alpinestars 1-2: marc marquez big in japan with motogp win on sunday in motegi, jorge martin maintains series lead with second place

Marc Marquez doubled up with the win on Sunday at Motegi in the Japanese GP, grabbing hold of the race lead from Jorge Martin on Lap 11 and never letting go. Second place for Martin means he maintains the MotoGP World Championship lead by two points from Marquez, as the pair begin to pull away from the rest of the pack in the standings. 

Enea Bastianini enjoyed a highly competitive weekend with fourth place in the MotoGP feature ahead of Raul Fernandez in fifth, Ai Ogura in sixth, Pedro Acosta seventh and Pecco Bagnaia who finished eighth, all Alpinestars riders.