Marquez Takes 4th Win of the Season, Pedrosa 3rd for Repsol Honda at MotoGP Round 4 in Jerez

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio de España Round 4 - Sunday, May 4th 2014   Spain - Race Report Weather conditions sunny 28°C Air temp 50°C Track temp 25% Humidity Magnificent Marquez makes it four-in-a-row in Spain on his 100th GP World Champion Marc Marquez takes his fourth win from pole – from the first four races of 2014 – and becomes the first rider to win the Spanish GP from pole since Capirossi in 2006. Teammate Dani Pedrosa takes third, missing out on second place by just 0.098s to Valentino Rossi, and moving into joint third in all-time premier class podiums. It was once again a frantic start to the race, in front of 117,001 fans, with everyone vying for position. Marc and Rossi traded places for the lead several times on the opening lap as Dani battled with Lorenzo and Dovizioso in 4th. Finally Marc passed Rossi, before the end of the first lap, and began to push. From this point the young Spaniard opened a comfortable lead and set the fastest lap of the race on lap five (1’39.841). He then led to the chequered flag, completing a flawless race. Dani spent his race with Rossi and Lorenzo and traced them for the first twenty laps, but with just seven laps remaining he passed Lorenzo and chased down Rossi. In the end it came down – once again – to the final corner, but Rossi was able to hold on and beat Dani to second place by just nine hundredths of a second. Dani has now finished on the podium in Jerez for the past 10 years. At the age of just 21 years and 76 days, Marc is the fourth youngest rider ever to reach the milestone of 100 GP starts, taking 36 wins, 59 podium finishes and 41 pole positions. He has raced at 22 different circuits during his Grand Prix career and has now won at 20 of them – the only two missing are Donington Park and Shanghai where MotoGP no longer visit. Dani’s 3rd place in Jerez also marks a milestone as he equals the podium count of Giacomo Agostini on 88. The only riders with more podium finishes – in the premier class – are Rossi (148) and Doohan (95). The team will remain in Jerez for an Official Post-Race Test tomorrow before packing up and heading to Le Mans, France for round five in two weeks time. Team Quotes 1st - Championship Standing: 1st - 100 points “I started well today, but when I saw that Valentino was trying to pass me on the first corner I knew his intention was to slow down the race so he could control the pace. Riding behind him I realised that I could go faster, so I tried to overtake him as soon as possible. I was surprised, because I wasn't expecting to open up a gap. Anyway, I am in good form at the moment, but I can see that Dani, Valentino and Jorge are giving their 100% in every practice and in every race. I'm sure that sooner or later will come a race in which we are unable win, but we will have to learn from that and try to take important points” 3rd - Championship Standing: 2nd - 72 points “The race today was very difficult; I had problems with the front tyre from the opening lap and I tried to overcome the situation as best I could. I saw that Marc was breaking away but couldn't do anything to stick with him - it was completely his race today. I was able to stay behind the Yamahas for many laps, and at the end I made my attack. I was able to overtake Lorenzo but would have needed one or two more corners to try and pass Rossi. I did my best and took third place. We will see if at tomorrow's test we can be closer to Marc and fight to the maximum at the next race” race results   Gran Premio de España - Round 4 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 25 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 45'24.134 2 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 20 Yamaha Factory YAMAHA +1.431 3 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 16 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +1.529 4 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 13 Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA +8.541 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 11 Ducati Team DUCATI +27.494 6 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 10 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +27.606 7 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 9 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +27.917 8 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 8 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +27.947 9 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 7 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +29.419 10 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 6 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA +32.872 11 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 5 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +35.490 12 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 4 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +40.083 13 Scott Redding 45 GBR 3 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +43.830 14 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 2 Pramac Racing DUCATI +52.295 15 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 1 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +54.873 16 Michael Laverty 70 GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM +1'06.182 17 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM +1'23.420 18 Colin Edwards 5 USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA DNF 19 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA   Pramac Racing DUCATI DNF 20 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI DNF 21 Karel Abraham 17 CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA DNF 22 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR   Ducati Team DUCATI DNF 23 Michele Pirro 51 ITA   Ducati Team DUCATI DNF Rider standings Sunday, May 4th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 100 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 72 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 61 Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 4 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 45 Ducati Team DUCATI 5 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 35 Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 6 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 30 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 7 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 30 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 8 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 28 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 9 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 25 Pramac Racing DUCATI 10 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 25 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 11 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 23 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 12 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 19 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 13 Scott Redding 45 GBR 14 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 14 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 13 Pramac Racing DUCATI 15 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 10 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 16 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 10 Ducati Team DUCATI 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 8 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 18 Colin Edwards 5 USA 7 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 19 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 2 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 20 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 2 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 21 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 1 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 23 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 0 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 24 Michele Pirro 51 ITA 0 Ducati Team DUCATI Copyright Free Images - For Editorial use only                                              Circuit Information View circuit page at www.repsolhondateam.com Length 4.423 m / 2.748 miles Width 11m Left corners 5 Right corners 8 Longest straight 607 m / 0.377 miles Constructed 1986 Modified 2002     Jerez Motor Racing Track Carretera Jerez – Arcos, kilómetro 10 11405 Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) info@circuitodejerez.com Tel: +34 956151100 Fax: +34 956151105   www.circuitodejerez.com   Pole Position 1m 38.120s (162.2km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Lap 1m 39.731s (159.657km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2010) Race Time 45m 17.538s (158.200km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2010) 2012 Race Winner Casey Stoner (Honda) 2013 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan