Marquez closes gap on Martin with San Marino GP victory

Jorge Martin's title lead is down to 7 points aft Marc Marquez made it back-to-back wins pinch triumph astatine nan San Marino Grand Prix.

Marquez, a six-time title winner, triumphed again aft ending a three-year winless tally successful Aragon, Spain past weekend.

Martin picked up conscionable 1 constituent successful Misano - allowing Francesco Bagnaia, his closest title challenger, to trim his points lead to azygous figures by finishing second. Enea Bastianini was third.

Starting ninth connected nan grid successful Misano, Marquez was an outsider but he excelled successful nan bedewed conditions to adjacent nan spread betwixt himself and Martin to 53 points.

"For me, nan astir important was nan velocity aft that rainfall - it gave maine nan anticipation to lead nan race," said Marquez.

"Then erstwhile I was starring I say: 'Now I will effort to find nan aforesaid gait arsenic nan practice.'

"The emotions were ace precocious erstwhile we crossed nan line, I was ace happy."

Light rainfall deed nan circuit during nan early parts of nan race, making for tricky conditions.

Spain's Martin saw his bet to switch bikes erstwhile it rained backfire arsenic nan upwind cleared up, and was 15th.

The 26-year-old had pitted pinch 20 laps remaining to move his bike, banking wrongly connected nan forecast of much rainfall to come.

The title title returns to Misano successful precocious September, arsenic nan people is being utilized for nan Emilia Romagna GP arsenic a replacement for nan cancelled title successful Kazakhstan.