Marquez 9-for-9, Pedrosa 2nd for Repsol Honda in Round 9 of MotoGP Season at the Sachsenring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Round 9 - Sunday, July 13th 2014   Germany - Race Report Weather conditions wet / dry 21°C Air temp 27°C Track temp 66% Humidity Marquez makes it 9 from 9 with Pedrosa completing Honda domination Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has made it an unbelievable nine wins from nine races this season with a perfect weekend in Germany, clinching pole position, fastest race lap (lap 21/30 1’22.037) and the race victory. Teammate, Dani Pedrosa, finished in second place – just 1.4s behind Marc – to earn Honda’s third 1-2 finish of this incredible season. It was a complicated race due to a brief rain shower at 13h30 – just half an hour before the race start – which left the track slightly wet. The riders exited the pits on wet tyres to test the conditions and asses how wet the track was. As they sat on the grid for fifteen minutes, the track began to dry rapidly and on the warm up lap fourteen riders including all the front runners – except Stefan Bradl (who already changed onto slicks on the grid) – entered the pits to swap bikes for the slick tyres and therefore start from the pit lane. The riders jostled for position in the pit lane, creating a make-shift grid, and Marc and Dani – who were first and second in the initial starting grid – emerged into 10th and 13th respectively. Dani immediately began to pass and was up to 11th by the end of the first lap. Both riders found their rhythm quickly passing many riders and by lap five they were already on the back of Stefan Bradl. On lap six Marc took the lead and on lap seven Dani passed Stefan and was on Marc’s rear wheel. The Repsol Honda duo then rode a perfect race as they not only controlled the gap to the rest of the field but gradually extended it, finishing a full ten seconds in front of third place Jorge Lorenzo. Marc has now won for the past five years in Sachsenring – all from pole position – and has become the first rider to win the opening nine races of the year since Giacomo Agostini won the first ten races of the 1970 season. He continues to extend his lead in the Championship, now on 225 points and Dani reclaims second place with 148, ahead of Valentino Rossi on 141. Honda extend their lead in the Constructors Championship – now 71 points ahead – and continue to be the most successful manufacturer at the Sachsenring with nine wins since the introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP class in 2002. The Repsol Honda Team are now 135 points ahead in the Team’s Championship. The team will now pack up in Germany and drive 660km to Brno, Czech Republic, for a three-day test starting on Tuesday. Team Quotes 1st - Championship Standing: 1st - 225 points "Before going out on track I thought it would be a similar race to the Assen, but in the end the surface dried out very quickly. I saw on the grid that Bradl had gone with the slick tyre option and I really had my doubts, because the area around the back of the track was still wet. I finally decided to see what Dani and Valentino were going to do, as they are my main rivals in the Championship and if you get it wrong in these races, you can lose a lot of points. That’s why I decided to copy their strategy. The race was nice, especially the first part which was when I enjoyed it the most!” 2nd - Championship Standing: 2nd - 148 points "The start of the race today was a bit like Assen. Rainfall before the race meant that half the track was wet, and in the time we took to set up on the grid and do the warm up lap it had been drying out; there was only one wet corner, but it was very wet. We had to change to the bike with slicks and almost all of the riders started from pit lane. We couldn’t fight for victory but we were very close, Marc was very fast today, too. Now we have the test at Brno and will try to find a few tenths somewhere, so that we can go faster and be even stronger at Indy” race results   Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland - Round 9 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 25 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 41'47.664 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 20 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +1.466 3 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 16 Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA +10.317 4 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 13 Yamaha Factory YAMAHA +19.194 5 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 11 Pramac Racing DUCATI +23.509 6 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 10 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +27.809 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 9 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +33.253 8 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 8 Ducati Team DUCATI +33.868 9 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 7 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +34.231 10 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 6 Ducati Team DUCATI +34.676 11 Scott Redding 45 GBR 5 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +37.744 12 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 4 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +45.018 13 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 3 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA +45.177 14 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 2 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +46.676 15 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 1 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER +52.769 16 Stefan Bradl 6 GER   LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA +53.889 17 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL   Pramac Racing DUCATI +54.476 18 Hector Barbera 8 ESP   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +56.215 19 Bradley Smith 38 GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +56.293 20 Colin Edwards 5 USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +1'04.083 21 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM +1'10.928 22 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1'19.975 23 Michael Laverty 70 GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM DNF Rider standings Sunday, July 13th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 225 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 148 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 141 Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 4 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 99 Ducati Team DUCATI 5 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 97 Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 6 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 77 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 67 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 8 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 62 Pramac Racing DUCATI 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 56 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 10 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 50 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 11 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 48 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 12 Scott Redding 45 GBR 33 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 13 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 29 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 14 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 28 Ducati Team DUCATI 15 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 28 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 16 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 27 Pramac Racing DUCATI 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 18 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 18 Colin Edwards 5 USA 8 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 19 Michele Pirro 51 ITA 7 Ducati Team DUCATI 20 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 6 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 21 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 4 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 22 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 2 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 23 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 24 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 0 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 25 Michel Fabrizio 84 ITA 0 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER Copyright Free Images - For Editorial use only                                               Circuit Information View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com Length 3.671 m / 2.281 miles Width 12m Left corners 10 Right corners 3 Longest straight 700 m / 0.435 miles Constructed 1996 Modified 2003     Sachsenring AM Sachsenring 09353 Oberlungwitz   www.sachsenring-circuit.com   Pole Position 1m 20.937s (163.2km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Lap 1m 21.846s (161.846km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) Race Time 41m 12.482s (160.352km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) 2012 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 2013 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan