MotoGP: Bagnaia wins in Japan, cuts Martin's lead to 10 pts

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 6 - Italian two-time and reigning MotoGP champ Francesco Bagnaia won the Japanese MotoGP Sunday cutting Spaniard Jorge Martin's lead in the riders' championship standings to just 10 points.
    Martin same second.
    Bagnaia, who scored his eighth victory this season, had also won the sprint race.
    "I'm super happy, I earned 11 points this weekend, I'm very happy", said Bagnaia.
    "Today Jorge (Martin, ed.) was very fast and I tried to manage, the first 10 laps were incredible - he added referring to the race that saw him in the lead since the first lap - now we're thinking about the next race trying to continue like this with the same strategy". (ANSA).