Jorge Martin has claimed victory at the Japanese MotoGP after heavy rain saw red flags deployed twice.
But that soon changed as everyone except Michele Pirro, Fabio Quartararo, Stefan Bradl, Franco Morbidelli and Cal Crutchlow pitted for a bike swap on lap one.Quartararo and Crutchlow then pitted on lap two but Pirro, Bradl and Morbidelli chose to stick it out for one more lap.
Pirro eventually pitted on lap four, as Morbidelli stayed out despite being overtaken by 16 riders on that same lap. Espargaro, who was the new race leader, soon came under pressure from the two main title contenders, as Martin first went through on Bagnaia.After being overtaken by Bagnaia and Martin, Marquez lost fourth to Marco Bezzecchi who then followed Bagnaia in getting through on a struggling Espargaro.
Brad Binder was the first rider to crash out of the race, while at the front Martin saw his lead go from eight tenths to 1.4 seconds on lap 10.
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