The reigning world champion closed the gap on championship leader Jorge Martin to 17 points with two races left.

Bagnaia took an important victory over Martin in a wet race at Buriram, while Marquez crashed from second place

MotoGP: After the crash and airbag explosion, Marc Marquez's race suit zipper lowered slightly. It can be seen very clearly on the onboards, but so far no decision has been made by the stewards

Reigning champion Bagnaia took advantage of errors by Pramac Racing’s Martin and Marc Marquez of Gresini Racing to take the chequered flag and clinch his ninth win of the season.

BURIRAM : Francesco Bagnaia won the Thailand MotoGP on Sunday to close the gap on championship leader Jorge Martin with two race weekends left, with the Spaniard second in tricky wet conditions.

Ducati's Enea Bastianini won the sprint at the Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday to claim his second sprint victory of the season, ahead of championship leader Jorge Martin and defending champion Francesco Bagnaia.

Enea Bastianini cruised to his second Saturday success of the MotoGP season as he saw off feuding title rivals Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia to win the Thailand Grand Prix Sprint race at Buriram.

World champion Francesco Bagnaia set a lap record in powering to pole position Saturday for the Thailand MotoGP sprint race and grand prix, with chief title rival Jorge Martin starting from third after a late crash.