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]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification
editMotoGP
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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
editPos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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 | Xavi 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
editPos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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
edit- Bold text indicates the World Champions.
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Notes
edit- ^ Disqualified due to a technical infringement.
References
edit- ^ a b "2018 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "MotoGP title number five for magical Marquez". Edition.cnn.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.