In an emphatic victory, Jorge Martín Almoguera, better known as “The Martinator”, won the 2024 MotoGP World Championship crown in Barcelona, Spain. Martin took third place in the Motul Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona, standing for the traditional season ending race in Valencia that was cancelled due to flooding in the reason.
Heading in with a solid 19 point lead after the 2024 Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, Martin, riding for privateer team Prima Pramac Racing fought off the challenge from Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia of Ducati Lenovo Team who took his 11th win of the season. This makes Martin the first independent team rider to win the premier class title in the MotoGP era.
Coming in second in the race was Marc Márquez of Gresini Racing MotoGP, his last in the Ducati privateer team before moving upward to the Ducati Lenovo factory team in 2025, replacing Martin. With his championship win, Martin will take the #1 racing plate to the factory Aprilia MotoGP team next year.
This year’s MotoGP season saw a hard fought battle between Martin and Bagnaia, with many expecting the championship to be decided in Malaysia, as it usually is. However, the penultimate round saw Bagnaia fighting back hard, taking the win in Sepang and pushing the title race down to the final finish line.
Moreover, Marquez, in his first season with Ducati Corse after many years racing for Honda Racing Corporation on the RC213-V, was eager to stamp his authority in the Borgo Panigale stable, throwing in several podium places and spoiling the championship fight. Moving forward, the 2025 MotoGP calendar kick off with the first race with the Thai Grand Prix in Buriram on Feb 28 while Malaysia’s place in the calendar takes place October 26.
Whats more impressive is a privateer team won against the works teams that supposed to have better engineering & money.
Like my souped my R34 GTR Bayside Blue winning against stock Ferraris any day.