Jorge Martin has won the 2024 MotoGP World Cha꧃mpionship after finishing third in the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona with Francesco Bagnaia victorious in the race.

The Spaniard becomes the first independent team wor♑ld champion in the modern era with Pramac, having won seven sprints and three grands prix in a consistent 2024 campaign.

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

Martin came into Sunday’s 24-lap gra🧔nd 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 advantage.

Starting from pole, Bagnaia led every lap of the grand prix and scored an 11th Sunday win of the seaso🐭n.

But with Marti🦂n holding down third for the whole race, it was enough to give the Spaniard the cha🍸mpionship by 10 points.

Bagnaia grabbed the holeshot f♓rom pole off the line on his factory Ducati, with Martin slotting into second ahead of Gresini’s Ma⛄rc Marquez.

Marquez passed Martin at Turn 1 on the second lap and set about chaဣsing down Bagnaia.

Bagnaia and Marquez quickly pulled out a small gap to Martin, who had Bagnaia’s team-ma🏅t🔯e Enea Bastianini behind him.

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

At the front, Bagnaia couldn’t shake Marquez, though the Gresini rider couldn’t fin🎐d 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 rea🧜ched the chequered flag on the 24th tour.

Martin’s race was lonely🐼 after Esparg♌aro gave him breathing space in his battle with Bastianini, with the Pramac rider completing the podium to win the championship.

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

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

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

Franco Morbidelli was eighth for Pramac ahead of Marco Bezzeccꦛhi in his lไast race for VR46.

Miguel Oliveira endeꦚd his la﷽st grand prix with Trackhouse 12th behind Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, while Jack Miller’s final KTM outing saw him finish 11th.

J𝔍ohann Zarco was top Honda in 14th as Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) took the final point as he departs🧔 for KTM in 2025.

Takaaki Nakagami was 17th in his last MotoGP race, while Honda’s Joan ꧋Mir crashed out.