How Marquez can be champion at Motegi

Rookie Marc Marquez will have his second chance to become the 2013 MotoGP champion at this weekend's penultimate round at Motegi, Japan. After disqualification for missing the pit stop window at Phillip Island, Marquez's title lead has more than halved, from 43 to 18 points, over Jorge Lorenzo.

But a seventh win of the year for Marquez on Sunday would confirm him as the first rookie champion since 1978 regardless of where Lorenzo or Dani Pedrosa finish.

Marquez needs to score eight points more than Yamaha's reigning double champion Lorenzo - and lose no more than nine points to Honda team-mate Pedrosa - to seal the premier-class title on Sunday, meaning:

• Marquez 1st, Lorenzo no higher than 3rd = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 2nd, Lorenzo no higher than 5th = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 3rd, Lorenzo no higher than 8th = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 4th, Lorenzo no higher than 11th, Pedrosa does not win = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 5th, Lorenzo no higher than 13th, Pedrosa does not win = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 6th, Lorenzo no higher than 14th, Pedrosa no higher than 3rd = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 7th, Lorenzo no higher than 15th, Pedrosa no higher than 3rd = Marquez champion.
• Marquez 8th, Lorenzo fails to score, Pedrosa no higher than 3rd = Marquez champion.