Repsol Honda's Marquez & Pedrosa Suffer Crashes but Finish in the Points at MotoGP Aragon Round 14

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Gran Premio de Aragón Round 14 - Sunday, September 28th 2014   ARAGON - RACE REPORT WEATHER CONDITIONS DRY / WET 18°C AIR TEMP 20°C TRACK TEMP 93% HUMIDITY Rain in Spain causes end of race mayhem in Aragón Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa today fell victim to problematic weather, crashing in the final laps of the Aragón GP, as Jorge Lorenzo took his maiden win of 2014. The Spanish duo, who started the race in prime positions – Marc 1st and Dani 2nd – dropped positions in the first lap, Marc crossing the line in 2nd and Dani in 4th. After a brief battle with Andrea Iannone, Marc passed into 1st and a few corners later Andrea crashed, promoting Jorge Lorenzo to 2nd and Dani to 3rd. Jorge took the lead from Marc on lap nine for a few laps before Marc again passed for the lead at turn one on lap twelve, as the white flag was displayed by track marshals, signifying that riders may now swap bikes if necessary. Marc and Jorge then battled for a few laps, trading the race lead, when the rain flag was shown on the start / finish straight at the beginning of lap sixteen. Dani passed Jorge and proceeded to duel with Marc as other riders began to enter the pits to change bikes, for the wet setup and tyres. The rain was almost non-existent at the back of the circuit, but quite intense on the front straight, and with just four laps remaining both Marc and Dani made the choice to stay out. Dani made a small mistake in turn one and crashed out, then unfortunately on the next lap Marc also crashed. Both riders were able to get back to the pit lane and change the bike, but with two laps remaining it was too late. Marc finished 13th and Dani 14th. Marc (292) still leads the Championship by 75 points over Dani (217), who is 3 points ahead of Valentino Rossi (214) – who crashed out on lap four – and Lorenzo (202) has closed the gap considerably after his race win. Now the Championship will head East in two weeks time for the three back-to-back races of Japan, Australia and Malaysia. TEAM QUOTES 13th - Championship Standing: 1st - 292 points “Today's race was difficult because I, like many other riders in MotoGP, had never experienced track conditions like this before. It was a shame that it started to rain; if it hadn't, then I think that Dani, Jorge and I would have made the end of the race really exciting for the fans. I think that we did a good job all weekend - it was just a pity about the crash. I tried to hold on because there were only a few laps remaining, but today I learned that in these situations it is better to use a different strategy.” 14th - Championship Standing: 2nd - 217 points “It was a difficult race in extreme conditions, but we were able to ride a good first part and were in contention for the win. I made the wrong decision about when to come in to change bikes and didn't make the switch on the lap that I should have. My tyres couldn't hold out any longer and I crashed. Luckily I was able to remount and pick up two points from this race. It is a little disappointing to have gone so far and not taken a good result, but these experiences are useful for learning and heading to the next race stronger.” RACE RESULTS   Gran Premio de Aragón - Round 14 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 44'20.406 2 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 20 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +10.295 3 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 16 Ducati Team DUCATI +10.312 4 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 13 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA +11.718 5 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 11 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +29.483 6 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +29.686 7 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 9 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +29.763 8 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 8 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +37.841 9 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 7 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +42.957 10 Scott Redding 45 GBR 6 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +53.937 11 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 5 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER +59.824 12 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 4 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA +1'00.718 13 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 3 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +1'15.227 14 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 2 Repsol Honda Team HONDA +1'24.526 15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 1 Pramac Racing DUCATI +1'38.255 16 Michael Laverty 70 GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM +1 lap 17 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1 lap 18 Broc Parkes 23 AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport PBM +1 lap 19 Hector Barbera 8 ESP   Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1 lap 20 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA   Ducati Team DUCATI DNF 21 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA DNF 22 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA   Pramac Racing DUCATI DNF 23 Karel Abraham 17 CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA DNF RIDER STANDINGS Sunday, September 28th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 292 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 217 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 3 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 214 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 4 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 202 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 142 Ducati Team DUCATI 6 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 112 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 7 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 108 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 8 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 92 Pramac Racing DUCATI 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 87 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 10 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 85 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 73 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 12 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 63 Ducati Team DUCATI 13 Scott Redding 45 GBR 60 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 14 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 51 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 39 Pramac Racing DUCATI 16 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 36 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 33 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 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA 9 IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER 21 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 7 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 7 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 23 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 4 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 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 5.078 m / 3.155 miles Width 15m Left corners 10 Right corners 7 Longest straight 968 m / 0.601 miles Constructed 2009 Modified     La Ciudad del Motor de Aragón Ctra TE-V-7033, km 1 Apdo de correos 174 44600 Alcañiz, Teruel (Spain)   www.motorlandaragon.com   Pole position 1m 47.187s (170.5Km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race lap 1m 48.565s (168.3Km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) Race time 42m 03.459s (166.6 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) 2012 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 2013 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda)

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