VIDEO: Dangerous moment in MotoGP, bike on fire! Suzuki rider Takuya Tsuda luckily escaped in time

On Sunday 25th September, the MotoGP royal cubature had its sixteenth race of the season on the agenda, namely the Japanese Grand Prix. It was dominated by Jack Miller on a Ducati, but the race had plenty of dramatic moments! And one of them was the incident on lap 12 when Tsuda’s Suzuki went up in flames.

Australian Miller put in a dominant performance at Motegi, taking his first win of the season. He was joined on the podium by Brad Binder and Jorge Martin, with Marc Márquez also posting a great result.

The legendary Spanish racer was only in his second race after arm surgery and finished fourth in the Japanese Grand Prix.

However, the Motegi event offered plenty of exciting moments and great racer moments throughout. The big drama, however, came on the 12th round of the Japanese Grand Prix.

For it was then that home rider Takuya Tsuda retired early from the race, his Suzuki catching fire. Fortunately, the Japanese rider was able to shut his bike down before the really big flames appeared.

The track marshals immediately extinguished Tsuda’s Suzuki, but this was not the team’s only technical problem in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Alex Rins, who retired from the race ten laps before the end of the race due to technical problems, also failed to finish.

It should be noted, the Suzuki Ecstar team, despite his departure from MotoGP, brought upgrades to Japan that should help their race pace and overall performance for the rest of this season. However, neither Suzuki rider finished the Japanese Grand Prix.

Japan’s Tsuda was then called up for the 16th round of the season due to the absence of Joan Miró, who had already missed the Aragon race due to injury.

Source: MotoGP