Francesco Bagnaia: Back to business. When the Italians paraded on the Japanese Motul Grand Prix, Ducati Lenovo's double racing world champion returned to the all-around explosion, beating teammate Marc Marquez for 1.8 seconds. Meanwhile, the latter strides to Sunday’s P2 as the 2025 World Championship as Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) completes the P10, meaning no points are scored in the blue corner. After a dramatic day, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) saved Saturday’s P3 for the Austrian manufacturer.
Bagnaia catches Holeshot, Aprilia Duo crash in first round
Bagnaia maintained the P2 position with Joan Mir (Honda Hrc Castrol) as Aprilia Racing's Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin crashed at Turn 1. The replay shows that Martin stands out in ARBIN and is in trouble with Pack. Unfortunately, the crash saw Martin maintaining a broken collarbone, leaving him out of Sunday’s Grand Prix.
Elsewhere, Marc Marquez lost Acosta’s position and at the end of lap 1 Pecco led by 0.6 seconds. Alex Marquez was P9 at the end of lap 1, remember that he was the only rider who could stop Marc Marquez from winning the title at the end of Sunday. Acosta moved again, pinching P2 from MIR in round 5.
At the end of lap 3, Sprint's fastest back-to-back lap speeds brought the Pecco Edge to 0.8 seconds, while teammate Marc Marquez still sat in Mir's third place. Like sprinting to lap 6, this has remained the same, with Marquez’s two attempts through his former HRC teammates not standing out.
In the front, the Italians' command pace was 1.6, and now it is 1.6 seconds. Acosta defeated in 0.5 seconds in the battle with Marc Marquez, and Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) owed 0.8 seconds in P5.
Then, Marc Marquez did ricket on Mir – it was also an aggressiveness. The Turn 10 is the Honda rider's position, which is a block of passes, but it's a harsh move when #93 moved into the bronze medal and four laps were about to go. Next step: Acosta.
With three laps left, Ten-Year-again-again-seeing Marc Marquez carved the interior of Acosta and then scattered into the P2 as Alex Marquez lags behind the p10 and behind the family hero Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Motogp Team). He scored nine points on the championship rivals when things stood up, and if tomorrow remains the same, the 2025 MotoGP Crown would be his.
Bagnaia shot to the final lap with a 2.4 lead on Marquez, and Acosta clutched the P3 BU 0.5s on Mir. #63 Back to his best? OK, today he is. Vintage Francesco Bagnaia stood on Tissot Sprint on Saturday and collected the first gold medal of the season as Marc Marquez's huge leap towards Japan in P2 won the seven-time MotoGP world championship. Acosta stopped Mir at p3, with the gap between the Spaniards being 0.6.
Motegi's sprint scorer
Mir's P4 won a very successful day for the 2020 MotoGP World Championship and HRC with Morbidelli finishing the top five. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha Motogp) left Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) behind him, with the French and Italians winning P6 and P7 before Raul Fernandez and Trackhouse Teamsmate Ogura, and the Japanese beat Alex Marquez to win the final Sprint Point.
Coming: Comeback Loading…
So whatever seeing Marc Marquez claim the title, P2 is over. In short, if the champion enters the Indonesian GP, Alex Marquez must beat his brother and beat him. A huge day is waiting.
MotoGP Tassot Sprint results!
MotoGP™, Sprint, Motul Grand Prix Japan
Joan Mir, Marc Marquez, Motul Grand Prix in Japan
Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Motul Grand Prix in Japan
Jack Miller, Fermin Aldeguer
Pedro Acosta, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, Japan's Motul Grand Prix
Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo team
Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo team
MotoGP™, Sprint, Motul Grand Prix Japan
Pedro Acosta, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, Japan's Motul Grand Prix
Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Motul Grand Prix in Japan
Audience, Sprint, Japan's Motul Grand Prix
Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Racing, Japan Motul Grand Prix
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo team
Marc Marquez
Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing, Motul Grand Prix in Japan