MotoGP awards championship points from two races each weekend — the Sunday Grand Prix and the Saturday Sprint.
The Grand Prix pays the top fifteen finishers on this scale:
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The winner takes 25 points, and 15th place still scores a single point.
The Saturday Sprint is shorter, so it pays fewer riders — only the top nine, and on a lower scale:
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A Sprint win is worth 12 points. Add it up and a rider who wins both races banks 37 points, the maximum possible from one weekend.
Two quirks catch newcomers out. There is no bonus point for fastest lap, and a Sprint win does not count as a Grand Prix victory in the record books. These points decide both the riders' and the constructors' world championships.