MotoGP Japanese GP: Bagnaia grabs sprint win after Acosta's crash

Francesco Bagnaia took a six-point bite out of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP points advantage as he led a 1-2 for the factory Ducati team in the Japanese GP sprint race on Saturday.

Polesitter Pedro Acosta was thwarted in his quest for a maiden MotoGP victory after the Tech3 rider crashed out of the lead with three laps to go.

Martin limited the points damage Bagnaia could do after an excellent getaway from his lowly starting slot of 11th. The Pramac Ducati man rode a steady race to finish fourth, ensuring a decent points haul of his own.

Martin will go into Sunday's grand prix 15 points clear of Bagnaia.

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Pedro Acosta, Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (Photo by: GasGas Factory Racing)

MotoGP Japanese GP - Sprint results:

Cla	Nº	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	1	F.Bagnaia	Ducati	12	21'01.074
2	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	12	21'01.255	0.181
3	93	Marc Márquez	Ducati	12	21'01.423	0.349
4	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	12	21'03.572	2.498
5	21	F.Morbidelli	Ducati	12	21'05.400	4.326
6	49	F.Di Giannantonio	Ducati	12	21'05.520	4.446
7	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	12	21'12.518	11.444
8	43	Jack Miller	KTM	12	21'12.949	11.875
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	12	21'13.021	11.947
10	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	12	21'13.373	12.299
11	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	12	21'15.633	14.559
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	12	21'15.719	14.645
13	10	Luca Marini	Honda	12	21'16.960	15.886
14	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	12	21'17.244	16.170
15	37	A.Fernández	KTM	12	21'21.596	20.522
16	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	12	21'25.489	24.415
17	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	12	21'26.556	25.482
18	87	Remy Gardner	Yamaha	12	21'33.694	32.620
-	36	Joan Mir	Honda	11	20'06.209
-	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	9	15'56.850
-	31	Pedro Acosta	KTM	8	13'59.465
-	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	4	7'11.845
-	33	Brad Binder	KTM	2	3'34.988