth-placed Trackhouse. Trackhouse has to date scored 35 factors in its debut MotoGP marketing campaign which implies it’s 4 factors higher than Yamaha, whereas the Honda groups occupy the underside two positions with each squads but to attain a prime 10 grand prix end.
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Who’s main the 2024 MotoGP world constructors’ standings?
Defending champion Ducati is as soon as once more storming to MotoGP constructors’ glory because it prolonged its championship lead from 20 to 38 factors on the Spanish GP. Bagnaia’s victory means a Ducati bike has received three of the opening 4 grands prix, plus two dash victories, leaving it a reduce other than the remainder of the grid.
The opposite victory went to Aprilia, but the Italian producer is third as a result of it has not been as constant as KTM with that win being its solely grand prix podium, regardless of three within the sprints. KTM, in the meantime, completed on the rostrum within the opening three grands prix, whereas Binder’s sixth within the Spanish GP, plus Acosta’s second within the dash, helped it achieve one other 9 factors on Aprilia whose finest outcome was eighth in each occasions.
Each constructors are in their very own league in comparison with the Japanese producers on the backside.
Yamaha is at present fourth with roughly a 3rd of Aprilia’s factors tally, whereas Honda is backside after ending final for the previous two years.