Will Francesco Bagnaia become World Champion?

If watching the Australian MotoGP requires you to wake up at dawn, the schedule for the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP held on the October 21-23 weekend is certainly more friendly.

Because unlike the 2022 Australian MotoGP which starts every year at 05:00 WIB, the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP schedule starts at 08:00 WIB.

While the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP schedule on the last day starts one hour back, at 09:00 WIB for the first session, namely Warm Up Moto3.

The 2022 Malaysian MotoGP is also set to be an exciting race to watch.

The race, which took place at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, was the first opportunity for Francecsco Bagnaia (Lenovo Ducati) to lock up the 2022 MotoGP World Title.

As quoted from GridOto.com, Francesco Bagnaia is at the top of the standings with 233 points, 14 points ahead of his nearest rival Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) and 27 points from third-place Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia).

Francesco Bagnaia will lock up the title if he manages to win the Malaysia 2022 MotoGP while Quartararo is not on the podium.

A difficult thing although not impossible, given the trend of Fabio Quartararo's appearance which has been diving sharply since the 2022 Thailand MotoGP.

Actually, Fabio Quartararo has a pretty good track record the last time he appeared in the neighboring country in 2019.

He succeeded in gaining pole position, and succeeded finish in seventh position on the Petronas Yamaha satellite team's Yamaha YZR-M1.

Not only Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro can also disperse Francesco Bagnaia's party early in the 2022 Malaysian MotoGP.

If Aleix Espargaro can win while Bagnaia finishes second and Fabio Quartararo is third or worse then the title race will go to Valencia.

Aleix Espargaro is even more of a 'dark horse,' as he was the most consistent rider at the Malaysia 2022 MotoGP pre-season test in February.

Meanwhile, Bagnaia and Quartararo failed to show the same consistency in racing simulations at the pre-season test session.