The first practice session at Motegi had a crash very close to the end that had a lot of impact. Alex Márquez suffered a scary highside on the japanese track that left the bike on fire.

The spaniard was taken away from the local stretcher and was seen by doctors on the circuit. Fortunately, he may be on track in FP2, but he didn’t get away without a hell of a scare on the opening day of this Japan GP.