MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / OCTOBER 18-20, 2019
MOTEGI CIRCUIT / MOTEGI, JAPAN
P86
MotoGP
1. Marc Marquez (Hon)
2. Fabio Quartararo (Yam)
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Duc)
4. Maverick Vinales (Yam)
5. Cal Crutchlow (Hon)
Moto2
1. Luca Marini (Ka)
2. Thomas Luthi (Kal)
3. Jorge Martin (KTM)
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kal)
5. Jorge Navarro (S-U)
Moto3
1. Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Hon)
2. Albert Arenas (KTM)
3. Celestino Vietti (KTM)
4. Tatsuki Suzuki (Hon)
5. Sergio Garcia (Hon)
lowing jostle.
Dalla Porta was in the thick of
it, and took the lead for the first
time on lap nine. He would stay
there to the end, at least over
the line, but Suzuki got ahead
at least once out in the country,
and a pack of five went to the
end.
Just faded off the back John
McPhee (Petronas Honda) was a
lone sixth.
Dalla Porta's points lead is not
unassailable, with 75 points still
available, but he has a significant
comfort zone of 47, with 229
points to Canet's 182; then
Arbolino 161, Ramirez 144 and
McPhee 136. CN
pit, after long-time race leader
Tatsuki Suzuki was denied a
home-race podium by a last-
corners lunge by star rookie
Celestino Vietti (SKY VR46
KTM), through from the back of
the five-strong lead group.
Suzuki led away from front-
row starter Alonso Lopez (EG
Honda) and pole qualifier Nico
Antonelli (SIC58 Honda), but the
comeback injury victim would
soon drop away. Instead it would
be rookie Sergio Garcia (EG
Honda) taking up the pursuit of
the leader, with Arenas, Canet,
John McPhee (Petronas Honda)
and Marcos Ramirez (Leopard
Honda) all prominent in the fol-
Lorenzo Dalla
Porta took a
crucial win, only
his second of
the year, to put
him in the box
seat for the
Moto3 title.
