Marquez claimed his second MotoGP crown after finishing 2nd at the Japan Gran Prix today. As he said, the race didn´t really matter, the pressure was felt and the 21 year old responded to grab the title for Honda with 3 races still to go.
The race was won by a hard charging Lorenzo who somewhat lost his confidence during this season but seems to have regained it, he finished over a second clear of Marquez and 3 seconds from teammate Rossi. The Honda and Yamaha riders were really close in terms of performance over the weekend and the Yamahas got the better end finishing 1st and 3rd while the Hondas finished 2nd and forth with Pedrosa a couple of seconds behind Rossi. 5th place was for Dovizioso followed by Iannone, Bradhl, Espargaro, Smith and Bautista to complete the top 10.
In the Championship fight Rossi is now tied in the second place with Pedrosa (230 points each) and Lorenzo in 4th place with 227 points which will make it all out for that 2nd place in the next 3 races.
