Bagnaia took advantage of the blow for Acosta and tightened the World Cup

What is being a dream for? Pedro Acosta Turned into a nightmare Motegi. The Murcian took the pole and everything indicated that he would take the first victory in Sprint in MotoGP but with four laps to go he crashed to the destruction of his entire team. He took advantage of it Bagnaia to win the short career of Japanese GP and push the World Cup after Martin’s fourth place. Only 15 points separate them.

Marc Márquez finished third after a fantastic duel with Enea Bastianini In the last laps he chose the Italian side. Despite being unbeaten in the transalpine, it was another good result for the man from Cervera considering he started ninth.

The race started with everyone looking at the sky whether it was raining or not. Departure is very unpredictable. Those who did not hesitate were Bagnaia and Martín. Pecco passed Acosta for the lead as the Spaniard went from 11th to fifth in just a few corners. For his part, Márquez was close to his native Madrid in sixth place

Márquez passed Martín with 11 laps remaining and on the next lap Acosta threw the bike at Bagnaia to regain the lead and try to escape. Drama ensued for Binder, who while running fourth, suffered a reliability problem with his KTM and was abandoned for the first time.

The drama for Acosta

The positions have been settled but the top five follow each other closely at a tense distance. The speed is equal from Acosta to Martín and overtaking is assumed to be complicated.

But with four laps to go, full drama ensued for Pedro. The Murcian got away and everyone suggested that his first Sprint victory was coming but the Murcian fell to the ground. The rookie made a mistake by pushing too hard and one that he will surely remember for days to come.

Bagnaia managed to keep Bastianini and Márquez at the back to cut six points off Martín and make the World Cup even tighter. This is the Italian’s sixth Sprint victory this year. He has the most with more than Jorge himself.

Stellar duel between Márquez and Bastianini

The excitement at the end of the race centered on the battle for second position. Marc seems to have something else at the end and if he wants to fight for victory he will have to pass Bastianini. When he did it with two laps to go, andThe Italian initially held on to the inside and then, braking on the back straight, launched himself against the Spaniard to reclaim second place. and do good teamwork.

It was a good duel between third and fourth in the World Cup that ended in favor of Enea Bastianini. For his part, Martín saved the day by climbing from 11th position to fourth.

Morbidelli closed the TOP5 ahead of Di Giannantonio and Álex Márquez. The first seven positions went to Ducati and Miller was the first to arrive without a Borgo-Panigale motorcycle. He finished eighth on his KTM ahead of Viñales and Bezzecchi.