Repsol Honda's Marquez & Pedrosa DNFs Lead Low Points of MotoGP Phillip Island Round

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Australian Grand Prix Round 16 - Sunday, October 19th 2014   Australia - Race Report Weather conditions overcast and windy 16°C Air temp 29°C Track temp 84% Humidity Heartache for Repsol Honda after Pedrosa is taken out and Marquez crashes in final stages of Australian GP It’s been an emotional roller coaster for the Repsol Honda Team this week. After clinching the World Championship last week in Japan, today the team suffered a double DNF in Phillip Island. With ambient temperatures fluctuating throughout the day, Marc lost a few places from pole position, dropping back briefly but then moving back up to first by the end of lap one. Dani unfortunately got stuck in the pack and was squeezed down to ninth place by lap five. Marc continued to push at the front – leading every lap – and opened up a comfortable gap over duelling Lorenzo and Rossi. Then on lap seven Dani was hit in the rear by Iannone resulting in a buckled rear wheel rim which forced him to retire out of the race. Marc continued to extend his lead to over four seconds, then on lap nineteen he had an unfortunate crash at the bottom of Lukey Heights. It’s the first time since Portugal 2010 that the Repsol Honda Team have experienced a double DNF. Now they must pack up and move on to Malaysia for the final race of the three fly aways next week. Dani has lost valuable points in the race for second place in the Championship and now lies in fourth place with 230 points, with Rossi on 255 and Lorenzo 247. Team Quotes DNF - 2014 MotoGP World Champion "Today, because I had no pressure on me, I tried a different approach pushing hard from the start to try to open the largest gap possible. We were having a good race, right up until the crash. It was a pity that I went down at a time that I was not riding on the limit or faster than the lap before. It was a race where there were many crashes, and almost all happened the same way: the front wheel locking up. The temperatures were down a lot, something that was also a factor today. It is better that this happened now, so that I gain experience for next year. You don’t always have the opportunity to try things out.” DNF - Championship Standing: 4th - 230 points "We had no luck today. I didn't get a good start, I lost a lot on the opening two laps and I ended up in a position in which I was left exposed to what happened afterwards. When you are riding amongst so many riders in this part of the field there are always incidents, and today it happened to me. Fortunately I didn't crash, but the bike was damaged and I couldn't continue." race results   Australian Grand Prix - Round 16 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 40'46.405 2 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +10.836 3 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 16 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +12.294 4 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 13 Ducati Team DUCATI +14.893 5 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 11 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +30.089 6 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 10 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +30.154 7 Scott Redding 45 GBR 9 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +30.158 8 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 8 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +33.166 9 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 7 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +33.577 10 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 6 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +34.144 11 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 5 Pramac Racing DUCATI +39.468 12 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 4 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER +56.684 13 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 3 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM +1'12.813 14 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 2 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1'28.050 15 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 1 Ducati Team DUCATI DNF 16 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA DNF 17 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA DNF 18 Stefan Bradl 6 GER   LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA DNF 19 Marc Marquez 93 ESP   Repsol Honda Team HONDA DNF 20 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM DNF 21 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP   Repsol Honda Team HONDA DNF 22 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA   Pramac Racing DUCATI DNF 23 Karel Abraham 17 CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA DNF Rider standings Sunday, October 19th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 312 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 255 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 3 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 247 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 4 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 230 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 166 Ducati Team DUCATI 6 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 117 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 116 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 8 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 108 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 9 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 102 Pramac Racing DUCATI 10 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 96 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 89 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 12 Scott Redding 45 GBR 69 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 13 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 64 Ducati Team DUCATI 14 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 62 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 15 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 44 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 16 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 44 Pramac Racing DUCATI 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 33 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 18 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 14 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 19 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 14 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 20 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 13 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 21 Colin Edwards 5 USA 11 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 22 Michele Pirro 51 ITA 11 Ducati Team DUCATI 23 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 7 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 24 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 6 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 25 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 5 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 26 Katsuyuki Nakasuga 21 JPN 4 YAMALUBE Racing Team with YSP YAMAHA 27 Leon Camier 2 GBR 1 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 28 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 4.448 m / 2.764 miles Width 13m Left corners 7 Right corners 5 Longest straight 900 m / 0.559 miles Constructed 1956 Modified 1988     Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit RMB 500GP Cowes Victoris 3922 Australia   www.phillipislandcircuit.com.au   Pole Position 1m 27.899s (182.1 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) Race Lap 1m 28.108s (181.7 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race time 29m 07.155s (179.1 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) 2013 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2014 Race Winner Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan