As tradition dictates, here is our usual gallery of images dedicated to the lovely paddock girls seen hanging around the Motegi track, where the latest MotoGP round took place.
While the Moto2 and Moto3 classes offered some serious battle on the track to wow the knowledgeable local crowd, the MotoGP class turned out to be a far less entertaining game as far as sheer fighting is concerned, but luckily enough we could also look at something else that was more pleasant to the eye than some rider cruising undisturbed towards the finish line… sit back and enjoy this parade of nice smiles from Japan.
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