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Qualified in pole position ahead of Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargaro, Tito Rabat maintains the advantage at the start of this Japanese Grand Prix, but it is Alex Rins who starts best from his second row and takes second position even before the first sequence.

Scott Redding seems to be experiencing technical difficulties on his Pramac and closes the peloton at a distance.

Even if we feel the tension under the helmets, the big straight passes without a hitch before Johann Zarco, although qualified in the last row but undoubtedly benefiting from his walking training in Misano, takes out his secret boot which propels him into the wake of Rabat at the start of the hairpin on the left!

After making his effort, the Tech3 driver waited a few seconds before making a first attack on the Marc VDS driver but the latter defended like hell and retained the advantage until the end of the first lap. A first lap during which we unfortunately had to deplore the exit of the track by Alex Rins in a tricky curve to the right.

In the following loop, the Tech3 driver judiciously took advantage of the slipstream of number 53 to temporarily take command while Andrea Iannone would be forced to cut the circuit before returning to the track.

In a final effort, Tito Rabat regained leadership before passing the baton to his young Japanese teammate. In this delicate phase of flag to flag, it is Alex Rins' team which is doing the best and is repositioned third, behind Marc VDS and Tech3.

The final race saw Alex Rins' teammate take second position at the last minute thanks to the power of his GSX-RR, just behind Tito Rabat's Honda.