Barcelona –
Spaniard Jorge Martin produced an ice-cool ride to finish third in the season-ending Barcelona GP on Sunday, which was good enough to secure his first MotoGP world championship title.
The 26-year-old, nicknamed the ‚Martinator,‘ also ensured that Ducati-Pramac became the first independent team to win the rider’s title since Valentino Rossi in 2001, the final year of 500cc racing.
Defending two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia, who started the race 19 points behind Martin, took the checkered flag for the 11th time this season but it was not enough to wrest the title from the Spanish rider who finished the season 10 points clear of his close rival.