MOTOGP
MANDALIKA (IDN)
15 OCTOBER
ROUND 15/20
The MotoGP title battle literally changed from day to day in Indonesia, with the balance shifting dramatically between Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia from the Saturday sprint to the Sunday Grand Prix.
MotoGP’s second visit to the optimistically named Mandalika International Street Circuit provided Pramac Ducati rider Martin with the championship lead for the first time in his premier-class career, only for the Spaniard to then lose it in gallingly unnecessary circumstances just 24 hours later.
Martin has been MotoGP’s form man of late, pounding his title rivals with double victories at Misano and Motegi,