“Kong” accelerates to finish 4th in Moto2, “Banyaya”, Thai GP champion, urges “Martin” to fight to defend the world championship.

_: The 2024 MotoGP World Championship, the 18th round, the 'PT Grand Prix of Thailand', at Chang International Circuit, Buriram Province, on October 27, 2024, in the Moto2 class, in the final round, competing for 22 laps, it turned out that rain fell, causing a red flag to be raised, and the championship was decided in just 20 laps. By "Kong" Somkiat Chantra, the beloved Thai rider from the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, who started from the 13th grid before gradually catching up with other riders to finish in 4th place in this field beautifully. The Moto2 champion of this race was Aron Canet, a Spanish rider from Fantik Racing, who came in first with a time of 32 minutes 02.751 seconds. As for Ai Ogura, a Japanese rider from the MT Helmet MSI team, he won second place in this field, accumulating a total of 261 points, winning the Moto2 World Championship this year. The third place in this field was Marcos Ramirez, a Spanish rider. After 18 fields in the Moto2 class, Kong Somkiat has 91 points, moving up to 12 th place in total points. After the race, Kong met with his fans and said that he was happy because he started in 13th place and finished in 4th place. He thought that if there was no red flag, he might have been in the top 3 on the podium. Kong also revealed that he had to endure the pain in his right leg for the last 5 laps. After this, he will undergo further examinations before competing in the next race in Malaysia next weekend. In the final round of the MotoGP race, 26 laps were contested amidst light rain. The result was that Francesco Bagnaia, the Italian rider from the Ducati Lenovo Team and the current world champion, who started from pole position in the red car number 1, accelerated to the finish line first with a time of 43 minutes 38.108 seconds, winning the Thai GP for the first time and winning the 9th field this season. Meanwhile, Spanish rider Jorge Martin from the Prima Pramac Racing team, the leader of the championship, crossed the finish line 2.905 seconds behind Bagnaia, while third place was Pedro Acosta from Spain in the Red Bull Gas Gas Tektri. On the other hand, six-time world champion Marc Marquez from Spain from Gresini Racing crashed out with 12 laps remaining, causing him to finish in 11th place. Summary of the championship standings: The race for the MotoGP world championship this year is still exciting because Bagnaia has closed the gap to Martin to 17 points, with two more races remaining in Malaysia and Spain. As for the performance of "Kong" Thatchakorn Buasri, a young Thai rider, he won 17th place in the Moto3 class. After the race, Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, revealed that the 5th ThaiGP was a great success, especially in terms of the number of spectators, which increased from 179,000 to 205,000, and generated over 4,700 million baht in economic circulation. Source: Thai News Agency