Japan’s Motul Grand Prix in 2023

MotoGP qualifying Japan 2023 brought a glimpse of the fight we have all been waiting for in both races. Besides all the title contenders anticipated amongst top online bookmakers, Repsol Honda Marc Marquez’s performance looked promising. 

In the fight against Fabio Quartararo( Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPTM ), who was riding on his rear wheel, he displayed his personal best time of 1 : 44.997 on the first try, earning him a spot in Q2. For a while, it appeared that this pair had compete in the Q2, but Quartararo was jolted from his position by Raul Fernandez of the CryptoDATA RNF MotoGPTM Team.

The 2021 World Champion still did his best and was able to retake the second position, but Fernandez once again improved the result and it was him and Marquez who went down to the Q2 session of Japan’s Motul Grand Prix in 2023. 

Jorge Martin has been unreachable since the start of Q1. The Spaniard showed mid 1:43 on his very first attempt. He was one of the favorites of the fans’ predictions on the MotoGP betting sites. 

His 1:43.198 broke Brad Binder’s ( Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ) previous lap record. Since Jorge Lorenzo’s history, there has been a second new” Motegi Master” by the time of Q2.

Pecco Bagnaia, the final leader, completed the back row, and Jack Miller, who had not mastered the track since the British GP, displayed some respectable pace despite some errors. ,

Martin becomes the king of Tissot Sprint Races. In the last two, he led every single lap, and the Japan’s Motul Grand Prix in 2023 wasn't the exception. He mastered the perfect hole-shot start that gave him the possibility to run first into turn 1. But it wasn't a fairytale for the #89, because he wasn't alone in the lead, as both factory KTM's also had a decent start of MotoGP Japan while Francesco Bagnaia was lost in between. It was a curious outcome from the betting perspective &— especially if you were playing live &— because after this the situation on the Japanese betting sites became quite heated.

Martin began to create a distance from his competitors chest by lap. It was 0.338s from the Binder, who was in second place, and 1.7s for Pecco, his opponent for the name, which was currently in third position. ,
While Binder brought his KTM home on the next location and Bagnaia took the final podium position of the Tissot Sprint, Martin was unassailable throughout the entire length and dominantly crossed the line. ,

This win helped Martin to cut the title fight gap just to 8 points from Bagnaia before the main race of MotoGP Japan. It was interesting to see how the odds on betting sites with bonuses changed before the main event of the weekend. 

By the start of the weekend’s main event weather conditions had noticably worsened and all this the best online betting apps players’ attention was centered around the three Ducati's title fight because Bagnaia's lead was in real danger. . Slight rain on the sighting lap brought up the white rain flags. The mixed conditions brought to light a huge tire selection dilemma for the riders and teams.

Maverick Viales( Aprilia Racing ) ended his weekend in the sand trap of the first turn after an altercation with a few other users, so the spectacular anxiety was obvious right away. This made Johann Zarco’s ( Prima Pramac Racing ) situation even worse, causing him to lose some time and go quite wide.

A few minutes into the race the rain intensified, so the race authorities decided to open the pit lane for a bike swapping, which both of the grids had opted to do. It was Fabio Quartararo (Moneter Energy Yamaha MotoGPâ„¢), Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPâ„¢), Cal Crutchlow (Yamalube RS4GP Racing Team), Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda Castrol) and Michele Pirro (Ducati Lenovo Team) who resolved to forego this option, which in turn let Pirro become a leader of Japan’s Motul Grand Prix in 2023.

It was a peak of workload for sportsbooks that accept Mastercard, because all the championship leaders were too far from the leading group when they got back on track.

After a few laps, the situation has changed: Marquez flew away from the group of riders who chose to swap bikes, and the Ducati trio( Martin, Marques, & Bezzecchi ) pursued him.
After such a frantic begin to the race, it appeared that everything had calmed down by the seventh lap, and all eyes were on Miller and Joan Mir( Repsol Honda Team ), who were competing for the eighth spot. Up until the point when Miller ran fairly large in turn 11, it was the main attraction of the course.

The Race Direction decided to red-flag the race due to the appalling conditions when only 13 out of 24 lap had been completed. The possibility of a resume briefly existed, but the competition result was announced before they could finish the warm-up lap. ,

The pilots received whole points because the majority of the distance had been covered, elevating the intensity of a title race. After this competition, the distance between Martin and leader Bagnaia is only three points. ,

This will give MotoGP and F1 bookmakers a huge amount of popularity before the Mandalika round in two weeks. Will we get the new championship leader or will Bagnaia defend his lead?