Good morning or good night! At this time you never know… The Japanese GP made us wake up quite early, but it is worth it. After the premiere of the Indian Grand Prix in MotoGP, with victory for Jorge Martín in the sprint and Marco Bezzecchi on Sunday, The championship continues its route through the Asian continent. The Motegi circuit hosts the 14th round of the season this weekendwith a very tight battle for the title.
This Sunday there could be a change of leader in the MotoGP World Championship. Jorge Martín is going for the title. The Madrid native won the sprint race again, his third in a row and fifth of the season. Thus, in the last three Grand Prix the driver has cut 54 points from Pecco Bagnaia, the championship leader. Now the distance between the two is only 8 points.
Marc Márquezfor his part, gave a positive assessment of his first day in Motegi, although He did not go to Q2 and had a crash, the 20th of this season. The one from Cervera was able to help himself from Jorge Martín in qualifying to get into seventh, the same position in which the first qualifying test endede of the weekend, after a fight with Marco Bezzecchi.
These days, at his team’s home circuit, he valued his relationship with Honda and spoke about how he is making decisions about his future for 2024: “My future is more tiring mentally, but when I go out on the track, I am able to focus one hundred percent, work the best I know how and do the meetings as we have done until now.”. Because the objective is to improve the project for the future.”
Take a seat, but don’t get too comfortable because at this time it is easier to fall asleep… The MotoGP Japanese GP starts!