Spain’s Jorge Martin capped a fantastic weekend with victory in a rain-affected Japanese MotoGP & decrease the gap at the top between himself and Bagnaia to just 3 points.
Pramac Racing’s Martin set a new lap record on the Motegi circuit to qualify in pole position and also won Saturday’s sprint race.
Rain started falling on the opening lap in Race 2, which led to a white flag, allowing riders to swap their bikes to suit the conditions better.
After an early mistake, Martin was able to move back through the field to reclaim the lead and stayed there until team-mate Johann Zarco suffered a bad crash, which triggered the red flag.
Race directors attempted to restart the grand prix but when the riders went out on the warm-up lap, the red flag came out again and full points were awarded.
There are six rounds of the MotoGP championship remaining, with the next race in Indonesia on 15 October.
