
Ducati Lenovo team rider Pecco Bagnaia won the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP at the Sepang Circuit on Sunday (23/10).
Pecco Bagnaia is the winner of the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP after doing start which was very good, and had a tight battle with Enea Bastianini throughout the race.
Despite winning the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP, unfortunately Pecco Bagnaia must postpone the world title party in Valencia.
As quoted from GridOto.comThe 2022 MotoGP riders' world title will be decided at the 2022 Valencia MotoGP in two weeks.
Thanks to the victory at the Sepang Circuit, Pecco Bagnaia currently has 258 points and is 23 points ahead of Fabio Quartararo.
Fabio Quartararo also put in an outstanding performance to secure the third podium, to keep his chances of fighting for the title open.
Actually, this 23-point advantage is not 100 percent safe, because the world title can float at any time if Valentino Rossi's student crashes during the race in Valencia.
Then the fourth position of the 2022 Malaysia MotoGP went to Marco Bezzecchi, with his best performance in the race.
Bezzecchi could have made Pecco and Ducati party in Malaysia, if he had managed to take third place from Fabio Quartararo.
Meanwhile, Aleix Espargaro was only able to finish 11th in this race and close his chances of fighting for the title.
The race at the Sepang Circuit was also colored by drama from Ducati officials, who were caught on camera repeatedly having discussions.
Paolo Ciabatti and Davide Tardozzi were visibly upset with Enea Bastianini for putting what they considered to be dangerous pressure on Pecco Bagnaia throughout the race.
In addition to winning the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP, Pecco Bagnaia also managed to bring home the second title for Ducati this season.
The constructor title was secured some time ago, now the Ducati Lenovo team has locked the MotoGP team world title, after Pecco Bagnaia won the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP and Jack Miller finished sixth.
Incidentally, the closest rival of Lenovo's Ducati team, Aprilia Racing, got minor results with P11 and P16 in the 2022 Malaysia MotoGP.
This is the second consecutive MotoGP team world title after Lenovo's Ducati team won it last year.
At the moment, only the drivers' championship title is yet to be secured for Ducati to complete its triple crown MotoGP 2022.
Pecco Bagnaia also has a great opportunity to become the 2022 MotoGP world champion at the upcoming 2022 Valencia MotoGP.
Pecco currently has 23 points more than Fabio Quartararo and that is clearly a very absolute advantage for him.
Fabio Quartararo can only prevent Pecco Bagnaia from becoming champion, by winning the Valencia 2022 MotoGP race.
The condition is that Pecco Bagnaia cannot score two or more points there.