Francesco Bagnaia is the 2022 MotoGP champion! The Italian ends a long title drought for Ducati by finishing ninth in the ValenciaGP. Alex Rins wins the race on Suzuki's swansong. Full report and resuts:
Yamaha’s Quartararo needed to win the race to have any chance of retaining his crown, with Bagnaia simply needing to finish in 14th to secure Ducati’s first world title in MotoGP since 2007.
Rins converted fifth on the grid to the holeshot to grab the early lead aboard, with poleman Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez slotting in behind. Quartararo defended against Miller on the run into Turn 1 at the start of the second tour, but was powerless to stop the Australian demoting him into Turn 2. In clear air once free of Bagnaia, Quartararo was able to close in on the leading quartet – with Marquez having pulled out a gap of 1.8s while the title rivals battle.
Brad Binder came through to snatch second from Martin on the penultimate lap to equal his best result of the year, with the Pramac rider holding the final podium spot. Franco Morbidelli came close to passing his fellow VR46 Academy rider on the last lap, but the Yamaha runner settled for 10th ahead of VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi, Tech 3’s Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner, LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami and Gresini’s Fabio Di Giannantonio.
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