This will be the short story of this seventh title of Marc Marquez conquered at the end of this Japanese Grand Prix. We saw the Honda official lying for a moment on the Motegi track, barely after celebrating his achievement. Here is the reason…
In MotoGP, danger is definitely everywhere and at all times. We will remember that on Saturday, Jorge Lorenzo injured in a foot and with a broken wrist, forced to withdraw from Motegi and now Australia, had almost received a curtain rod falling on his head from a press booth... Now here is the celebration at risk!
Ecstatic, we suddenly saw Marc Marquez inert on the track, under the gaze of both worried and full of incomprehension of his team who came to join him to celebrate the event of a new coronation. For what ? MM93 explains: “ I was celebrating my victory and my title when Redding came to congratulate me. While trying to hug him, I dislocated my shoulder! I was in a lot of pain, I lay down on the ground and my team handed her to me. With the adrenaline, the pain quickly passed! ».
Then on his journey, he admits a detail… “ I risked the whole race because I wanted to avoid a last lap with Dovi. And I had to win. So I caused his mistake a little in the turn. But it's a shame that he's not on the podium with me because he had a great season. The big boss of Honda is happy. There are still three races left to play for the constructors' championship ».
Japanese Grand Prix, Motegi, MotoGP J.3: classification.
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 42'36.438 |
| 2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | +1.573 |
| 3 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | +1.720 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +6.413 |
| 5 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +6.919 |
| 6 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | +8.024 |
| 7 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +13.330 |
| 8 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | +15.582 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +20.584 |
| 10 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | +24.985 |
| 11 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | +25.931 |
| 12 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | +26.875 |
| 13 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | +27.069 |
| 14 | 89 | Katsuyuki NAKASUGA | Yamaha | +32.550 |
| 15 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | +37.718 |
| 16 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | +39.583 |
| 17 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Ducati | +39.839 |
| 18 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | +42.698 |
| 19 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | +49.943 |
| 20 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | +52.707 |
| 21 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | + 1'01.848 |
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| 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 10 lapses | |
| 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 12 lapses | |
| 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 14 lapses | |
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 18 lapses |
