Jorge Lorenzo won the Japan Grand Prix last Sunday ahead of Marc Marquez, ensuring that the MotoGP world championship battle will go down to the final race of the season.
Yamaha rider Lorenzo started from pole position and staged an impeccable display to outperform championship leader Marquez on a Honda after a spectacular duel. Third was Dani Pedrosa, also on a Honda.
Marquez now has 318 championship points, 13 more than fellow Spaniard Lorenzo with a maximum 25 points left in the season. It will be the first time in seven years that the world title has gone down to the wire. Rookie, Marquez, who at 20 could become the youngest MotoGP world champion, is guaranteed to win the title if he places fourth or better, regardless of Lorenzo’s performance.