ROUND 16 / SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2022
TWIN RING MOTEGI / MOTEGI, JAPAN
P102
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
main title protagonists appeared.
The race was a disaster for
two of the four riders going for
the 2022 gold. Aprilia's Aleix
Espargaro had a mechanical
problem on the warm-up lap
which forced him to ride through
the pits, jump on his spare bike
and start from pit lane on a bike
with the wrong compound rear
tire. He would eventually finish
Jorge Martin (Alma Pramac
Ducati) on lap three.
From there on, the Aussie set
fastest lap after fastest lap, even-
tually stretching his advantage to
3.4 seconds over Brad Binder
(Red Bull KTM), who had got the
better of Martin at turn one on
the final lap after a nearly race-
long battle to make a surprise
podium on which none of the
MYOWNRACE
43 JACK MILLER
1ST MOTOGP
"I was able to get a good start and once
I got the first posi on I just went at my
own pace," Jack Miller said. "I think I have
never ridden so well in my life and this
is definitely my best race ever. I'm also
very happy that I was able to get another
win with the Duca Lenovo Team, first
because the guys on my team always give
their all for me and it's nice to be able to
celebrate a third win together."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
8TH MOTOGP
"With all these circumstances, and a er all
that happened, I would say it's definitely
be er to gain eight points than to lose
them," Quartararo said. "It's good in one
way but frustra ng in another because I
feel like our poten al was to fight more
towards the front. But I couldn't get in an
overtake on Maverick. We ride in such
a different way compared to the others.
I gain so much me in Sector two and
three, but I lose it in Sector four and one.
I don't think we made the correct re
choice, but we managed the re pressure
really well this race. I didn't see Pecco,
but I did hear him crash, so I think he
didn't crash that far from me. I knew he
was coming. Maverick had a good pace,
but I was stuck behind him, that was the
difficult part."
