Heartbreak for poleman Acosta gives Bagnaia important sprint win at Motegi
A late crash for Japanese Grand Prix poleman Pedro Acosta gifted Francesco Bagnaia an important sprint victory to close up his deficit in the MotoGP standings to Jorge Martin.
Despite almost being caught by Enea Bastianini and Marc Marquez on the last lap, Bagnaia held on for a third successive sprint victory to close Jorge Martin’s championship lead to 15 points.From second on the grid, Bagnaia took the lead off the line to head team-mate Bastianini and Acosta as the threat of rain hung constantly over the Motegi circuit.
At the start of lap nine, Acosta’s lead was 0.6s and rising through the first part of the ninth tour.This promoted Bagnaia into the lead, while Bastianini came under threat from Gresini’s Marc Marquez for second. Marquez completed the podium having come from ninth on the grid, while Pramac’s Martin could do no more than fourth from 11th.Franco Morbidelli was fifth on the sister Pramac Ducati, with Fabio Di Giannantonio sixth for VR46 ahead of KTM’s Jack Miller and Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales, who dramatically faded out of podium contention on the opening lap.
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