The question of whether this year’s MotoGP title might be influenced by a rider outside of the two con🐎tenders has not gone away.

Jorge Martin can win the championship 🌼today if he wins the sprint r📖ace at the Grand Prix of Barcelona.

He holds a 24-point lea🃏d over Pecco Bagnaia at the season-finale.

But three riders have bꩲeen identified who might get in the mix, get in between Martin and Bagnaia, and cost them crucial points.

“Marc Marquez has a big part to play in this,” Simon 🏅Crafar analysed.

“It’s not one of Marc’s favourite [tracks]. He had a part to play in Jorge not getting the factory ride, and I think he’ll have a part 🍰to play here.

“I believe he will be in the mix.

“The other one is Aleix Espargaro. He’s a huge fan, he’s firml🅘y on Jorge’s side of the court.

“And he’s famously good aꦜround here, so he could play a par💯t, as well.

“The other one I’♌d like to throw in? Brad Binder led the sprint here, before he fell off, but I have big ho✃pes for young Pedro Acosta.

“He was fast before he crashed out, and they’ve improved theꦇꦯ bike for him since then.

“He did something amazing in Indonesia😼. Can he do it here, as well?”

This championship has been laden with mistakes from both Martin and Bagnaia thro🧜ughou൲t.

Theꦐ🎃 possibility of another error deciding both riders’ fate is also high.

“Right now, Jor❀ge should win it,” Crafar said. “On past form they have been ✨close. But from here, Jorge should.”

He continued: “Thꦍere’s huge pressure on him and we’ve seen how easy it is to make a mistake.

“We have seen riders at this circuit leading, then crashing, then going in slꦛower.

“Jorge explained the engine brake set-up is so important because, if yo꧋u don’t get it to slide into the corner correctly, it comes back and ov🦩erloads the front. That’s what happened in Jerez.

“They work on getting the engine br♉aking right. But will they?”