MotoGP Full Race Results | Marquez completes a perfect weekend in Japan

Unlike during the Sprint, Martin managed to keep the lead after the start from Marc Marquez. Marco Bezzecchi also moved up to third place. After the rear soft tyres especially suffered from blistering on Saturday, the riders were also cautious during the opening laps.

By the end of Lap 3, the three championship contenders and Alex Marquez were able to pull away. However, the Gresini rider soon dropped back as he had to serve a double long-lap penalty for causing a collision during the Sprint.

While Bezzecchi began to lose touch with Martin and Marc Marquez as well, the defending world champion took the lead from Martin into Turn 9 on Lap 11.

Once Marquez was in the lead, Martin could not get close enough to the Ducati rider to launch an attack, and had to settle for second place.

It was especially important for Marquez to gain on his rival, as next week, the MotoGP grid visits the Mandalika circuit in Indonesia, which is one of Martin's strongest tracks on the MotoGP calendar. At the moment, the Ducati rider is only two points behind in the standings.

During the final laps, Bezzecchi was chased by Enea Bastianini, but the Aprilia rider managed to hold on to third place.

Izan Guevara won the Moto2 race at the Motegi circuit and he is now only 10.5 points behind Manuel Gonzalez in the riders' standings, after the Intact GP rider's bike stalled on the grid and had to be pushed back into the pit lane. Tony Arbolino and Filip Salac completed the podium.

David Almansa won the Moto3 race ahead of Maximo Quiles and Alvaro Carpe. This meant that Quiles could not mathematically secure the title yet in Japan.