Repsol Honda's Pedrosa Breaks Marquez' Win Streak at MotoGP Brno Round 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com bwin Grand Prix České republiky Round 11 - Sunday, August 17th 2014   Czech Republic - Race Report Weather conditions sunny spells 17°C Air temp 23°C Track temp 71% Humidity Pedrosa conquers Brno with Marquez taking important points in 4th It was a day of mixed fortunes for the Repsol Honda Team in Brno as Dani Pedrosa won his first race since Malaysia 2013, but with it, ended Marc Marquez’ winning run as the Championship leader finished in 4th, only his third non-podium finish in the premier class. It was another frantic start to the race with Marc dropping to 5th from his pole position start and Dani making up a position to 4th by the end of the first lap. By lap six, Dani had made his way through the field – setting a new fastest race lap (1’56.027) – and was 2nd behind race leader, Jorge Lorenzo. On lap six, he passed Jorge and never looked back, controlling the race perfectly to the end – setting a new fastest race time – and becoming the first rider other than Marc to win this season. Marc lost some time battling with Iannone on lap five, but eventually passed him into 3rd and began to chase down the race leaders. However, on lap ten he began to lose time to Valentino who was chasing him and by lap thirteen he was unable to hold of the challenge. Marc held onto 4th and took important Championship points. With this win, Dani has recovered 12 points on Marc and opened up the gap between him and Valentino in the Rider’s Championship. He now sits in second (77 points behind Marc) on 186 points, 13 ahead of Valentino. The Repsol Honda Team maintain their perfect 2014 season, winning every race, and extend their lead in the Team Championship to 139 points over their second place rivals and Honda now lead the Constructor Championship by 81 points. Since the introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP class in 2002, Honda have the most victories (six) at Brno with Honda riders winning for the past four consecutive years. The team will be back on track tomorrow for an Official Post-Race Test, before heading to Great Britain for the next race on 31st August. Team Quotes 1st - Championship Standing: 2nd - 186 points "I am very happy to have won this race! This year it has been a tough road to victory, but today everybody in the team is very happy. Seeing their smiling faces makes me happy as well, because you always try to get the best results but don't always manage to do so. This year we have an amazing rival in Marc, who has had great performances at every round so far. Maybe today wasn't his best day, but I think that we also worked very well this weekend; bringing home the win for the team feels fantastic” 4th - Championship Standing: 1st - 263 points "Today was one of those Sundays in which I neither felt completely comfortable, nor had found the best setup for the bike. It wasn't down to a mistake by me or by the team, it was simply that we didn't have the same feeling as on other Sundays. In a way it's taken a weight off my shoulders, as now people won't be asking me if I can win every race anymore. It was also important that we were able to focus on staying in fourth, even though it was tough not to be fighting for the win; we took 13 points that are important for the World Championship and we have a big advantage. What matters is who wins the title -not who wins the most races” race results   bwin Grand Prix České republiky - Round 11 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 25 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 42'47.800 2 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +0.410 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 16 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +5.259 4 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 13 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +10.454 5 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 11 Pramac Racing DUCATI +17.639 6 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 10 Ducati Team DUCATI +17.834 7 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 9 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA +23.819 8 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 8 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +29.621 9 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 7 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +30.364 10 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 6 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +37.639 11 Scott Redding 45 GBR 5 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +55.604 12 Michele Pirro 51 ITA 4 Ducati Team DUCATI +56.727 13 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 3 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +56.908 14 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 2 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA +1'04.135 15 Leon Camier 2 GBR 1 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +1'04.902 16 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +1'20.666 17 Hector Barbera 8 ESP   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1'24.282 18 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1'27.436 19 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM +1'38.867 20 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA   IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER DNF 21 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR   Ducati Team DUCATI DNF 22 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA DNF 23 Michael Laverty 70 GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM DNF 24 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL   Pramac Racing DUCATI DNF Rider standings Sunday, August 17th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 263 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 186 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 173 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 4 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 137 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 118 Ducati Team DUCATI 6 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 85 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 78 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 8 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 73 Pramac Racing DUCATI 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 65 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 10 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 65 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 56 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 12 Scott Redding 45 GBR 45 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 13 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 37 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 14 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 36 Ducati Team DUCATI 15 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 29 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 16 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 27 Pramac Racing DUCATI 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 25 Cardion AB Motoracing 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 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 2 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM 24 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 2 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 25 Leon Camier 2 GBR 1 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 26 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 0 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 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 5.403 m / 3.357 miles Width 15m Left corners 6 Right corners 8 Longest straight 636 m / 0.395 miles Constructed 1987 Modified 1996     Automotodrom Brno P.O.Box 1 641 00 Brno Czech Republic   www.automotodrombrno.cz   Pole position 1m 55.527s (168.3 km/h) Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha, 2013) Race lap 1m 56.027s (167.4 km/) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2014) Race time 42m 47.800s (166.6 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2014) 2013 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) 2014 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan