Sepang has left Pecco Bagnaia on the brink of the 2022 MotoGP crown – but also reinforced the fact he is set to face a monumental intra-team challenge at Ducati next year.
Bagnaia’s key Malaysian GP win under pressure from future team-mate Enea Bastianini takes centre stage in the post-Sepang episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast, as the panel tackles the question of just how hard Bastianini raced Bagnaia and what his motivations were in the duel.
Stand-in host Matt Beer is joined by regulars Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson to also discuss Fabio Quartararo’s heroic ride to keep his championship hopes alive going into the Valencia season finale, and what specific stars would need to align for the Yamaha rider to somehow overhaul Bagnaia.
Also discussed is the end of Aprilia’s title fairytale, another weekend of two halves for the pole record-smashing/bike-smashing Jorge Martin, and whether Marc Marquez’s weekend was encouraging or par for the course.
Finally, the crew dedicate a few minutes each to touch upon lacking MotoGP safety commission attendance at Sepang and the increasingly wacky Moto2 title race.
