Sudden and sudden rain that started in the form of a rain shower, which after a few minutes turned into a deluge, frustrated the Japanese Grand Prix, which was recorded at the fourteenth round of MotoGP, The season that Star+ is having. In the few laps that were given, that is, twelve and a half of the agreed 24 laps, Jorge Martin was the great protagonist who eventually took the victory giving him full points precisely for that part of the course that made the race stand out. equator.
The Spaniard’s victory does not lose its value because he has covered just over 50% of the distance. Because before the red flag was raised that showed the direction of the race due to the danger of the flooded track, the man from Madrid had lost the lead after the massive entry into the pits to search for a motorcycle with a water configuration. But Martin was not afraid, neither of the competitors in front of him nor of the condition of the asphalt.
The only flaw facing the Pramac rider this weekend in Motegi was that short pass when returning to the track with the second bike, which forced him to recover. He did so with brilliant maneuvers to beat Marco Pizzici, Pico Bagnaia, Marc Márquez, Pico Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro. He gave a lecture.
Once he got ahead, he took control in a landslide. Until the flood turned the track into a trap with puddles and the color red came, leading to Johann Zarco’s accident. Here began the delays and doubts about the continuity of the resumption of the competition, for a simple and inevitable reason: lack of light. For this reason, the race management chose to open the pits and send everyone to the track to try to return to competition, even though the rain did not stop. It was just a clumsy trick, because in the middle of the previous round, the color red came back again and the competition was over so Martin could celebrate his success.
For Martin, success marked a memorable appointment at Motegi. He achieved pole position, won the sprint race and won the main race. The huge harvest of points allowed him to be only three points behind Beko Bagnaia, who managed to defend his World Cup lead by finishing second. What worries the champion is the bleeding he suffered in recent races and his driving is already very threatened.
The rain and limited racing wasn’t the only surprise Japan had in store for motorcycle racing. Marc Marquez is back on the podium (he hasn’t been on the podium since Australia 2022). Only on the weekend in which he was going to announce which team he would compete with in 2024 (he finally extended the decision), at the home of Honda, with all the employees of the Ala brand in Motegi, with a motorcycle that had not responded all year, the Catalan fought forward again. And he got the cup. Coincidences do exist, right?
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