Bagnaia takes advantage of Quartararo’s poor race to return to two points in the standings

In the drivers’ classification, Fabio Quartararo sees his pursuer Francesco Bagnaia come down to just two points.

1- Quartararo – 219 points

2- Bagnaia – 217 points

3- Espargaro – 199 points

This Thailand GP is for Miguel Oliveira. In the fight with Miller, the Portuguese was able to overtake the Australian and resist the latter’s pressure. The podium is completed by Bagnaia who takes advantage of Quartararo’s bad race to get closer to the world champion in the drivers’ classification.

For the moment, the two Ducati Bagnaia and Zarco are hanging on but the Italian is still 3rd. The podium moves away for the Frenchman.

Four laps from the end, Zarco has just overtaken Marc Marquez and is in 4th place. The Frenchman can still hope to overtake Bagnaia.

Zarco is very close to Marquez and Bagnaia has so far failed to put them in difficulty on the bends. The battle for 3rd place rages on.

The third place is played between Bagnaia and Marc Marquez. May pay attention to Zarco who continues to set good times on the race laps.

Sign of a great race for the Frenchman, Zarco has just completed the fastest lap.

After a complicated start, Zarco is catching up well and getting closer to Marc Marquez. The Frenchman is currently 5th.

Big fight between Miller and Oliveira. At the bend, the latter managed to recover 1st place from the Australian. On a new bend, Oliveira resists an attack from Miller.

While he had started the race very well, Bezzecchi since he was forced to give up his place as leader, continues to fall in the standings. He is 10th.

Also in the fight for the driver standings, Espargaro is 23 points behind Quartararo. The Spaniard is 14th. He was penalized earlier in the race for having forced the passage a little.

The first position is played for the moment between Miller and Oliveira. The Australian resists his opponent well. Quartararo is currently the last in the race (19th)

If the standings were to stay there, Bagnaia would be just two points behind Quartararo in the drivers’ standings.

Bagnaia is no longer on the podium for the moment. He was overtaken by Oliveira. The Italian is followed by Marc Marquez. Quartararo is still 17th.

While he was in the top 4, Marini crashed which meant the end of the race for him.

This departure has everything of a disaster for Quartararo. Still 17th in the standings, the world champion even sees his main competitor Bagnaia occupy 3rd position. This one is close behind Bezzecchi and Miller

Bezzecchi is forced to give up a place for a fault. He was first so far, followed closely by Bagnaia, but Miller passed the Italian and it is he who should take the leading position in the next few seconds.

Let’s go for the start of the Thailand GP which will last for 25 laps. Zarco and Quartararo missed their start. The world champion is 17th, while the Frenchman is 9th.

The drivers have now left for the warm-up lap. The start of this GP is fast approaching.

Due to illness, the start of the race is further delayed.

For 10 minutes, the drivers will be able to test the circuit before the start of the race scheduled for 10:55 a.m. The opportunity also to see if the pilots will be able to drive without incident.

While the MotoGp was to start at 10 a.m., the organizers announced the start of the race at 10:55 a.m.

Waiting for more information on the start time of the race. Here is the starting grid.

“It’s extreme. In the rain I had a good feeling at Motegui (Japan GP). It’s raining for everyone. We haven’t had any information yet. I think it will be postponed for a while. I think that in this race we can do something good”, he declared at the microphone of Canal +

Due to the rain, the start of the race of this MotoGP is delayed. For now, there is no indication yet on the time of departure.

Rain caused the Moto2 Grand Prix of Thailand to stop on Sunday, won by Italian Tony Arbolino who completed only eight of the 24 laps originally scheduled. Before the start of the race, taken 13 minutes late, race management had decided to reduce the distance by a third, from 24 to 16 laps.

But the slippery track, which caused several falls, including that of Thai poleman Somkiat Chantra, led him to wave the red flag, synonymous with a return to the pits for the drivers. While hoping to resume the race in a tight format of five laps, the organization finally gave up, in the face of the rain which redoubled in intensity.

With AFP

World champion Fabio Quartararo is still leading the driver standings with 219 points. But the dolphin Francesco Bagnaia is not far with 201 points.

Classification:

1st: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 219 points
2nd: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 201 points
3rd: Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) – 194 points
4th: Enea Bastianini (Ducati) – 170 points
5th: Jack Miller (Ducati) – 159 points

For this Grand Prix of Thailand, Marco Bezzecchi will start from pole position. Francesco Bagniaia arrived in 3rd position and thus overtook Fabio Quartararo who is just behind. Johann Zarco is him in 5th position.

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Hello everyone and welcome to this live commentary of the Thailand Grand Prix in MotoGP. The race will start at 10 a.m. on the Chang International Circuit.