The final of this season’s MotoGP season is imminent! What will it take for Bagnai to win the world title?

The 2022 World Road Motorcycle Championship is coming to its grand conclusion. For the first time in five years, the title will be contested in the final MotoGP event of the season. Francesco Bagnaia could become the first Ducati rider to win the title in Valencia since 2007. Only Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo has a chance to spoil the Bologna team’s joy. But the math is uncompromising for the Frenchman. The reigning world champion must do the impossible in the last race of the season, while Bagnaia has everything in his hands!

The MotoGP circus heads to Valencia, Spain this week to the Ricardo Tormo circuit for the 20th and final race of this year’s World Championship. Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo will battle it out for the championship crown.

For the first time since 2017, the world champion will be decided in Valencia in the very final grand prix. Back then it was a showdown between Marc Márquez and Andrea Dovizioso, with the Spaniard leading the race by 21 points over his Italian rival. Dovizioso eventually crashed out towards the end of the grand prix, while Márquez was able to celebrate his sixth career title after finishing third.

A very similar situation applies to this year’s #The Decider. Bagnaia holds a 23-point lead over Quartara, although after the German Grand Prix in June the Ducati rider was an abysmal 91 points behind the Nice, France native. So the maths is playing out almost as perfectly for Bagnaia as it can.

It’s simple. If Quartararo wants to hope for a miracle, he absolutely must win in Valencia and pick up 25 points. That will be no walk in the park. The dominance of the Ducati machines knows no bounds, and it’s safe to assume that even on Ricardo Tormo’s technically tuned circuit they’ll struggle to find anyone who can compete with them.

Bagnaia, on the other hand, only needs a mere fourteenth place and therefore two championship points to claim his second career world championship title (Bagnaia dominated the Moto2 championship in the 2018 season). Even if he crashes in the race or finishes fifteenth or worse, Quartararo has to give the ride of his life.

So don’t forget to watch the finale of this year’s MotoGP! Bagnaia or Quartararo? The Valencia Grand Prix, which kicks off this Sunday at 2pm, will tell.

Source: MotoGP