Repsol Honda Marc Marquez has been
crowned as the 2018 MotoGP World Champion after a nail biting finish in the
Japanese Grand Prix. The Honda rider won the fourth last race of the season
fighting against Ducati Andrea Dovizioso. The last lap though is where Marquez
managed to lead the race as Dovizioso crashed while in second place.
With the Japanese GP under his
belt, the Honda rider takes his seventh world championship title at the
manufacturer's home turf and his fifth world title in the premier class series.
Marquez now equals Mike Doohan's world titles but is still behind Valentino
Rossi's seven and Giacomo Agostini's eight titles.
The 24 lap race started with
Dovizioso on pole while Marquez started only sixth at the Twin Ring Motegi
circuit. A brilliant start allowed Marquez to move up to second on the opening
lap as he closes in on the race leader. Behind him were Danilo Petrucci and
Jack Miller at P3 and P4 respectively, while Yamaha's Valentino Rossi jumped to
sixth having started at ninth on the grid.
Dovi
and Iannone crash promoted Rossi to fourth, down by five seconds over the race
leader, while Alvaro Bautista on the Nieto Ducati took a career best fifth,
having started 11th on the grid. Tech3 Yamaha's Johann Zarco finished sixth
after a bad start, but recovered to the position after dropping to outside the
top 10 in the race.
No comments:
Post a Comment