2019 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| Grand Prix = Japanese

| flag = Japan

| Official_Name = Motul Grand Prix of Japan{{Cite web|url=https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2019.html|title=2019 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|website=www.progcovers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motegi.html|title=Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|website=www.progcovers.com}}

| Location =Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan

| Image = Twin_Ring_Motegi_map-2.svg

| Course_mi = 2.983

| Course_km = 4.801

| Race_No = 16

| Season_No = 19

| Date = 20 October

| Year = 2019

|Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Marc Márquez

|Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = ESP

|Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

|Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:45.763

|Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Marc Márquez

|Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = ESP

|Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

|Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:45.766 on lap 5

|First_Rider_MotoGP = Marc Márquez

|First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = ESP

|First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

|Second_Rider_MotoGP = Fabio Quartararo

|Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country= FRA

|Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Yamaha

|Third_Rider_MotoGP = Andrea Dovizioso

|Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = ITA

|Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Ducati

|Pole_Rider_Moto2 = Luca Marini

|Pole_Rider_Moto2_Country = ITA

|Pole_Rider_Moto2_Bike = Kalex

|Pole_Time_Moto2 = 2:00.985

|Fast_Rider_Moto2 = Jorge Martín

|Fast_Rider_Moto2_Country = ESP

|Fast_Rider_Moto2_Bike = KTM

|Fast_Time_Moto2 = 1:50.834 on lap 19

|First_Rider_Moto2 = Luca Marini

|First_Rider_Moto2_Country = ITA

|First_Rider_Moto2_Bike = Kalex

|Second_Rider_Moto2 = Thomas Lüthi

|Second_Rider_Moto2_Country = CHE

|Second_Rider_Moto2_Bike = Kalex

|Third_Rider_Moto2 = Jorge Martín

|Third_Rider_Moto2_Country = ESP

|Third_Rider_Moto2_Bike = KTM

|Pole_Rider_Moto3 = Niccolò Antonelli

|Pole_Rider_Moto3_Country = ITA

|Pole_Rider_Moto3_Bike = Honda

|Pole_Time_Moto3 = 2:09.293

|Fast_Rider_Moto3 = Lorenzo Dalla Porta

|Fast_Rider_Moto3_Country = ITA

|Fast_Rider_Moto3_Bike = Honda

|Fast_Time_Moto3 = 1:57.790 on lap 6

|First_Rider_Moto3 = Lorenzo Dalla Porta

|First_Rider_Moto3_Country = ITA

|First_Rider_Moto3_Bike = Honda

|Second_Rider_Moto3 = Albert Arenas

|Second_Rider_Moto3_Country = ESP

|Second_Rider_Moto3_Bike = KTM

|Third_Rider_Moto3 = Celestino Vietti

|Third_Rider_Moto3_Country = ITA

|Third_Rider_Moto3_Bike = KTM

}}

The 2019 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 20 October 2019.

Classification

=MotoGP=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 93

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Márquez

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 24

| 42:41.492

| 1

| 25

2

| 20

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Fabio Quartararo

| Petronas Yamaha SRT

| Yamaha

| 24

| +0.870

| 3

| 20

3

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Ducati Team

| Ducati

| 24

| +1.325

| 7

| 16

4

| 12

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Maverick Viñales

| Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

| Yamaha

| 24

| +2.608

| 4

| 13

5

| 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cal Crutchlow

| LCR Honda Castrol

| Honda

| 24

| +9.140

| 5

| 11

6

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Morbidelli

| Petronas Yamaha SRT

| Yamaha

| 24

| +9.187

| 2

| 10

7

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Rins

| Team Suzuki Ecstar

| Suzuki

| 24

| +9.306

| 11

| 9

8

| 36

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Mir

| Team Suzuki Ecstar

| Suzuki

| 24

| +10.695

| 12

| 8

9

| 9

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Danilo Petrucci

| Ducati Team

| Ducati

| 24

| +14.216

| 8

| 7

10

| 43

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Miller

| Pramac Racing

| Ducati

| 24

| +18.909

| 6

| 6

11

| 44

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pol Espargaró

| Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

| KTM

| 24

| +25.554

| 15

| 5

12

| 88

| {{flagicon|PRT}} Miguel Oliveira

| Red Bull KTM Tech3

| KTM

| 24

| +27.870

| 16

| 4

13

| 63

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Bagnaia

| Pramac Racing

| Ducati

| 24

| +29.983

| 14

| 3

14

| 82

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

| KTM

| 24

| +31.232

| 17

| 2

15

| 41

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aleix Espargaró

| Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

| Aprilia

| 24

| +32.546

| 9

| 1

16

| 30

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takaaki Nakagami

| LCR Honda Idemitsu

| Honda

| 24

| +37.482

| 13

|

17

| 99

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 24

| +40.410

| 19

|

18

| 17

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Karel Abraham

| Reale Avintia Racing

| Ducati

| 24

| +43.458

| 18

|

19

| 55

| {{flagicon|MYS}} Hafizh Syahrin

| Red Bull KTM Tech3

| KTM

| 24

| +46.206

| 20

|

20

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Team Suzuki Ecstar

| Suzuki

| 24

| +50.235

| 21

|

Ret

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP

| Yamaha

| 20

| Accident

| 10

|

Ret

| 29

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Iannone

| Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

| Aprilia

| 7

| Accident

| 22

|

DNS

| 53

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Tito Rabat

| Reale Avintia Racing

| Ducati

|

| Did not start

|

|

colspan=9| Sources: {{Cite web|url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2019-japanese-motogp|title=2019 Japanese MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=October 21, 2019|website=Motor Sport Magazine}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2019/JPN/MotoGP/RAC|title=motogp.com · MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2019|website=www.motogp.com|access-date=2020-02-20|archive-date=2020-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220182902/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2019/JPN/MotoGP/RAC|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/JPN/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf|title=OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT}}

  • Tito Rabat developed a vascular problem in his hand during practice and withdrew from the event.

=Moto2=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Marini

| Kalex

| 22

| 40:57.279

| 1

| 25

2

| 12

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Kalex

| 22

| +0.560

| 7

| 20

3

| 88

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Martín

| KTM

| 22

| +3.593

| 14

| 16

4

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Baldassarri

| Kalex

| 22

| +3.999

| 3

| 13

5

| 9

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Navarro

| Speed Up

| 22

| +5.236

| 5

| 11

6

| 73

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Márquez

| Kalex

| 22

| +7.345

| 4

| 10

7

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Enea Bastianini

| Kalex

| 22

| +8.115

| 12

| 9

8

| 40

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Augusto Fernández

| Kalex

| 22

| +10.460

| 2

| 8

9

| 23

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Marcel Schrötter

| Kalex

| 22

| +10.711

| 9

| 7

10

| 62

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Manzi

| MV Agusta

| 22

| +12.445

| 11

| 6

11

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Di Giannantonio

| Speed Up

| 22

| +12.572

| 21

| 5

12

| 41

| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Brad Binder

| KTM

| 22

| +14.864

| 18

| 4

13

| 35

| {{flagicon|THA}} Somkiat Chantra

| Kalex

| 22

| +15.008

| 6

| 3

14

| 77

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Dominique Aegerter

| MV Agusta

| 22

| +15.778

| 28

| 2

15

| 5

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Locatelli

| Kalex

| 22

| +23.595

| 19

| 1

16

| 64

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Bo Bendsneyder

| NTS

| 22

| +27.307

| 27

|

17

| 96

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jake Dixon

| KTM

| 22

| +30.304

| 32

|

18

| 16

| {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Roberts

| KTM

| 22

| +33.806

| 24

|

19

| 2

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Jesko Raffin

| NTS

| 22

| +36.962

| 22

|

20

| 65

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Philipp Öttl

| KTM

| 22

| +43.682

| 29

|

21

| 20

| {{flagicon|IDN}} Dimas Ekky Pratama

| Kalex

| 22

| +45.143

| 25

|

22

| 47

| {{flagicon|MYS}} Adam Norrodin

| Kalex

| 22

| +59.459

| 31

|

23

| 18

| {{flagicon|AND}} Xavi Cardelús

| KTM

| 22

| +1:14.661

| 30

|

Ret

| 54

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Pasini

| Kalex

| 17

| Accident Damage

| 23

|

Ret

| 72

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Bezzecchi

| KTM

| 12

| Illness

| 8

|

Ret

| 87

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Remy Gardner

| Kalex

| 8

| Accident

| 10

|

Ret

| 27

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Iker Lecuona

| KTM

| 4

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret

| 97

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi Vierge

| Kalex

| 4

| Accident

| 20

|

Ret

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Lowes

| Kalex

| 2

| Broken Handlebar

| 15

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicolò Bulega

| Kalex

| 1

| Accident

| 17

|

Ret

| 3

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Lukas Tulovic

| KTM

| 1

| Accident Damage

| 26

|

Ret

| 45

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuta Nagashima

| Kalex

| 0

| Accident

| 16

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/JPN/Moto2/RAC/Classification.pdf OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT]

=Moto3=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 48

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Dalla Porta

| Honda

| 20

| 39:34.866

| 6

| 25

2

| 75

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Arenas

| KTM

| 20

| +0.094

| 13

| 20

3

| 13

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Celestino Vietti

| KTM

| 20

| +0.198

| 9

| 16

4

| 24

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuki Suzuki

| Honda

| 20

| +0.289

| 3

| 13

5

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García

| Honda

| 20

| +0.437

| 5

| 11

6

| 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John McPhee

| Honda

| 20

| +3.648

| 11

| 10

7

| 5

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaume Masiá

| KTM

| 20

| +7.225

| 18

| 9

8

| 42

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marcos Ramírez

| Honda

| 20

| +7.382

| 12

| 8

9

| 21

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alonso López

| Honda

| 20

| +8.172

| 2

| 7

10

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Migno

| KTM

| 20

| +12.054

| 21{{refn|6-place grid penalty.|group="N"}}

| 6

11

| 76

| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Makar Yurchenko

| KTM

| 20

| +12.296

| 4

| 5

12

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Niccolò Antonelli

| Honda

| 20

| +13.295

| 1

| 4

13

| 71

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ayumu Sasaki

| Honda

| 20

| +13.308

| 16

| 3

14

| 79

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Ogura

| Honda

| 20

| +13.333

| 17

| 2

15

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryusei Yamanaka

| Honda

| 20

| +13.362

| 19

| 1

16

| 82

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Nepa

| KTM

| 20

| +13.380

| 20

|

17

| 27

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaito Toba

| Honda

| 20

| +13.487

| 15

|

18

| 61

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Can Öncü

| KTM

| 20

| +13.940

| 23

|

19

| 25

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Fernández

| KTM

| 20

| +14.648

| 26

|

20

| 22

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Masaki

| KTM

| 20

| +22.886

| 24

|

21

| 54

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Rossi

| Honda

| 20

| +22.907

| 25

|

22

| 12

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Filip Salač

| KTM

| 20

| +23.416

| 30{{refn|name=back|Pit lane start penalty.|group="N"}}

|

23

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dennis Foggia

| KTM

| 20

| +32.728

| 29

|

24

| 69

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Booth-Amos

| KTM

| 16

| +4 laps

| 28

|

Ret

| 55

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Romano Fenati

| Honda

| 15

| Mechanical

| 22

|

Ret

| 44

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Arón Canet

| KTM

| 14

| Accident Damage

| 8

|

Ret

| 14

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tony Arbolino

| Honda

| 9

| Accident

| 27

|

Ret

| 40

| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Darryn Binder

| KTM

| 7

| Accident Damage

| 14

|

Ret

| 84

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Kornfeil

| KTM

| 0

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret

| 19

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Rodrigo

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 10

|

DNQ

| 36

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sho Hasegawa

| Honda

|

| Did not qualify

|

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2019/JPN/Moto3/RAC/Classification.pdf OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT]

Championship standings after the race

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{{col-3}}

=MotoGP=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Márquez

|align=right| 350

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

|align=right| 231

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Rins

|align=right| 176

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Maverick Viñales

|align=right| 176

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Danilo Petrucci

|align=right| 169

align=center| 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Fabio Quartararo

|align=right| 163

align=center| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 145

align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Miller

|align=right| 125

align=center| 9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cal Crutchlow

|align=right| 113

align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Morbidelli

|align=right| 100

{{col-3}}

=Moto2=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Márquez

|align=right| 234

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

|align=right| 198

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Augusto Fernández

|align=right| 192

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Navarro

|align=right| 186

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Brad Binder

|align=right| 184

align=center| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Marini

|align=right| 176

align=center| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Baldassarri

|align=right| 151

align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Marcel Schrötter

|align=right| 125

align=center| 9

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Di Giannantonio

|align=right| 99

align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Enea Bastianini

|align=right| 95

{{col-3}}

=Moto3=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Dalla Porta

|align=right| 229

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Arón Canet

|align=right| 182

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tony Arbolino

|align=right| 161

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Marcos Ramírez

|align=right| 144

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John McPhee

|align=right| 136

align=center| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Niccolò Antonelli

|align=right| 122

align=center| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Celestino Vietti

|align=right| 116

align=center| 8

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaume Masiá

|align=right| 105

align=center| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuki Suzuki

|align=right| 98

align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dennis Foggia

|align=right| 92

{{col-end}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group="N"}}

References

{{reflist}}