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MotoGP: Repsol Honda Marc Marquez wins in Japan and takes the World Championship.

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Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez has taken the 2016 MotoGP™ World Championship at the home of Honda – with the hand dealt by the Japanese venue seeing the cards fall perfectly for the Spaniard as Movistar Yamaha teammates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo crashed out of contention. First was Rossi, into the gravel early – before Lorenzo’s ride through the pain barrier after a highside on Saturday was cut short; sliding out of P2 in the last few laps. Marquez, clear at the front, kept it on the road to take his third premier class title in four years, and his fifth victory of the year.

With a slow start for polesitter Rossi, it was Championship leader Marquez who got the holeshot into Turn 1 – before reigning Champion Lorenzo quickly took the lead at Turn 2. With Rossi getting past Marquez soon after, Aleix Espargaro (Team Suzuki Ecstar) then took advantage to take the Italian legend. The rider from Tavullia fought back, before a duel between the Movistar Yamaha of Rossi and the Repsol Honda of Marquez saw the two switching positions in an early battle for honour.

A crash for Eugene Laverty (Pull & Bear Aspar Team) then saw the Irishman out the race early on – his first DNF of the year – as the top three of Lorenzo, Marquez and Rossi held station at the front, and Montegi prepared the coming twists in the tale.

Rossi was first to fold, as the 9-time World Champion made a mistake and lost the front end of his Yamaha – leaving teammate Lorenzo as the last man standing in between Marquez and the crown. The status quo between the two remained, with Marquez in a clear lead, as battle raged behind.

Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) broke away from an early fight with LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow to get on the hunt back towards the podium, with teammate Espargaro falling back into his clutches as Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) began to hunt down Lorenzo.

‘DesmoDovi’ made some inroads, with Lorenzo getting closer and closer, before an uncharacteristic error from the reigning World Champion saw him follow teammate Rossi in crashing out – a painful trip through the gravel after a highside in FP3 had left the Mallorcan bruised and riding through the pain barrier. Marquez pit board informed the number 93 of the unbelievable situation he now found himself in a handful of laps, a third crown, and glory once again at the home of Honda. Dovizioso followed the new Champion over the line for a P2 finish, with Viñales completing the podium in another impressive ride – just pipping teammate Espargaro.

Cal Crutchlow came home in fifth as top Independent Team rider once again, with rival for that title, Monster Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro, just behind in sixth. Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) impressed with a seventh for another great result for the Noale factory, with teammate Stefan Bradl compounding the joy for Aprilia as he completed a double top ten finish in P10. Octo Pramac Yakhnich pairing Danilo Petrucci and Scott Redding were the remaining puzzle pieces in that top ten, in P8 and P9 and only three tenths apart over the line.

Marquez’ third MotoGP™ title is his third in four years in the premier class, and his fifth World Championship after becoming 125 World Champion in 2010 and Moto2™ World Champion in 2012.  The plan from the start of the season remained the same until it proved its worth: control, calm and consistency – a new MO that has seen the mistakes of the past craft the success of the present, and a new MotoGP™ World Champion emerge from the ashes of a tough 2015.

Next up, MotoGP™ returns to the scene of the Island Battle last season – Phillip Island. With the Championship decided, maybe the new Marquez will be revealed as a mask – and the Champion of the world will cut loose and set his sights firmly on a magnificent win number six.

MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN

MotoGP Race Classification 2016.

1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 162.3 42’34.610
2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 162.1 +2.992
3 16 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 162.1 +4.104
4 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 162.0 +4.726
5 11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 161.4 +15.049
6 10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 161.1 +19.654
7 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 160.9 +23.032
8 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 160.5 +28.555
9 7 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 160.5 +28.802
10 6 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 160.3 +32.330
11 5 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 159.6 +42.845
12 4 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 159.1 +52.219
13 3 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 159.0 +53.783
14 2 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 158.9 +54.760
15 1 73 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 158.6 +1’00.155
16 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 158.3 +1’04.440
17 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Ducati Team Ducati 156.0 +1’42.966
18 7 Mike JONES AUS Avintia Racing Ducati 154.5 1 Lap
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99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 162.3 5 Laps
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 161.3 18 Laps
43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 158.7 18 Laps
50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 153.3 22 Laps

MotoGP World Standing 2016

1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 273
2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 196
3 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 182
4 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 165
5 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 155
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 124
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 116
8 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 106
9 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 96
10 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 84
11 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 82
12 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 71
13 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 63
14 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 62
15 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 58
16 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 55
17 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 45
18 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 42
19 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 36
20 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 29
21 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 24
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 17
23 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha JPN 5
24 Alex LOWES Yamaha GBR 3
25 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN 1
26 Nicky HAYDEN Honda USA 1
27 Mike JONES Ducati AUS

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