Moto3: First podium of the season for Niccolo Antonelli. The RedBull KTM Ajo rider started from the second position in the grid confirmed his good feeling with the Japanese circuit of Motegi. Antonelli led the race for many laps during the first part of the race and after a great fight with Romano Fenati finished in a fantastic second position, the first podium with Ajo’s Team.
Hard weekend for the championship leader Joan Mir that after a qualifying session that saw him taking the 14th position, in race the Leopard Team rider had to stat in 20th place for the penalization that he had got in the last GP of Aragon. For the whole race Mir tried to come back because of for the low visibility due to the rain and a not perfect feeling with his bike, finished 17th.
Mir is still the championship leader (+55 points) ahead of Romano Fenati and next week he will have the second chance to clinch the 2017 Moto3 title.

Moto2: Mattia Pasini one more time inside the top 5. Starting from the 4th position the Italtrans rider’s was able to stay with the leading group showing his feeling on the Japanese wet circuit. During the first part of the race he fought for the podium but after taking a great deal of risks he decided settled for important points instead further risking a crash. Pasini finished his race 5th only two tenth off Francesco Bagnaia.
Good result also for Miguel Oliveira that started from the second row tried to stay with the leading group but could’t manage. The RedBull KTM Ajo rider’s finished 7th getting another top ten results for his team at the first year presence in Moto2. Unlucky race for his teammate Brad Binder that started 24th but stopped his comeback with a crash after he had gained twelve positions in only eight laps.

MotoGP: No points for both Pull&Bear Aspar riders. The two teammates leave the Japanese GP with no points due to a double crash. Alvaro Bautista couldn’t effectively react to the news that Race Direction had taken before the warm up of the morning (the soft front tyre couldn’t be use of for the race). Bautista started 16th on the grid, as he said himself, he didn’t feel confident on the bike right from the start and finished off the track with only three laps to go. His teammate Karel Abraham after a good start from the seventh row tried to recover a few positions but unluckily he lost the rear tyre in a little highside and crashed.
The next round will be next week in the Australian circuit of Philip Island.

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