MARQUEZ WINS EPIC RACE & HONDA’S 100th MotoGP VICTORY

2014-06-17 11:03
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC213V) won a
stupendous seventh victory from seven races, at
the end of an unforgettable battle with team-mate
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) and Valentino
Rossi (Yamaha) that was only settled in the final
few corners. It was Marquez’s 13th premier-class
victory (from just 25 starts!) which also made
Honda the first manufacturer to achieve 100 wins
in MotoGP, the four-stroke category introduced in 2002.

Once again the 21-year-old Spaniard proved he is
the master of every situation, willing to fight
to the bitter end of a race, however great his
World Championship points advantage might be.
After seven of the year’s 18 races he now leads
the title chase with a perfect 175 points, 58
points ahead of today’s runner-up finisher Rossi.
Pedrosa holds third place overall after finishing a close third today.

The race was greeted by the paddock as one of the
greatest in recent memory, with four riders in
with a chance of victory for much of the 25 laps.
In the closing stages the fight came down to
three men: Marquez, Rossi and pole-starter
Pedrosa, while Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) slipped back to finish a lonely fourth.

Rossi did most of the leading but it was always
obvious that Marquez was simply biding his time,
waiting for the right moment to thrust his RC213V
into the lead. He looked like he might do it at
Turn One at the start of lap 14 but he ran so
close to Rossi that he had to take avoiding
action and run wide, dropping himself to third place behind his team-mate.

In typical Marquez style, he counter-attacked
Pedrosa immediately, diving past a few corners
later and then grabbing the lead from Rossi a few
laps later at Turn One. Then followed a confusing
moment: Marquez saw a yellow warning flag at Turn
Three and slowed, as did Pedrosa right behind
him. By the time they’d got to the next corner
Rossi had charged back into the lead but he only
stayed there for a lap before Marquez was back in front.

Rossi was still not done, however, and snuck
inside Marquez with four laps to go, only to be
immediately relegated to second by the World
Champion, who never waits a moment longer than
necessary to counter attack. Then Pedrosa found a
way past Rossi and the scene was set for a Repsol Honda showdown.

On the last lap Pedrosa took the lead at Turn
One, Marquez was back in front two corners later,
then Pedrosa retook first place at the very next
corner, only to run fractionally wide, allowing Marquez to squeeze back ahead.

As they rode through the final section of the
last lap Pedrosa was looking for a way past, his
front tyre snagging the rear of Marquez’s machine
which sent him wobbling off the racing line,
allowing Rossi to reclaim second place. And
that’s how one of the greatest races of the last
decade or two finished: Marquez first, Rossi
second, 0.5 seconds down and Pedrosa third, a further 1.3 seconds back.

Marquez’s latest success completed a Spanish
monopoly of today’s racing and also made some
more history, along with his younger brother Alex
Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda NSF250RW) who
won the earlier Moto3 race, making them the first
fraternal winners at a Grand Prix in history. And
all this on the weekend that motorcycling’s World
Championships celebrated their 65th birthday. The
first World Championship event was staged on the Isle of Man on 13 June 1949.

In among all the drama and history, Stefan Bradl
(LCR Honda RC213V) had a sterling ride to fifth.
The German, badly battered by two huge crashes on
race day at Mugello, ran with the lead group for
the first quarter of the race, until he had a
major moment at Turn Ten. From there he raced
alone for his best result since April’s Argentine GP.

Alvaro Bautista (Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini
RC213V) was an early retirement from the race,
withdrawing with a suspected electrical glitch.

Rookie Scott Redding (Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini
RCV1000R) had another brilliant ride to cross the
line as top RCV1000R rider in 12th, just ahead of
the similarly mounted Nicky Hayden (Drive 7 Aspar
Honda RCV1000R) who is still recovering from post
Mugello surgery on a persistent right-wrist
injury. Redding, however, was later relegated one
position for allegedly cutting Turn One during
the race, thus promoting Hayden to 12th.

Hiroshi Aoyama (Drive 7 Aspar Honda RCV1000R)
took the final point in 15th place after a long
duel with Michele Pirro (Ducati). Karel Abraham
(Cardion AB Motoracing Honda RCV1000R) was the
first man to exit the race, sliding off after two laps.

Barcelona’s Tito Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team,
Kalex) made it two local wins from the first two
races of the day when he dominated the
Honda-powered Moto2 race, scoring his fourth win
from the first seven races of the year. In the
early stages the pole-sitter had to fight back
and forth with a determined Maverick Vinales
(Pons HP 40, Kalex) and Mika Kallio (Marc VDS
Racing Team, Kalex). On lap three fifth-placed
Luis Salom (Pons HP 40, Kalex) fell at the Turn
One/Two esses, almost bringing down Jonas Folger
(AGR Team, Kalex) who had to take to the gravel trap to avoid him.

Finally Rabat’s superior pace told and he was
able to go it alone out front to cross the finish
line 4.2 seconds ahead of reigning Moto3 World
Champion Vinales. The contest for third place was
more the kind of confrontation that the crowd
expects from the hard-fought Moto2 class. Several
laps from the end Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar
Team, Suter) was in the fight for the final spot
on the podium when he fell and brought down
Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert, Suter)
who quickly remounted to finish 14th.

That incident left three riders in the group
disputing third and their contest went down to
the final few corners. Johann Zarco (AirAsia
Caterham, Caterham Suter) took advantage when
Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock, Suter) tried
to pass Kallio at the tricky Turn Ten, slipping
past his rivals to grab third place, a fraction ahead of Kallio and Luthi.

Mattia Pasini (NGM Forward Racing, Forward Kalex)
and Ricard Cardus (Tech 3, Tech 3) finished all
alone in sixth and seventh, while Axel Pons (AGR
Team, Kalex), son of former 250 World Champion
Sito Pons, won a busy skirmish for eighth, his best-ever GP finish.

Marquez the younger rode an incredible race to
win Honda’s first Moto3 victory of the year in
front of his home crowd. The 18-year-old got the
holeshot from pole position and was never headed,
keeping his focus and steadily pulling away from
the pack to win by 3.3 seconds.

Behind him a seven-man battle raged for the final
podium positions. The final few laps were
frantic, with positions changing every other
corner. At the finish line Efren Vazquez
(SaxoPrint-RTG Honda NSF250R) made it two Hondas
on the podium with third place, just two tenths
of a second behind runner-up Enea Bastianini
(KTM). Less than one second separated second
place to seventh, with championship leader Jack
Miller (KTM) fourth after an amazing last-lap
charge from the back of the group.

John McPhee (SaxoPrint-RTG Honda NSF250R), who
led his first GP at Mugello two weeks ago,
finished the race in ninth place after struggling
with rear-grip issues. Alexis Masbou
(Ongetta-Rivacold Honda NSF250R) was
11th. Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Ongetta-AirAsia Honda
NSF250R) finished 16th, just four tenths of a
second out of the World Championship points.

Marquez’s team-mate Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia
0,0 Honda NSF250RW) was out of luck. He retired
from the race with a broken gear-change linkage.

After a brilliant day of racing, MotoGP and Moto2
teams will stay to test here over the next two
days. Riders may get to try the Formula 1 chicane
in the final section of the lap following a
tumble during today’s Moto3 race in which Niccolo
Antonelli (KTM) and his bike hit the barrier. The Italian was uninjured.

The race action continues in two weeks with the
Dutch round of the series at Assen, the only
venue that has remained on the calendar since 1949.


Honda MotoGP rider quotes

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda: race winner
“I am delighted with this win because this is a
track which I have always found difficult. You
could see how tough it was for me this weekend: I
missed out on pole for the first time this season
and had my first crash of the year. The race was
very hard with a battle against Dani, Jorge and
Valentino. I think that the last few corners were
especially spectacular, with the moves by
Valentino and Dani. I am very happy about taking
another 25 points and also to win on the same day
as my brother at home in front of all our fans! It’s something very special.”

Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda: 3rd
“It was a very good, hard-fought race because we
had four riders up at the front for most of the
race. There was a lot of overtaking and it was
very intense, because we were going so fast.
Overall I am very satisfied, even though the end
result was not the best. We fought hard and I
felt much better physically. I’ll take the
positives from this race: I got my wish of being
up at the front, both in practice and in the
early laps of the race, and I ended the race
fighting with Marc for the victory!”

Stefan Bradl, LCR Honda MotoGP: 5th
“We are quite happy because I am the best
satellite rider just behind the factory teams.
First of all I want to thank my team because
after the difficult weekend in Mugello we had a
great weekend making a good job with the bike
setting and the tyre choice. Today I was the only
rider on the hard front tyre and I felt
comfortable with that. But it’s tough for me to
keep the pace of the top riders because it seems
that they always have something more. Fifth place
is the maximum we could do and it’s a positive
result but, as a MotoGP rider, you always race
for a podium finish and today I wanted to go for
that but as I said it’s very difficult to beat the factory riders.”

Nicky Hayden, Drive 7 Aspar Honda: 12th
“I didn’t start too well today and it took me a
few laps to get on the pace. It is not easy to
start from 16th position. However, as the laps
went by I saw that the bike was working very
well, so I pushed ahead. I had a lot of
confidence in the front end, and that allowed me
to push hard. On the other hand, I knew that with
the heat, the rear performance would decrease at
the end. Fortunately I managed to keep my pace up
and gain some places. After how the weekend went,
it isn’t a spectacular result but gives us points
after two unlucky races. At Assen we hope to
continue the positive work we did today and get plenty more points.”

Scott Redding, Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini: 13th
“I’m happy with my race, although early on I
touched with Crutchlow, losing one second and
this enabled Hayden to get closer to me. In the
end, regardless of the penalty, we still managed
to be the best Open Honda, hitting the target we
set ourselves. I’m also happy because I did well
on this track which is certainly not one of my
favourites. We chose to use the soft tyre, which
was a risk and in end proved to be a wrong
choice. Regarding the penalty, I had a problem in
Turn One, so rather than risk falling I preferred
to go slightly right; doing so I gained a little
time, but in the next sector of the track I
slowed down. Nevertheless, they added a time
penalty to my race time, even though I had slowed
down. It is difficult to accept because if I had
not slowed down, the penalty would have
maintained my position. I’m a little
disappointed, but I cannot do anything about it.”

Hiroshi Aoyama, Drive 7 Aspar Honda: 15th
“Yesterday we did not qualify well and today we
had to start from 20th position. I made a very
positive start that allowed me to gain places. On
the opening lap I passed two riders, and that
motivated me to keep pushing. Also today I
managed to maintain a fairly high pace throughout
the entire race. The reason for the improvement
with our feeling is a change made this morning
that gave us confidence. In the second half of
the race we had some problems that made us lose
speed and power, and towards the end this
worsened and we lost some positions. Fortunately
I was able to finish the race and keep adding
points to my tally. We will investigate what
might have been the cause of the issue, so that
it does not happen again at Assen.”

Alvaro Bautista, Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini: DNF
“After just three laps the bike stopped on the
straight and I could not continue the race. A
first analysis suggests an electrical problem,
but now we will investigate to better understand
what happened. I’m disappointed, obviously,
because despite the pain of the crash yesterday I
wanted to take a strong part in the race. Also,
in the beginning I felt at ease. I think we could
have got a good result, but these things happen.
Now we must focus on tests that we will do tomorrow, and the next race.”

Karel Abraham, Cardion AB Motoracing: DNF
“I don’t have too much to say now. Maybe just
that this is all my fault, I made a mistake so
I’m the only one who is responsible for this
situation. Right from the start I had a slightly
overheated clutch because of the long wait for
the starting lights. My start was terrible and I
lost two more positions. Then I started to get to
the rider in front me and pushed really hard. I
was too fast in one corner and the rear of my
bike slipped away. Probably too much effort. This
time I regret it a lot. But when I fell nothing serious happened.”

Moto2 rider quotes

Tito Rabat, Marc VDS Racing Team: race winner
“I’m very happy with this weekend. I made a good
start and then had a big battle with Vinales and
Kallio, so I push, push, push. Vinales stayed
with me for a while and it was very difficult to
get away from him, but finally I did it. This is
an unbelievable moment for me – my first win here
– and the best thing that can happen to a rider is to win at home.”

Maverick Vinales, Pons HP 40: 2nd
“We worked very, very hard over the past two days
to get the best out of our new set-up. The bike
was fantastic in the first few laps, so I was
able to go with Tito. But later on things got
quite difficult with grip, so we will have to try
and improve the bike for Assen.”

Johann Zarco, AirAsia Caterham: 3rd
“It is really great to score the first podium for
our team. I was chasing the good group – I knew I
could not catch Rabat or Vinales but I was trying
to get to the front of the second group, except
there were many overtakes going on, so it was
quite difficult. For a long time I was seventh,
then when Torres crashed I was fifth. On the last
lap Luthi tried to overtake Kallio at Turn Ten,
they went wide and I was able to go inside. I
didn’t think we could do this on Friday because
we had a lot of problems with spin, so we changed
the bike a bit and I changed my riding style.”


Honda Moto3 rider quotes

Alex Marquez, Estrella Galicia 0,0: race winner
“I’m happy because it was a great weekend. We
knew we were a little behind in general, but we
were reassured that we had improved the bike in
testing at Mugello. Yesterday I got my first
pole, which was very special in front of the home
fans. Today I knew it would be a difficult race,
so I wanted to go well from the start to gain
some advantage and I succeeded. Already in the
first lap I got a second and a half on the group.
I continued riding at my maximum and as the race
progressed everything became easier, because I
was very focused throughout. I made a very good
race and I’m very motivated for the next race in the Netherlands.”

Efren Vazquez, SaxoPrint-RTG: 3rd
“This third place is really important, even more
for my mentality after two difficult races than
for the championship. I’m really happy to make it
back to the podium in Barcelona, my second home
race of the season. As always I tried my best and
as always, anything can happen on the last lap of
a Moto3 race. I just concentrated and took
advantage of some mistakes by other riders. Maybe
we had a little luck on the last lap and now we
have 16 really valuable points for the championship.”

John McPhee, SaxoPrint-RTG: 9th
“From lap three I started losing a bit of rear
grip, so I thought I’d stay at the back of the
group, save my tyres, then attack near the end of
the race. But I kept losing more grip and then
lost touch with the group. After Mugello it was
important to get some points, I didn’t want to
take too many big risks and end up crashing again.”



RESULTS

MOTOGP
RACE: (25 laps = 118.175 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 42'56.914 / 165.0 /
2 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha
MotoGP / YAMAHA / 42'57.426 / 165.0 / 0.512
3 / Dani PEDROSA / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 42'58.748 / 164.9 / 1.834
4 / Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
/ YAMAHA / 43'01.454 / 164.8 / 4.540
5 / Stefan BRADL / GER / LCR Honda MotoGP / HONDA / 43'08.062 / 164.3 / 11.148
6 / Aleix ESPARGARO / SPA / NGM Forward Racing /
FORWARD YAMAHA / 43'11.127 / 164.1 / 14.213
7 / Pol ESPARGARO / SPA / Monster Yamaha Tech 3 /
YAMAHA / 43'13.041 / 164.0 / 16.127
8 / Andrea DOVIZIOSO / ITA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 43'13.089 / 164.0 / 16.175
9 / Andrea IANNONE / ITA / Pramac Racing / DUCATI / 43'14.954 / 163.9 / 18.040
10 / Bradley SMITH / GBR / Monster Yamaha Tech 3
/ YAMAHA / 43'21.695 / 163.5 / 24.781
11 / Yonny HERNANDEZ / COL / Energy T.I. Pramac
Racing / DUCATI / 43'34.067 / 162.7 / 37.153
12 / Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Drive M7 Aspar / HONDA / 43'40.213 / 162.3 / 43.299
13 / Scott REDDING / GBR / GO&FUN Honda Gresini /
HONDA / 43'40.321 / 162.3 / 43.407
14 / Michele PIRRO / ITA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 43'52.071 / 161.6 / 55.157
15 / Hiroshi AOYAMA / JPN / Drive M7 Aspar / HONDA / 43'56.105 / 161.3 / 59.191
16 / Broc PARKES / AUS / Paul Bird Motorsport /
PBM / 43'57.820 / 161.2 / 1'00.906
17 / Michael LAVERTY / GBR / Paul Bird Motorsport
/ PBM / 43'58.198 / 161.2 / 1'01.284
18 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / NGM Forward Racing /
FORWARD YAMAHA / 44'03.035 / 160.9 / 1'06.121
19 / Hector BARBERA / SPA / Avintia Racing /
AVINTIA / 44'22.109 / 159.8 / 1'25.195
20 / Michel FABRIZIO / ITA / Octo IodaRacing Team
/ ART / 44'37.579 / 158.8 / 1'40.665

Pole Position: Dani PEDROSA 1'40.985 168.5 Km/h
Fastest Lap (New record): Marc MARQUEZ 1'42.182 166.5 Km/h Lap 2
Old Circuit Record Lap: Dani PEDROSA 1'42.358 166.2 Km/h 2008
Circuit Best Lap: Dani PEDROSA 1'40.893 168.6 Km/h 2013

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 MARQUEZ 175, 2 ROSSI 117, 3 PEDROSA 112, 4 LORENZO 78, 5 DOVIZIOSO 71,
6 ESPARGARO 58, 7 ESPARGARO 54, 8 BRADL 50, 9 IANNONE 41, 10 SMITH 40,
11 BAUTISTA 34, 12 HAYDEN 27, 13 HERNANDEZ 27, 14 REDDING 24, 15 AOYAMA 24,
16 CRUTCHLOW 15, 17 ABRAHAM 13, 18 EDWARDS 8, 19 PIRRO 7, 20 PETRUCCI 2.


MOTO2
RACE: (23 laps = 108.721 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Esteve RABAT / SPA / Marc VDS Racing Team / KALEX / 41'23.197 / 157.6 /
2 / Maverick VIÑALES / SPA / Paginas Amarillas HP
40 / KALEX / 41'27.441 / 157.3 / 4.244
3 / Johann ZARCO / FRA / AirAsia Caterham /
CATERHAM SUTER / 41'34.354 / 156.9 / 11.157
4 / Mika KALLIO / FIN / Marc VDS Racing Team /
KALEX / 41'34.498 / 156.9 / 11.301
5 / Thomas LUTHI / SWI / Interwetten Paddock
Moto2 / SUTER / 41'34.621 / 156.8 / 11.424
6 / Mattia PASINI / ITA / NGM Forward Racing /
KALEX / 41'39.958 / 156.5 / 16.761
7 / Ricard CARDUS / SPA / Tech 3 / TECH 3 / 41'44.472 / 156.2 / 21.275
8 / Axel PONS / SPA / AGR Team / KALEX / 41'55.990 / 155.5 / 32.793
9 / Marcel SCHROTTER / GER / Tech 3 / TECH 3 / 41'56.129 / 155.5 / 32.932
10 / Anthony WEST / AUS / QMMF Racing Team /
SPEED UP / 41'56.157 / 155.5 / 32.960
11 / Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA / Gresini Moto2 /
SUTER / 41'56.273 / 155.5 / 33.076
12 / Julian SIMON / SPA / Italtrans Racing Team /
KALEX / 41'56.566 / 155.5 / 33.369
13 / Takaaki NAKAGAMI / JPN / IDEMITSU Honda Team
Asia / KALEX / 41'59.387 / 155.3 / 36.190
14 / Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / Technomag
carXpert / SUTER / 42'03.900 / 155.0 / 40.703
15 / Louis ROSSI / FRA / SAG Team / KALEX / 42'04.101 / 155.0 / 40.904
16 / Josh HERRIN / USA / AirAsia Caterham /
CATERHAM SUTER / 42'10.738 / 154.6 / 47.541
17 / Roman RAMOS / SPA / QMMF Racing Team / SPEED
UP / 42'10.790 / 154.6 / 47.593
18 / Robin MULHAUSER / SWI / Technomag carXpert /
SUTER / 42'10.841 / 154.6 / 47.644
19 / Azlan SHAH / MAL / IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia
/ KALEX / 42'17.199 / 154.2 / 54.002
20 / Nicolas TEROL / SPA / Mapfre Aspar Team
Moto2 / SUTER / 42'22.254 / 153.9 / 59.057

Pole Position: Esteve RABAT 1'46.569 159.6 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Esteve RABAT 1'47.094 158.8 Km/h Lap 3
Circuit Record Lap: Thomas LUTHI 1'46.631 159.5 Km/h 2012
Circuit Best Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'46.187 160.2 Km/h 2012

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 RABAT 149, 2 KALLIO 115, 3 VIÑALES 89, 4 AEGERTER 71, 5 CORSI 66,
6 SALOM 59, 7 LUTHI 51, 8 FOLGER 47, 9 ZARCO 33, 10 LOWES 33, 11 WEST 33,
12 CORTESE 32, 13 SIMEON 31, 14 SCHROTTER 28, 15 TORRES 23, 16 CARDUS 22,
17 DE ANGELIS 18, 18 MORBIDELLI 15, 19 PASINI 14, 20 KRUMMENACHER 10.


MOTO3
RACE: (22 laps = 103.994 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Alex MARQUEZ / SPA / Estrella Galicia 0,0 / HONDA / 41'11.656 / 151.4 /
2 / Enea BASTIANINI / ITA / Junior Team GO&FUN
Moto3 / KTM / 41'14.892 / 151.2 / 3.236
3 / Efren VAZQUEZ / SPA / SaxoPrint-RTG / HONDA / 41'15.168 / 151.2 / 3.512
4 / Jack MILLER / AUS / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 41'15.420 / 151.2 / 3.764
5 / Romano FENATI / ITA / SKY Racing Team VR46 /
KTM / 41'15.518 / 151.2 / 3.862
6 / Brad BINDER / RSA / Ambrogio Racing / MAHINDRA / 41'15.704 / 151.2 / 4.048
7 / Isaac VIÑALES / SPA / Calvo Team / KTM / 41'15.787 / 151.2 / 4.131
8 / Niklas AJO / FIN / Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo
/ HUSQVARNA / 41'21.437 / 150.8 / 9.781
9 / John MCPHEE / GBR / SaxoPrint-RTG / HONDA / 41'30.234 / 150.3 / 18.578
10 / Francesco BAGNAIA / ITA / SKY Racing
Team VR46 / KTM / 41'30.253 / 150.3 / 18.597
11 / Alexis MASBOU / FRA / Ongetta-Rivacold /
HONDA / 41'30.638 / 150.3 / 18.982
12 / Miguel OLIVEIRA / POR / Mahindra Racing /
MAHINDRA / 41'30.698 / 150.3 / 19.042
13 / Alessandro TONUCCI / ITA / CIP / MAHINDRA / 41'30.984 / 150.2 / 19.328
14 / Karel HANIKA / CZE / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 41'31.279 / 150.2 / 19.623
15 / Jakub KORNFEIL / CZE / Calvo Team / KTM / 41'31.639 / 150.2 / 19.983
16 / Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN / MAL / Ongetta-AirAsia
/ HONDA / 41'32.050 / 150.2 / 20.394
17 / Danny KENT / GBR / Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo /
HUSQVARNA / 41'32.667 / 150.1 / 21.011
18 / Arthur SISSIS / AUS / Mahindra Racing /
MAHINDRA / 41'46.751 / 149.3 / 35.095
19 / Philipp OETTL / GER / Interwetten Paddock
Moto3 / KALEX KTM / 41'46.996 / 149.3 / 35.340
20 / Luca GRÜNWALD / GER / Kiefer Racing / KALEX
KTM / 41'47.245 / 149.3 / 35.589

Pole Position: Alex MARQUEZ 1'50.232 154.3 Km/h
Fastest Lap (New record): John MCPHEE 1'51.299 152.8 Km/h Lap 5
Old Circuit Record Lap: Maverick VIÑALES 1'51.475 152.6 Km/h 2013
Circuit Best Lap: Alex MARQUEZ 1'50.232 154.3 Km/h 2014

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 MILLER 117, 2 FENATI 110, 3 VAZQUEZ 92, 4 RINS 87, 5 MARQUEZ 85,
6 VIÑALES 73, 7 MASBOU 50, 8 BASTIANINI 45, 9 BAGNAIA 42, 10 KORNFEIL 38,
11 OLIVEIRA 37, 12 AJO 35, 13 MCPHEE 30, 14 KENT 27, 15 BINDER 22, 16 LOI 17,
17 GUEVARA 17, 18 HANIKA 16, 19 TONUCCI 15, 20 KHAIRUDDIN 11.


NEXT EVENT: ROUND08, JUNE 28 ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS

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