Mඣarc Marquez kept Enea Bastianini at bay to complete the podium in third, a repeat of his Sprint finish.

⛎Happy with the result, Marquez nonetheless call♉ed it a "super boring race" due to the lack of overtaking.

After crashing from the lead of the Sprint, debut pole qualifier Pedro Acosta took the early fight to Bagnaia. But disaster struck - again - when♎ he slid out o🦹f second place on lap 3.

With fellow KTM rider Brad Binder running🅠 wide at the same turn, Martin was gifted se⭕cond place behind Bagnaia.

In a role reversal of the Sprint, Mar♑quez was hunted down by Enea Bastianini in the second half of the race.

Bastianini lost valuable ಞearly time stuck behind Brad Binder’s KTM. The South African was overtaken by Franc🌺o Morbidelli later in the race.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo again looked to run out of fuel just before the che🐼quered flag, costing him 11th - and top rider on a home Japanese bike - to LCR Honda's Johann Zarco.

Aft🤡er a surprise shower interrupted tꦏhe Moto2 race, tension was raised in the MotoGP race when the ‘flag to flag’ signal - allowing bike swaps due to rain - was issued after 10 laps of the grand prix.

However, the rai♒n drops that presumably prompted that decision, soon passed.

Alex Marquez ran into the back of Joan Mir on the opening lap, taking them both🍨 out. The incident will be reviewed by the FIM Stewards after the race.

All riders except home hero Takaaki Nakagami - who wheelied over the fin💫ish of his final home grand prix - moved from the soft to medium rear 🀅tyre for the grand prix, alongside the favoured hard front.