‘MotoGP should consider double win, fastest lap bonus points’
Is it time to shake up the MotoGP scoring system?

“This is a scoring system that has been there forever” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia is reported aꦰs saying during Ducati’s 'Campioni in Festa' celebration in Bologna on Tuesday night.
The cur🐎rent MotoGP scoring system has been in place for 💧a long time, since 1993, or four years before Bagnaia was born.
But the addition of Sprint races from 2023, adding an extra 12 points per weekend on top of the usual 25 for a grand prix win, means Bagnaia feels the points system could now benefit from some ‘bo⛦nus’ tweaks.
“This is a scoring system that has been there forever, since before the Sprint races arrived, which changed a lot the system in which to ✤get points in a race weekend,” quotes Bagnaia as saying.
“With the introduction of this [Sprint] race, I think we should consider the idea of incor🔯porating bonuses for those who win both races [per weekend], or maybe the fastest lap… something to reward those who are faster.”
Bagnaia lost out to Jorge Martin by ten p💖oints in this year’s MotoGP title fight.
The Pramac rider out-scored Bagnaia significantly on Saturdays, althoug🐎h the Italian was still the second-highest Sprint scorer of the season and matched Martin with seven Sprint ๊wins.
Bagnaia empha♌sised that the current system is 'balanced' and that he had benefitted by staying in the title hunt despite eight non-scores (five in Sprints, three in GPs).
However, he feels ‘something more’ should be considered💝.
“[MotoGP] has always been a championship that has rewarded consistency and the scoring system that is in place today has [🦩also] allowed me to fight for eight zeros [non-scores], so it’s🧸 balanced,” he said.
“However, in my opinion, the Sprint influe♛nces on several fronts, not just the show, so perhaps something more should perhaps be considered.”
Counting only Sunday grand prix races, Bagnaia - who won 11 GPs this season compared with three for Martin - outscored the Spaniard by 370 points to🅠 337 this year.
2024 MotoGP standings in Sprint points ranking | ||||
No. | Name | Bike | Sprint points | Total points |
1 | Jorge Martin | Ducati | 171 | 508 |
2 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 128 | 498 |
3 | Marc Marquez | Ducati | 122 | 392 |
4 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 122 | 386 |
5 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 64 | 215 |
6 | Franco Morbidelli | Ducati | 57 | 173 |
7 | Maverick Vinales | Aprilia | 55 | 190 |
8 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 54 | 163 |
9 | Brad Binder | KTM | 44 | 217 |
10 | Alex Marquez | Ducati | 37 | 173 |
11 | Jack Miller | KTM | 27 | 87 |
12 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 26 | 165 |
13 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 20 | 113 |
14 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 16 | 153 |
15 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 16 | 75 |
16 | Daniel Pedrosa | KTM | 7 | 7 |
17 | Raul Fernandez | Aprilia | 6 | 66 |
18 | Augusto Fernandez | KTM | 4 | 27 |
19 | Johann Zarco | Honda | 2 | 55 |
20 | Joan Mir | Honda | 1 | 21 |
21 | Pol Espargaro | KTM | 1 | 12 |
22 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 0 | 31 |
23 | Alex Rins | Yamaha | 0 | 31 |
24 | Luca Marini | Honda | 0 | 14 |
25 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 0 | 2 |

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