MotoGP: race interrupted in Motegi, victory goes to Martin

Too much rain on the track, impossible to continue. Martin celebrates again

After winning the Sprint, Martin also took home the victory in Sunday’s race at Motegi. It was a decidedly complicated race, due to the heavy rain that è fell on the circuit. After 12 laps, race management decided to stop everyone. After an unsuccessful restart attempt, the final choice to end the Japanese GP and thus homologate the ranking at the end of the 12° lap (50% of the race course completed).

To highlight the excellent third place of Marc Marquez, happy to be back on the podium again: "They did well to stop the race, there were not the conditions to continue", his words in the post-race.

Thanks to this victory, Martin è now -3 points behind World Championship leader Bagnaia (319 points to the Spaniard’s 316): "There were no conditions to race. However, I am happy with second place. First time on the podium in a race in the rain". Appointment, in two weeks, for the GP of Indonesia.