Only ten points separate the contenders with four races left in the MotoGP World Championship, a competition that also awards points for the Saturday sprint race at each Grand Prix. After

Defending champion Francesco Bagnaia wins in Japan to cut Jorge Martin's overall lead in the MotoGP championship to 10 points.

Marc Marquez still has a mathematical chance of winning the MotoGP title but the six-times premier class champion conceded on Thursday it was a now a two-horse race between points leader Jorge Martin and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia.

Italian two-time and reigning MotoGP champ Francesco Bagnaia won the Japanese MotoGP Sunday cutting Spaniard Jorge Martin's lead in the riders' championship standings to just 10 points. Martin same second.

Francesco Bagnaia hailed an "example" weekend after winning the Japan MotoGP ahead of championship front-runner Jorge Martin on Sunday to cut the Spaniard's lead to 10 points with four races remaining.