Marc Marquez kept Enea Bastiani𓄧ni at bay to complete the podium in third, a repeat of his Sprint finish.

Happy with the result, Marquez nonetheless called it a "super boring race" due to the lack o💟f overtakin🔯g.

After crashing from the lead of the Spri🐭nt, debut pole qualifier Pedro Acosta took the early fight to Bagnaia. But disaster struck - again - when he slid out of second place on lap 3.

Wi♔th fellow KTM rider Brad Binder running wide at the sam🧸e turn, Martin was gifted second place behind Bagnaia.

In a role reversal of the Sprin꧂t, Marquez was hunted down by Enea Bastianini in the second half of the race.

Bastianini lost valuable early time stuck behind Brad Binder’s KTM. The South African was overtaken by🐲 Franco Morbidelli later in the race.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo again looked to run out of f꧟uel just before the che🍒quered flag, costing him 11th - and top rider on a home Japanese bike - to LCR Honda's Johann Zarco.

After a surprise shower interrupted the Moto2 race, ওtension was raised in the MotoGP race when the ‘flag to flag’ signal - allowing bike swaps due to rain - was issued after 10 laps of the grand prix.

However, the rain drops that p🧸resumably prompted that decision, soo🃏n passed.

Alex Marquez ran into the back of Joan Mir on the opening lap, taking them both out. The incident will be reviewed by𒆙 the FIM Stewards after the race.

All riders except home hero Takaaki Nakagami - who wheelied over the finish of his final home grand prix - moved from the soft🐲 to medium rear tyre for the grand prix, alongside the favoured hard front.