BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
F
rancesco Bagnaia
(Ducati Lenovo Team)
made a huge step
toward regaining the MotoGP
title lead with two wins in Ja
-
pan, as Jorge Martin (Prima
Pramac Ducati) tried to limit
the damage by taking second
in the Sunday GP.
In a race that third-place
Marc Marquez (Gresini
Ducati) described as "super
boring," there were no lead
changes (there hasn't been
a single change for the lead
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
toward regaining the MotoGP
-
the damage by taking second
since the Austrian GP in May),
making it all the more difficult
to avoid falling asleep at the
10:20 p.m. PST start time.
In Moto2, Manuel Gonzalez
(QJMotor Gresini Moto2) took
a first GP win after putting
slicks on his Kalex at the start,
while most of the field opted
for the safety of wet tires
on a drying track. Gonzalez
bested home hero and fellow
slick-shod rider Ai Ogura (MT
Helmets – MSI Boscoscuro)
and Filip Salac (Elf Marc VDS
Kalex), the Czech grabbing his
first Moto2 podium.
ROUND 16 / OCTOBER 4-6, 2024
MOTEGI MOBILITY RESORT / MOTEGI, JAPAN
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P82
FRANCESCO BAGNAIA HAD JUST
THE WEEKEND HE NEEDED BY
TAKING THE SPRINT AND SUNDAY
RACE WINS TO CLOSE TO WITHIN 10
POINTS OF JORGE MARTIN
PECCO
CLOSES IN
