Francesco Bagnaia won the 2024 Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, Sunday (28/4). Meanwhile, Marc Marquez was second on the podium. Pecco Bagnaia again performed impressively and not optimally at the United States MotoGP. Starting from seventh position in the Spanish MotoGP, Bagnaia emerged as the winner with a time of 40 minutes 58.053 seconds. Marc Marquez, who occupies pole position, is also competitive again in this race. The Baby Alien barely made a mistake at the 2024 Spanish MotoGP. Marc Marquez led the race well. Jorge Martin had time to push into second place. Francesco Bagnaia, who started from seventh position, overtook Martin and threatened Marquez. Unfortunately for Martin, at turn six on lap 11, the Spanish racer experienced a decline. Martin's accident gave an advantage to Bagnaia, who was immediately in leading position. After overtaking Marco Bezzecchi and occupying second place, Marc Marquez posed a threat to Bagnaia. Marquez continued to stick closely to Bagnaia with a difference of just 0.5 seconds. With five laps remaining in the race, Marquez made the difference to 0.122 seconds. Both Marquez and Bagnaia overtook each other in the last few laps before the race finished. Even at Turn 10, the front tire of Bagnaia's motorbike touched Marquez's body and motorbike. However, no one fell in the incident. Bagnaia was finally able to maintain first position in the 2024 Spanish MotoGP. Marquez won the second podium and Bezzecchi on the third podium. Victory at the 2024 Spanish MotoGP pushed Bagnaia into second place in the 2024 MotoGP standings. Bagnaia is now 17 points behind Jorge Martin who still sits at the top of the standings. Meanwhile, Marc Marquez up one place to sixth with a collection of 60 points. This is not the first time Marquez has finished after leading. He had previously failed when he was actually in an advantageous position In the American MotoGP, Marc Marquez fell at corner 11 when the race entered lap 11. At that time he was leading the race on one of his favorite circuits. Apart from that, Marc Marquez also had an accident because he stopped by Pecco Bagnaia at the Portuguese MotoGP. Even though Marquez was able to continue the race to the finish, he was outside the top 15 zone so he couldn't get any points at that time.
