It was Francesco Bagnaia who won the Sprint Race in Barcelona and has taken his Championship challenge to the final race of the season.
Francesco Bagnaia claims his seventh Sprint Race win of the 2024 MotoGP season. The Italian did exactly what he needed to on Saturday as he claimed pole position and took victory in the afternoon.
The Ducati Lenovo Team completed a 1-2 finish in the final Sprint Race of the season. The Italian played a good role for his teammate and aided Bagnaia in his Championship fight.
Jorge Martin had to settle for third place on Saturday and keeps a 19-point lead over Bagnaia in the Championship.
The top non-Ducati rider in the Sprint Race was Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia RS-GP. The Spaniard finished his final Sprint with Aprilia and finished in fourth place.
The Gresini Racing MotoGP rider, Alex Marquez, finished the Sprint Race in fifth place. It had looked like the Spaniard could challenge for the podium but he slipped back in the latter laps.
Prima Pramac Racing rider could not help Martin or Bagnaia on Saturday. The Italian rider finished the race in sixth but was 5.263 seconds behind Bagnaia.
Marc Marquez was involved in an incident at the start of the race and dropped back in the order. The Spaniard could only manage a seventh-place finish on Saturday.
After a promising Friday, Marco Bezzecchi struggled on Saturday. The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team rider only managed an eighth-place finish.
The top KTM was Brad Binder who collected one single point as he finished in ninth place.
MotoGP Barcelona, Full Sprint Race Results:
| 2024 Barcelona MotoGP | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Sprint Race Results | Round 20 of 20 | |||||
| Pos | Name | Nat. | Team | Bike | Gap |
| 1 | Pecco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP24 | |
| 2 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP24 | ,+0.942 |
| 3 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP24 | ,+1.270 |
| 4 | Aleix Espargaro | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | ,+1.857 |
| 5 | Alex Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP23 | ,+1.942 |
| 6 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP24 | ,+5.263 |
| 7 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP23 | ,+5.303 |
| 8 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati GP23 | ,+5.307 |
| 9 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | ,+5.573 |
| 10 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | ,+5.937 |
| 11 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | ,+7.413 |
| 12 | Maverick Vinales | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | ,+8.344 |
| 13 | Joan Mir | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | ,+9.387 |
| 14 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | ,+9.652 |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | ,+11.838 |
| 16 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | ,+13.217 |
| 17 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda RC213V | ,+17.017 |
| 18 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | ,+17.746 |
| 19 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | ,+18.533 |
| 20 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | ,+20.153 |
| 21 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati GP23 | ,+20.547 |
| 22 | Stefan Bradl | GER | Team HRC | Honda RC213V | ,+24.604 |
| DNF | Pedro Acosta | ESP | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | |
