Twice MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia won the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi on Sunday to complete a weekend double and cut his gap to rival Jorge Martin at the top of the world championship down to 10 points.

Italy's Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP class race of motorcycling's Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday for his eighth victory

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

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia won MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix sprint on Saturday after leader Pedro Acosta crashed out with four laps to go, reducing his gap with championship leader Jorge Martin,

Francesco Bagnaia says rain on the last lap of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix sprint led to him slowing right down and almost cost him victory.

Francesco Bagnaia hailed an “example” weekend after winning the Japan MotoGP ahead of championship front-runner Jorge Martin on Sunday to

MotoGP title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin were separated by just 0.005s during morning warm-up for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. After overcast conditions and raindrops during Friday and Saturday, Sunday dawned dry and sunny.

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.

Martin’s ride from a lowly 11th on the grid to within just over a second of Bagnaia by the end of the race was a successful damage limitation effort after a difficult weekend ab