2018 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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]

Marc Márquez, celebrating after winning the MotoGP race.
Japan  2018 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date21 October 2018
Official nameMotul Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Time 1:44.590
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:45.646 on lap 19
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Third Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Time 1:50.759
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Time 1:51.367 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Second Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex
Third Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM
Time 1:56.894
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Darryn Binder KTM
Time 1:57.361 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM
Second Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda
Third South Africa Darryn Binder KTM

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 42:36.438 6 25
2 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 24 +1.573 4 20
3 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 +1.720 8 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +6.413 9 13
5 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 24 +6.919 10 11
6 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +8.024 2 10
7 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +13.330 7 9
8 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +15.582 11 8
9 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +20.584 15 7
10 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +24.985 16 6
11 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 24 +25.931 17 5
12 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +26.875 13 4
13 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +27.069 14 3
14 89 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 +32.550 20 2
15 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 24 +37.718 12 1
16 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +39.583 22
17 81 Spain Jordi Torres Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +39.839 25
18 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 24 +42.698 1
19 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 24 +49.943 21
20 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 24 +52.707 23
21 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 +1:01.848 24
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 14 Accident 5
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 12 Accident Damage 18
Ret 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 10 Accident 3
Ret 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 6 Tyre Pressure 19
DNS 99 Spain 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
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 22 41:04.294 1 25
2 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 22 +6.227 5 20
3 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 22 +11.553 9 16
4 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 22 +12.083 6 13
5 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 22 +12.348 10 11
6 40 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 22 +12.701 12 10
7 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 22 +13.652 7 9
8 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 22 +13.811 3 8
9 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 22 +15.604 11 7
10 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 22 +17.556 4 6
11 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 22 +19.221 14 5
12 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 22 +19.811 8 4
13 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter KTM 22 +20.278 17 3
14 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 22 +23.091 21 2
15 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 22 +24.468 13 1
16 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 22 +24.622 20
17 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 22 +26.288 19
18 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 22 +33.887 18
19 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 22 +34.074 25
20 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 22 +34.303 24
21 66 Finland Niki Tuuli Kalex 22 +37.458 28
22 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 22 +37.921 23
23 57 Spain Edgar Pons Speed Up 22 +42.570 22
24 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Suter 22 +46.667 27
25 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 22 +56.500 30
26 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Suter 22 +59.659 29
27 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús Kalex 22 +1:07.065 31
Ret 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 21 Engine 26
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 13 Accident 15
Ret 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 9 Accident Damage 32
Ret 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 3 Accident 16
DSQ 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 22 (41:03.849)[N 1] 2
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 20 39:35.653 3 25
2 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 20 +0.041 10 20
3 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 20 +0.042 5 16
4 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 20 +0.212 7 13
5 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 20 +0.251 2 11
6 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 20 +0.350 12 10
7 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 20 +0.404 6 9
8 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 20 +1.561 1 8
9 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 20 +3.137 13 7
10 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 20 +7.965 16 6
11 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 20 +8.364 21 5
12 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 20 +8.435 11 4
13 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 20 +8.561 18 3
14 31 Italy Celestino Vietti KTM 20 +9.041 24 2
15 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 20 +9.237 26 1
16 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 20 +9.898 22
17 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 20 +10.897 28
18 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 20 +15.691 20
19 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 20 +15.704 23
20 81 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 20 +24.185 25
21 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 20 +24.581 27
22 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 20 +41.928 8
23 13 Japan Shizuka Okazaki Honda 20 +1:48.336 29
24 36 Japan Yuto Fukushima Honda 19 +1 lap 30
Ret 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 14 Accident 4
Ret 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 10 Accident Damage 9
Ret 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 5 Accident 15
Ret 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 1 Accident 17
Ret 77 Spain Vicente Pérez KTM 1 Accident 14
Ret 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 0 Accident 19
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race
  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Notes
  1. Disqualified due to a technical infringement.

References
  1. "2018 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. "2018 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "MotoGP title number five for magical Marquez". Edition.cnn.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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