MOTOR SPORT
Marc Marquez grabs MotoGP world title as Dovizioso crashes
Motegi — Honda’s Marc Marquez stormed to a nail-biting victory in Japan on Sunday to capture his third straight MotoGP world championship as Ducati rival Andrea Dovizioso crashed out. The Spanish sensation has now won five championships in motorcycling’s premier class, putting him level with Australian legend Mick Doohan. Marquez, still just 25, trails only the Italian pair of Valentino Rossi, who won the last of his seven championships in 2009, and Giacomo Agostini, whose record eighth came in 1975, in the all-time list. "I feel really, really good," whooped Marquez after Dovizioso’s late spill confirmed his eighth victory of the season. "I already imagined that it will be [decided] here but the important thing is that when you have the first chance, you do it. "It wasn’t the best circuit to do it but I worked hard all weekend," Marquez added. "I was able to follow Andrea and decided to attack before the last lap. I was pushing really hard, so he made a mistake — I’m disappointed b...
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