Jorge Martín left Motegi having a dream weekend. Although the MotoGP Grand Prix had to be finally suspended with 12 laps to go, the Spaniard climbed to the top of the podium and added 25 more points to his locker than, added to the victory achieved in the sprint race on Saturday and Pecco Bagnaia's second place, allow him to be just three points behind the championship lead. Marc Márquez, for his part, also managed to get on the podium. In this case, to a third step that, in a tremendously complicated season for the man from Cervera, tasted like glory.

“I have enjoyed. I have remained calm and have attacked when I have seen that it could be attacked. The race direction has made a good decision. It was raining a lot and there was a lack of light,” Márquez reflected at the end of the test.. «The situation was too dangerous to continue, there was too much rain. “Jorge has reduced points for us again, but I am very happy.” Bagnaia supported him.. «At first I was waiting to see what Pecco was doing, then I had some difficulties, but I was able to get back in the lead and achieve the victory. It was difficult for everyone and there came a time when it was too complicated to continue,” Martín finally stated.

The rain, in this case, was the main protagonist of the race. Although the management had initially declared the test dry, as soon as it started the white flag was shown, to allow the pilots to change their mounts.. The water began to fall with increasing force and, 12 laps from the end, a first red flag was shown which, after a first attempt to continue with the Grand Prix, would be followed by the second and final one.. Jorge Martín, capable of perfectly overcoming a mistake in the first laps, which could have cost him dearly, was relentless as soon as he took the lead.. So much so that Bagnaia, at times, even had a hard time keeping up with him.

For a moment, Marc Márquez even seemed capable of giving the World Cup another twist with his harassment of the Italian.. Water, which could be their great ally, ultimately dictated the sentence in a Grand Prix in which there was very uneven luck for the rest of the Spaniards: Aleix Espargaró was fifth, Augusto Fernández, seventh, Raúl Fernández, ninth, Joan Mir , fourteenth, Pol Espargaró, fifteenth, and Maverick Viñales, who crashed practically as soon as the race started, closed the classification with a nineteenth place.