As long as Bagnaia avoids finishing 15th or lower and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo 🌼winning the race, then the Ducati rider will be crowned MotoGP champion on Sunday, making him the fourth different champiꦜon since 2019. 

In the last nine races Bagnaia has claimed a staggeri𝄹ng 114 points, which is a total that has only been bettered over the same number of races by Marquez (2019) in the last four seaso🏅ns.

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In those same nine races Quartararo, who did hold a 91-point advantage over Bagnai💮a heading into the DutchGP at Assen, has suffered his worst stretch of results since joining the factory Yamaha team at the end of 2020. 

The Yamaha rider has collecte📖d just four podiums in the last nine rounds, while also suffering four non-scores.&nb🦹sp;

En route to making his stunning comeback, Bagnaia suffered a crash in Japan which could have spelled disaster for his title aspirations. However, anot🐲her three podiums including a win in Sepang helped turn the tables in his favour once again. 

Speaking about his ups and downs throughout 2022, Bagnaia said: "This year with all the ups and downs I did in the first part of the season; okay it was not so up and down i🔴t was just a matter of pressure. In the first part of the season I was competitive when I crashed. I ma🗹de mistakes. 

"I just tried to anal🅷yse why I was crashing and this has helped me understand this situation. In Japan I was just too ambit♑ious. 

"But the luck - I had two lucks there - one was that I didn’t crash with Fabio [Quartararo] and the second was that Fabio 𒈔was with me [on circuit]ꦅ and wasn’t gaining so many points with my crash. This was a big [piece of] luck for sure. 

"I was knowing that it was s෴o important to be competitive even when I was struggling in the wet like Thailand. Then in Australia I tried to do my best but in the last 🍒lap it was too risky to fight for the win again. 

"In Malaysia I was sure that arriving here with the most amount🔯 of points possible to be more relaxed here was crucial. My main objective wa𝓀s to win the race in Malaysia."

Winner of the Valencia MotoGP in 2021, Bagnaia expects another strong showing

Discussing his chances ahead of Sunday’s season-finale, Bagnaia expects to put𒆙 up a strong performance although he’s remaining calm, especially with the title yet to be wrapped up. 

"For sure, this track is quite good for u🅺s," stated the Ducati rider. "The bike of this year is so competitive in terms of handling and I think wౠe did an improvement compared to last year. 

"But we know that MotoGP is a world of surprise and something can always happen. My main objective is to work like ♐always, be 💃competitive like always and fight for the top positions if we have the possibility."