Overview

• Márquez became a nine-time world champion and matched Valentino Rossi with seven premier-class titles, completing the feat at Motegi.
• Francesco Bagnaia won the Grand Prix from pole position, leading a Ducati one-two with Márquez second and Joan Mir third for Honda.
• Bagnaia managed late concerns with exhaust smoke yet maintained control to take the flag, with Marco Bezzecchi, Franco Morbidelli and Alex Márquez following in the top six.
• The weekend opened with a Ducati 1-2 in the sprint, where Bagnaia prevailed over Márquez and Pedro Acosta, extending Márquez’s points cushion before Sunday’s clincher.
• Aprilia confirmed Jorge Martín sustained a displaced fracture of his right clavicle in the sprint crash with Marco Bezzecchi and will have surgery Monday in Barcelona, while Bezzecchi suffered a heavy right-leg contusion without fractures.