Defending champion Francesco Bagnaia wins in Japan to cut Jorge Martin's overall lead in the MotoGP championship to 10 points.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP class race of motorcycling's Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday for his eighth victory

Brilliant Bagnaia' returned in Japan as he did the double in dominant fashion in the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.

Francesco Bagnaia won the Japan MotoGP ahead of championship front-runner Jorge Martin on Sunday to cut the Spaniard's lead in the overall standings to 10 points with four races remaining.

Francesco Bagnaia claimed victory at the Japan MotoGP on Sunday, narrowing championship leader Jorge Martin's advantage to 10 points with just

Ducati's world champ Francesco Bagnaia won the sprint race of the Japanese MotoGP Saturday cutting Spaniard Jorge Martin's standings lead to 15 points ahead of Sunday's MotoGP. The official Ducati of the 2022 and 2023 champ preceded that of his teammate Enea Bastianini.

Francesco Bagnaia took a six-point bite out of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP points advantage as he led a 1-2 for the factory Ducati team in the Japanese GP sprint race on Saturday. Polesitter Pedro Acosta was thwarted in his quest for a maiden MotoGP victory after the Tech3 rider crashed out of the lead with three laps to go.

Francesco Bagnaia profited from a mistake by rookie Pedro Acosta to win the Japan MotoGP sprint on Saturday and close the gap on overall championship leader Jorge Martin. Pramac rider Martin is looking to win his first MotoGP championship after finishing second behind Ducati's Bagnaia last year.