MotoGp: Marc Marquez champion if… possible combinations in the Japanese GP

The result of the Motegi Sprint Race, with the success of Pecco Bagnaia in front of Marc Marquez, goes to define the framework of possible combinations for the number 93 to go away from Japan with one more world title the ninth in his career (seventh in the premier class). The discourse will be definitively closed in case of victory or second place (even in case of success of Alex Marquez), from third down instead it will be necessary to compare Marc’s result with that of his brother.

With the Gresini Racing rider second, Marc Marquez will need only just behind him in third place to become champion. Should Alex instead finish third, it will be enough for the number 93 to finish at least sixth, while with his younger brother fourth, ninth place at the checkered flag will suffice.

On the other hand, eleventh place will be enough for Marc if Alex finishes fifth, twelfth in the case of the sixth-place finish of the only rival in the standings, thirteenth in the case of seventh place for the Team Gresini centaur, and fourteenth for MM93 if his brother finishes eighth. Then only one point will suffice, with fifteenth place, if Alex Marquez does not go beyond ninth at the finish.

If, finally, Alex Marquez does not go beyond tenth or retires without winning points, Marc Marquez would be champion regardless, beyond the position of arrival. Among other things, the 32-year-old from Cervera would win the title with Ducati right at the home of Honda, the House that he represented for a decade before his farewell in the direction of Borgo Panigale.