Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo won the Aragon GP in his home country to narrow the gap on title rival and Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi to 14 points.

Former world champion Fernando Alonso's frustration boiled over after finishing out of the points at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, as he vented his fury at misfiring McLaren's mechanical problems.

Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to pole for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes returned to form in qualifying. Hamilton was denied the chance to make a final attempt on his team-mate’s time after a bad crash near the chicane involving Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat, which brought an early end to Q3. Kvyat was unhurt.

EZY racing yesterday created history by becoming Sri Lanka’s first race team to win a FIA competition when its team driver New Zealand’s Mike Young finished first in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) Asia cup in Hokkaido Japan.