2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 21 October 2018. Marc Márquez clinched his third consecutive MotoGP title after Andrea Dovizioso crashed during the penultimate lap. This is his fifth championship in the premier class and seventh overall.[4]

Marc Márquez, celebrating after winning the MotoGP race.

  2018 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 October 2018
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:44.590 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:45.646 on lap 19 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Cal Crutchlow Honda Third Álex Rins Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Time 1:50.759 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Time 1:51.367 on lap 11 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Second Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Third Miguel Oliveira KTM
Moto3
Pole position Rider Gabriel Rodrigo KTM Time 1:56.894 Fastest lap Rider Darryn Binder KTM Time 1:57.361 on lap 2 Podium First Marco Bezzecchi KTM Second Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda Third Darryn Binder KTM

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	42:36.438	6	25
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+1.573	4	20
3	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	24	+1.720	8	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+6.413	9	13
5	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	24	+6.919	10	11
6	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+8.024	2	10
7	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+13.330	7	9
8	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+15.582	11	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+20.584	15	7
10	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+24.985	16	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	24	+25.931	17	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+26.875	13	4
13	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+27.069	14	3
14	89	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	24	+32.550	20	2
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	24	+37.718	12	1
16	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	24	+39.583	22
17	81	Jordi Torres	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	24	+39.839	25
18	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+42.698	1
19	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+49.943	21
20	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	24	+52.707	23
21	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	24	+1:01.848	24
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	14	Accident	5
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	12	Accident Damage	18
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	Accident	3
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	6	Tyre Pressure	19
DNS	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati		Did not start
Sources: [1][5][6]

• Jorge Lorenzo withdrew from the event due to left wrist injury suffered at the Thailand GP.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	22	41:04.294	1	25
2	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	22	+6.227	5	20
3	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	22	+11.553	9	16
4	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	22	+12.083	6	13
5	41	Brad Binder	KTM	22	+12.348	10	11
6	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	22	+12.701	12	10
7	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	22	+13.652	7	9
8	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	22	+13.811	3	8
9	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	22	+15.604	11	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	22	+17.556	4	6
11	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	22	+19.221	14	5
12	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	22	+19.811	8	4
13	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	22	+20.278	17	3
14	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	22	+23.091	21	2
15	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	22	+24.468	13	1
16	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	22	+24.622	20
17	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	22	+26.288	19
18	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	22	+33.887	18
19	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	22	+34.074	25
20	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	22	+34.303	24
21	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex	22	+37.458	28
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	22	+37.921	23
23	57	Edgar Pons	Speed Up	22	+42.570	22
24	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	22	+46.667	27
25	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	22	+56.500	30
26	32	Isaac Viñales	Suter	22	+59.659	29
27	18	Xavier Cardelús	Kalex	22	+1:07.065	31
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	21	Engine	26
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	13	Accident	15
Ret	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	9	Accident Damage	32
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	3	Accident	16
DSQ	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	22	(41:03.849)[N 1]	2
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	20	39:35.653	3	25
2	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	20	+0.041	10	20
3	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	20	+0.042	5	16
4	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	20	+0.212	7	13
5	17	John McPhee	KTM	20	+0.251	2	11
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	20	+0.350	12	10
7	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	20	+0.404	6	9
8	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	20	+1.561	1	8
9	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	20	+3.137	13	7
10	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	20	+7.965	16	6
11	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	20	+8.364	21	5
12	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	20	+8.435	11	4
13	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	20	+8.561	18	3
14	31	Celestino Vietti	KTM	20	+9.041	24	2
15	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	20	+9.237	26	1
16	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	20	+9.898	22
17	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	20	+10.897	28
18	72	Alonso López	Honda	20	+15.691	20
19	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	20	+15.704	23
20	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	20	+24.185	25
21	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	20	+24.581	27
22	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	20	+41.928	8
23	13	Shizuka Okazaki	Honda	20	+1:48.336	29
24	36	Yuto Fukushima	Honda	19	+1 lap	30
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	14	Accident	4
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	10	Accident Damage	9
Ret	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	5	Accident	15
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	1	Accident	17
Ret	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	1	Accident	14
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	0	Accident	19
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 296 2 Andrea Dovizioso 194 3 Valentino Rossi 185 4 Maverick Viñales 155 5 Cal Crutchlow 148 6 Johann Zarco 133 7 Danilo Petrucci 133 8 Jorge Lorenzo 130 9 Álex Rins 118 10 Andrea Iannone 113

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 284 2 Miguel Oliveira 247 3 Brad Binder 168 4 Lorenzo Baldassarri 152 5 Álex Márquez 139 6 Joan Mir 129 7 Marcel Schrötter 124 8 Mattia Pasini 115 9 Fabio Quartararo 111 10 Luca Marini 111

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 204 2 Marco Bezzecchi 203 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio 175 4 Enea Bastianini 142 5 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 131 6 Arón Canet 118 7 Gabriel Rodrigo 116 8 Jakub Kornfeil 108 9 Marcos Ramírez 90 10 Andrea Migno 79

References

1. "2018 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. "2018 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
4. "MotoGP title number five for magical Marquez". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
5. "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
6. "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

Notes

1. Disqualified due to a technical infringement.