Marc Marquez kept Enea Bastianini at bay to complete the podium in third, a 🌞repeat of his Spr♌int finish.

Happy with the result, M🦂arquez nonetheless𝄹 called it a "super boring race" due to the lack of overtaking.

After crashing from the lead of the Sprint, debut pole qu♒alifier Pedro Acosta took the early fight to Bagnaia. But disaster struck - again - when he slid out of second place on lap 3.

With fello♎w KTM rider Brad Binder running wide at the same turn, M༺artin was gifted second place behind Bagnaia.

In a role reversal of the Sprint, Marquez was📖 h❀unted 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 fuel just before the chequered flag, costing him 11th - and top rider on a home J༒apanese bike - to LCR Honda's Johann♌ Zarco.

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

However, the rain drops t🐲hat presumably prompted that decision, soon passed.

Alex Marquez ran into the back of Joan Mir on the🌄 opening lap, taking th🍎em both out. The incident will be reviewed by 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 foꦰr the grand prix, alongsideꦇ the favoured hard front.