Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo , Japanese MotoGP. 22 September

Valencia MotoGP - Bagnaia and Quartararo face-to-face as it happened

Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia met the media ahead of their MotoGP title showdown on Sunday in Valencia.

After overturning a 91point deficit to Quartararo, Bagnaia now leads the MotoGP standings by 23 points.

A very comfortable lead with just one race to go, Bagnaia can afford to finish anywhere inside the top 14 if Quartararo wins the race, something the Yamaha rider must achieve just to have a chance of winning the title.

Quartararo will either win his second title in succession or Bagnaia will become the fourth different premier class champion in four years after Joan Mir won in 2020 and Marc Marquez in 2019.

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03 Nov 2022

15:17

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Jack Miller, MotoGP, Malaysian MotoGP, 22 October

15:03

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14:56

Permutations

Bagnaia will win the championship if…

- Quartararo doesn’t win
- Bagnaia finishes P14 or higher
- Bagnaia finishes P15 and Quartararo doesn’t win

Quartararo will win the championship if…

- Quartararo wins and Bagnaia is P15 or lower

Fabio Quartararo, Francesco Bagnaia, Malaysian MotoGP, 20 October

14:39

Bastia vs Aleix!

The battle to see who comes out on top in the the race for third in the championship will also be decided this weekend, as Aleix Espargaro leads Enea Bastianini by one point.

14:15

Riders to face the media

Good afternoon and welcome to media day at Valencia, Title contenders Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo will be in front of the media at 4pm UK time.