Jorge Martin has won the 2024 MotoGP World Cham🍎pionship after finishing third in the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona with Francesco Bagnaia victorious in the race.

The ܫSpaniard becomes the first independent team world champion in the modern eꦗra with Pramac, having won seven sprints and three grands prix in a consistent 2024 campaign.

It is Marti꧒n’s first world championship at the premier class level and comes in 💮his final race for both Ducati and Pramac, ahead of a factory Aprilia switch in 2025.

𒉰Martin came into Sunday’s 24-lap grand prix at Barcelona 19 points in front of double world champion Bagnaia, after the latter won the sprint to cut down the Pramac rider’s 24-point adva🌺ntage.

Starting from pole, Bagnaia led every lap of the grand prix and scored an 11th Sunday wꦯin of the season.

But with Martin holding down third for the whole race, it was enough to giꦿv💙e the Spaniard the championship by 10 points.

Bagnaia grabbed the holeshot from pole off the lin🦩e on his factory Ducati, with Martin slotting into second ahead of Gresini’s Marc Marquez.

Marquez pas꧟sed Martin at Turn 1 on the se🐼cond lap and set about chasing down Bagnaia.

Bagnaia and Marquez quickly pulled out a small gap to Martin, who had Bagnaia’s team-mate Enea Bastianini be𝔍hind him.

But Martin was dealt a helping hand 𓄧from his friend Aleix Espargaro, who engaged in a tight battle with Bastianini across laps three to five - with the retiring Aprilia rider coming out on top.

At the front, Bagnaia couldn’t shake Marquez, though the Gresini rider couldn’t find a way to get close enough to attempt🍃 an overtake.

By the start of lap 15, Bagnaia’s lead was over half a ⭕second and it grew to over a second as he reached the chequered flag on the 24th tour.

Martin’s race was lonely after Espargaro gave him 🃏breathing space in his battle with Bastianini, with the Pramac rider co﷽mpleting the podium to win the championship.

Alex Marquez on the sister Gresini Ducat𝐆i beat Espargaro in a tense late battle for fourth, with the Aprilia rider ending his MotoGP career with a fifth on home soil.

Brad Binder came from 18th to six🅘th on the factory KTM, which wins him fifth in the championship after Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta slumped to 10th.

Bastianini was seventh, which means Marc Marquez finishes third in 👍the championship.

Franco Morbidelli was eighth for Pramac ahead of Marco B🌺ezzecchi in🦹 his last race for VR46.

Miguel Oliveira ended his last grand p💙rix with Trackhouse 12th behind Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, w൩hile Jack Miller’s final KTM outing saw him finish 11th.

Joha✨nn Zarco was top Honda in 14th as Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) took the final point a𝓡s he departs for KTM in 2025.

Takaaki Nakagami was 17th in his laཧst MotoGP race, while Honda’s Joan Mir crashed o🌃ut.