His most successful campaign was in 2004 when he claimed his 125cc World Championship. 11 podiums came his way that year, five of them victories, while two years later in the 250cc class he scored 11 podiums again. Finish on the podium in Australia, Malaysia and Valencia, and ‘DesmoDovi’ will equal that tally once more.
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His most successful campaign was in 2004 when he claimed his 125cc World Championship. 11 podiums came his way that year, five of them victories, while two years later in the 250cc class he scored 11 podiums again. Finish on the podium in Australia, Malaysia and Valencia, and ‘DesmoDovi’ will equal that tally once more.
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On Lap 10, Morbidelli passed Miller, with Viñales and Dovizioso also getting the better of the Pramac Ducati in quick succession. This group was over three seconds off Quartararo at the midpoint of the race, with ‘El Diablo’ now dropping to over 1.5 back of the relentless Marquez. For P3, it was two Yamahas vs one Desmosedici. With 11 laps remaining, the number 04 surpassed the number 21 and soon after, the blue number 12 machine was also through. Morbidelli was seemingly starting to struggle as it soon became Dovizioso vs Viñales for the final rostrum place. It was a real insight into how two different motorcycles work around different areas of the track, Viñales constantly threatening in the second and third sectors, with Dovi using the Ducati grunt to defend on the stop-and-go parts of Motegi.
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Championship leader Alex Marquez (Marc VDS EG 0,0), meanwhile, was having all sorts of problems, compounded by a huge moment on the exit of the final corner on lap two. Despite being nowhere near as dramatic as yesterday’s miraculous Motegi save, it was certainly a close call for the title protagonist. There was also a frightening moment for Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder after the South African ran wide on the exit of Turn 1. The 2020 MotoGP™ rider hit the grass and was well and truly sideways, with Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) snapping his handlebar when brushing past him and consequently ending his race.
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Behind Matsuyama’s Iron Man ride to fifth despite his wrist, it was an impressive performance from wildcard Shota Kiuchi to take P6, with Harrison Voight taking a tumble on the final lap and out of the race. Then came the second group, headed by title challenger Afridza Munandar in P7 as a gaggle of riders all crossed the line within a second. They were Munandar, Adenanta Putra, Warit Thongnoppakun, Jacob Roulstone, wildcard Kanta Hamada, Herjun Firdaus and Piyawat Patoomyos – all the way down to P13. Hildhan Kusuma and Shinji Ogo completed the points.
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However, Canet seemed to be struggling slightly to keep up with the pace. A couple of mistakes saw him drop to sixth as the top four then created a half-second gap to Vietti, Canet and John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing). Trying to make up time, with Dalla Porta controlling the race from the front, Canet was pushing. But, with seven laps to go, that pushing became too much for Canet’s front tyre. At Turn 9, the Spaniard crashed out – colossal for the 2019 Moto3™ Championship as Canet pulled into the pits, with third in the title race Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) also crashing out midway through the race. The Italian was stretched off at Turn 5 after making a fantastic recovery from P27 on the grid, cruel luck for Arbolino.
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“Yesterday I decided to stop,” said Rabat, speaking to motogp.com pitlane reporter Simon Crafar during MotoGP™ Warm Up. “After the FP3 I felt down and I decided to stop and to get well for Australia. This circuit has many hard brakes, it is a special one, you have to push and you need to have a very good lines and it is very demanding for the body. We lost some time yesterday because of the rain, how hard is it to find the right time for the race. It’s more difficult but all the riders have to find the best tyres but I think that many of them know which one to use from Friday”.
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Polesitter Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) set the fastest time in Warm Up at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, his 1:45.816 was the only sub-1:46 time in the 20-minute session. 0.220 back from the 2019 Champion was Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT), the Frenchman will launch from P3 on the grid, while Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins went third fastest on Sunday morning.
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Dynavolt Intact GP’s Tom Lüthi has kicked off his Motul Grand Prix of Japan Sunday in perfect fashion, the Swiss rider topping the Moto2™ Warm Up times with a best time of 1:50.996. Polesitter Luca Marini was just 0.115 off top spot ahead of the race, with SKY Racing Team VR46 teammate Nicolo Bulega completing the leading trio.
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Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) set a 1:57.782 in Moto3™ Warm Up at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan to top the times ahead of the race. The Italian starts P27 on the grid and has work to do later on today, with Petronas Sprinta Racing duo John McPhee and Ayumu Sasaki completing the top three on Sunday morning.
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