The championship that was 7 points apart going into Sunday came out the other side separated by two.

Martin took pole and led the first ten laps, setting a new Motegi lap record. Marquez passed him on lap eleven and won. Ducati's 100th win under Gigi Dall'Igna. A special sticker in parc ferme. Alex Marquez took out his future KTM employer's lead rider and his future KTM teammate in the same Sprint crash, served a double long-lap penalty in the race, reached eighth, and then crashed himself. Honda ran a beautiful retro livery at their home race and finished eleventh.

In Moto2, Gonzalez's clutch failed on the grid before the lights. He started from pitlane. Guevara won. The lead that was 35.5 points coming in is 10.5 going out. Six rounds remain. In Moto3, Almansa beat Quiles by 0.046 seconds for the second race in a row. The title is not yet sealed.

We've also been to the Japanese GP before — and this episode has everything you need if you're thinking about making the trip. How to get from Tokyo to Motegi, where to stay, what the Honda Collection Hall is actually like, and why this race feels unlike any other on the calendar.

Dave and Nicky share their insights and travel tips from experience, and of course discuss the racing.

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Marco Bezzecchi set the first ever sub-1:30 lap at Misano in qualifying to take pole by half a second. He got the holeshot on Sunday. He crashed at Turn 13 on lap 1, in front of his own grandstand, while leading at his home race.

Marc Marquez inherited the lead, lost it to Martin on lap 7, took it back on lap 12, and held off his own brother to win by 0.657 seconds. It was his 78th MotoGP victory and his fifth of the 2026 season. He now leads the championship for the first time all year. The gap between him and Martin is zero. Both sit on 274 points. Marquez leads because he has won more races.

Bezzecchi goes to Austria 33 points back. Eight rounds remain.

Alex Marquez finished second in a special Marco Simoncelli tribute livery at Gresini Racing's home race. Acosta was third. Martin had arm pump issues, faded to fifth, and still said he really enjoyed the race. In Moto2, a first-corner crash eliminated the entire front row. Gonzalez won from fifth on the grid. In Moto3, Quiles won by 0.021 seconds in a photo finish.

Dave has the numbers on how a championship that started the weekend 19 points apart is now perfectly level. Nicky has the Bezzecchi story.

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Marco Bezzecchi set the first ever sub-1:45 lap in MotorLand history in qualifying. Marc Marquez overtook him at Turn 1 on the first lap of the Sprint and the race was over within seconds. On Sunday Marquez won the Grand Prix too. He has closed the championship gap to 19 points. The title fight is no longer a two-horse race.

Martin finished fifth in both the Sprint and the Grand Prix. He described the weekend as riding on ice. He still leads the championship. But the margin that felt comfortable leaving Silverstone no longer looks that way heading out of Aragon.

Bezzecchi took pole, took a Sprint podium, and finished third in the race. Acosta was second on Sunday in one of KTM's strongest Grand Prix performances of the season. Di Giannantonio crashed out of the Sprint and his title hopes took another hit. Quartararo's Yamaha blew its engine in the Sprint in a cloud of smoke. Zarco returned to racing for the first time since Catalunya in May.

In Moto3, Quiles came back from a collarbone fracture at Silverstone and won. Of course he did. Alonso Lopez won Moto2.

Dave has the data on what changed at Aragon and why Aprilia struggled. Nicky has the title fight picture going into the final nine rounds.

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