Repsol Honda's Pedrosa 3rd, Marquez 15th After Early Race Crash in MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Round 13 - Sunday, September 14th 2014   San Marino - Race Report Weather conditions sunny 25°C Air temp 37°C Track temp 45% Humidity Pedrosa takes podium as Marquez slips-up and finishes 15th It’s been a difficult weekend for the Repsol Honda Team in Misano but Dani Pedrosa managed to take third place and has now finished in the top five at the last 17 successive races. Championship leader, Marc Marquez, made an uncharacteristic error on lap ten and lost the front. He was able to restart but only managed to climb back to fifteenth and take one Championship point. After a promising start, Marc steadily progressed up to second, after battling with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. Dani dropped back to seventh from his fifth spot on the grid, but also made his way through the traffic and was up to fourth by lap eight. However, as Marc pushed to try and stay with race leader Valentino, he made a small mistake and lost the front in turn four at a fairly low speed, with the bike spinning out. He was able to pick the bike up but had trouble getting it started again. Finally race marshals arrived and managed to bump start him, but by this point the pack had disappeared. Marc pushed hard to catch the back markers and was able to match the lap times being set by the from runners, but the distance was too great. He crossed the line in fifteenth and took a single Championship point. Dani meanwhile managed to hold off the aggressive Andrea Dovizioso for twenty-five of the twenty-eight laps finishing 1.234 seconds in front of the Italian and marking his 200th points scoring finish in Grand Prix racing, becoming just the fourth rider of all-time to reach this impressive milestone. Marc maintains his lead in the Championship, but the gap is now decreased to 74 points over second place Dani, with Valentino now just 1 point behind him. Team Quotes 3rd - Championship Standing: 2nd - 215 points “Today’s race was a very difficult one, and it was hard to do any more. Marc attempted to keep up with Valentino and Jorge but eventually he crashed trying - they were very strong here. This race also saw many problems for us with the front and rear, so there was little that we could do. From the opening laps I lost a lot of time in traffic, and that affected my entire race. I tried to do the best I could and still had difficulty sticking with Dovizioso, because he also lapped very quickly; eventually we were going as fast as the Valentino and Jorge. Now we have to take the positives from this weekend and hope that for the next race at Aragon, which is a track that I like, we have a better feeling and have a better race.” 15th - Championship Standing: 1st - 289 points “I’m happy with how today went, despite the crash due to my first mistake of the season, because yesterday I did not think that I would be capable of sticking with the Valentino and Jorge. They had a little bit more pace, and today we were able to get fairly close to them. I saw the possibility of fighting with Valentino for the victory, but that was not possible in the end because of the mistake; I was riding over the inside of the rumble strip and that meant that I lost the front. Luckily I was able to rejoin the race, continue with a good pace and score a point that could always come in handy in the future.” race results   Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini - Round 13 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 44'14.586 2 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +1.578 3 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 16 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +4.276 4 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 13 Ducati Team DUCATI +5.510 5 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 11 Pramac Racing DUCATI +11.771 6 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +18.999 7 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 9 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +23.100 8 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 8 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +36.458 9 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 7 Ducati Team DUCATI +38.480 10 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 6 Pramac Racing DUCATI +45.878 11 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 5 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA +54.765 12 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 4 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +56.775 13 Scott Redding 45 GBR 3 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +1'02.734 14 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 2 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +1'13.546 15 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 1 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +1'15.948 16 Leon Camier 2 GBR   Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +1'20.760 17 Michael Laverty 70 GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM +1'26.422 18 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1 lap 19 Hector Barbera 8 ESP   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 1 lap 20 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA DNF 21 Stefan Bradl 6 GER   LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA DNF 22 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA   IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER DNF 23 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI DNF Rider standings Sunday, September 14th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 289 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 215 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 214 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 4 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 177 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 142 Ducati Team DUCATI 6 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 98 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 7 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 92 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 8 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 92 Pramac Racing DUCATI 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 74 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 10 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 74 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 64 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 12 Scott Redding 45 GBR 54 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 13 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 47 Ducati Team DUCATI 14 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 43 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 38 Pramac Racing DUCATI 16 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 33 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 17 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 29 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 18 Colin Edwards 5 USA 11 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 19 Michele Pirro 51 ITA 11 Ducati Team DUCATI 20 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 7 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 21 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 4 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 22 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 4 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 23 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 3 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 24 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 2 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 25 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 2 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 26 Leon Camier 2 GBR 1 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 27 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 4.226 m / 2.626 miles Width 14m Left corners 6 Right corners 10 Longest straight 565 m / 0.351 miles Constructed 1969 Modified 2008     Santa Monica SpA Via Daijiro Kato, 10 47843 Misano Adriatico (RN)   www.misanocircuit.com   Pole position 1m 32.915s (163.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race lap 1m 33.906s (162.008km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2011) Race time 44m 05.522s (161.0 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) 2013 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2014 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan