2024 Thailand GP Results

On a rainy Sunday, the MotoGP race saw many crashes and the two title contenders out in front. ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia won the race, ahead of Jorge Martín. Marc Márquez’s crash when he was fighting for victory gave Pedro Acosta a spot on the podium.

Bagnaia took advantage of a mistake by Martín on Lap 3 to break away with Márquez, then held off the Spaniard’s attacks. Eventually, Márquez went to ground, leaving a gap to second place that was more comfortable.

Martín came home second, with Acosta snatching third place by passing Jack Miller late on.

Di Giannantonio, Binder, Viñales, Zarco, Álex Espargaró and Álex Márquez completed the Top 10.

Seven crashes on the first eight laps took the likes of Fabio Quartararo, Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli out of the fight at the front.

Double fightback for Repsol Honda in Buriram

After a promising Saturday, Sunday started well for the two Repsol Honda riders. Both secured their starting positions and managed to gain places as the laps went by, especially due to the falls caused by the delicate track conditions.

Luca Marini was in the fight for the Top 10, and scored points after a strong finish to the race. He crossed the line 12th at Buriram.

Joan Mir had placed 13th in the sprint race, but in the Thai GP itself he suffered excessively with tyre wear and the consequences of a collision with Marc Márquez. He ended up completing the points, placing 15th.

The MotoGP World Championship now heads to Sepang for the the Malaysian Grand Prix, on November 1st-3rd.

Thailand GP: Race Results (26 laps)

General Standings

Statements

Joan Mir

«The first half of our race was really good, I felt strong, and I was able to do more or less as I wanted. In the second half the feeling changed, and we lost a lot of ground, as a team we need to look at what happened to understand and improve for next time because if we continued the race like we started it, I really think a top ten was possible today. Overall, our weekend has had a lot of positives, and I think we deserved more than just a single point. I am looking forward to arriving in Malaysia and having the possibility to show our potential again.»

Luca Marini

«I enjoyed Warm Up and the race a lot. Conditions were super complicated and there were a lot of points where you had to risk crashing. Even in these tricky conditions I was quite fast, but with how slippery it was on track it was quite difficult to overtake so I was behind several riders for a bit too long. It was really fun to battle with Mir and Zarco for most of the race. A satisfactory race to save the weekend after a really challenging Saturday. Now two more chances to make some more progress before the next season starts.»