Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia insists he knows how to manage the title pressure after seeing a 66-point lead reduced to just 8 heading into Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez acknowledges that Honda’s decision to reassign its top MotoGP technical boss, Shinichi Kokubu, shows that they are taking ‘big decisions’ and ‘reacting’ to their current woes.
Somkiat Chantra had topped every session he had been in in Motegi, as he once again set the fastast time, this time a record, for pole position in qualifying for the Moto2 Japanese Grand Prix.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi, round 14 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
After a few weekends where he struggled to have the same feeling under braking as earlier in the season, Francesco Bagnaia believes he’s back to his best at the Japanese MotoGP.
Marc Marquez clocked up his 20th fall of the season in the closing stages of Friday practice at the Japanese MotoGP, sending him into Saturday’s Qualifying 1.