Movistar Yamaha's Rossi Takes Win, Lorenzo 2nd in Crash Marred MotoGP Phillip Island Round

	Grand Prix of Australia   The Doctor Marks 250th Grand Prix in MotoGP with Perfect Phillip Island Performance 16:00 Local time GMT+11 Cloudy Air 16°C Track 29°C Humidity 84%
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	Phillip Island (Australia), 19th October 2014 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi raised the roof in Australia today, delivering a stunning race victory at Phillip Island for the Australian Grand Prix. Teammate Jorge Lorenzo claimed the second step of the rostrum as part of a full Yamaha podium with Bradley Smith in third. The Doctor made a great start to his 250th Grand Prix race in MotoGP as he jumped two places to sixth on the opening laps. He fought off Dani Pedrosa as he continued to battle his way to the front of the field, passing Bradley Smith and Pol Espargarò for third place. Starting from third on the grid Lorenzo was not shy in grabbing the hole shot into turn one. He initially led the race, before falling back behind rival Marc Marquez. Lorenzo pushed to the limit but was unable to match the race leader’s pace. Meanwhile teammate Rossi gradually closed down the gap to reach the rear end of Lorenzo’s M1 on lap nine. What happened next was a flurry of activity. With 17 laps to go Rossi set a fastest lap of 1’29.605 and made his first overtaking move at the hairpin and then Lorenzo fought back and retook second place in the first corner of the following lap. Over the next seven laps the teammates continued to swap places, when suddenly race leader Marquez crashed out of the race on lap 18 and they were left fighting for first and second place. Rossi then put the hammer down and created an unbridgeable gap, while Lorenzo’s front tyre started to drop dramatically, forcing him to hand over second place to Cal Crutchlow. He kept pushing in his efforts to manage the gap to the following riders. Drama then struck again as Crutchlow also crashed on the last lap, handing Lorenzo a lucky but well fought second place, his tenth podium finish of the season. Oblivious to the drama behind him, Rossi had increased his lead to 10.836 seconds and took an amazing victory as he wheelied over the finish line to celebrate his 108th Grand Prix win in all classes. The stunning win cements Valentino Rossi’s reputation as one of the greatest riders to grace the Phillip Island circuit. Thanks to this amazing result, Rossi stays in second place in the championship with a points total of 255. He thereby increases the advantage over his teammate Lorenzo to eight points, whose third place sees him rise to third in the championship with 247 points.
	Valentino Rossi 1st / 40'46.405 / 27 laps “I’m so happy because Phillip Island is one of the most important and most beautiful tracks of the season. I won here many times in the past, but over the last few years I was only able to get onto the podium without winning the race. To comeback and take the first position after ten years is great. It's also great to see three Yamaha's on the podium! The race was tricky. The work that we did during the weekend with the team was very important. We did a fantastic job and made the right front tyre choice. Marquez was not too far in front of me but he had a two second gap, so I decided to focus on my pace and on Jorge. He was very fast during the whole weekend, but for the second position in the championship it was very important to finish in front of him. When I was in front Marquez crashed and I said to myself “victory!"
	Jorge Lorenzo 2nd / +10.836 / 27 laps “It’s a great result for Yamaha, because there are three of us on the podium. Our race on the other hand did not go as I expected to. We struggled a lot to get the best set up for the race. Everything needs to be perfect, but if you put on the wrong tyre the race is over. I’m happy for the second place. This has been the luckiest second place in my life, because there were a lot of riders that could have finished in front of me. Honestly I’m a bit disappointed because with a different tyre it would have been possible to stay with Marc and fight for the race. We'll keep on doing our best to be in the best possible shape in Malaysia and try to win the race”.
	Massimo Meregalli “It has been an incredible race. We’ve been very competitive all weekend and we knew we could achieve a good result here. We were a little unsure about this afternoon’s colder conditions, but Vale did a brilliant job to take the victory starting from eighth. He didn't make any mistakes and showed some great overtakes. Jorge also rode another strong race. He was always pushing hard, but his front tyre started to drop towards the second half so he had to manage the grip level as best he could. Despite this problem, we couldn't ask for a better result. It’s another double podium for our team and it’s great to see three Yamahas’ at the front. We now look forward to another strong race in Sepang where we plan to continue to show what we are capable of. I need to thank the whole team who worked very hard this weekend to give the riders competitive bikes to challenge for the honours they have won.”
	Lin Jarvis Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing “Obviously I’m delighted with today’s result. It has been a long time since we had a total Yamaha podium, back in Le Mans in 2008. Again a victory, the fourth in a row for the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team. That’s an incredible run of results in the last events. Jorge also had not been lower than second over the last seven races. That is phenomenal. My congratulations also go to Valentino. It’s his second win of the year and he’s been riding great. It's great to see him win here after we won the championship in 2004 at Philip Island. He's ten years older but still going as fast and equally as 'hungry', so chapeau to him. Also congratulations to Bradley Smith for achieving his first MotoGP podium, a very much deserved result. We have two races to go. We’re fighting for the second position in the championship with both Vale and Jorge, so hopefully there will be more victories to finish off this year and let us go into the Winter to be stronger for the next season.”
	NOTES
	The extended imagery from today's Race at the Phillip Island circuit (Australia) is available on www.yamahamotogp.com.
	RACE RESULT
	1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 40'46.405 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP + 10.836 3. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 + 12.294 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team + 14.893 5. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing + 30.089 6. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Go&Fun Honda Gresini + 30.154 7. Scott Redding (GBR) Go&Fun Honda Gresini + 30.158 8. Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN) Drive M7 Aspar + 33.166 9. Alex De Angelis (RSM) NGM Forward Racing + 33.577 10. Nicky Hayden (USA) Drive M7 Aspar + 34.144 11. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Energy T.I. Pramac Racing + 39.468 12. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Octo IodaRacing Team + 56.684 13. Michael Laverty (GBR) Paul Bird Motorsport + 1'12.813 14. Mike Di Meglio (FRA) Avintia Racing + 1'28.050 15. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Ducati Team Not classified (1 laps) 16. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 Not classified (3 laps) 17. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) NGM Forward Racing Not classified (7 laps) 18. Stefan Bradl (GER) LCR Honda MotoGP Not classified (8 laps) 19. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team Not classified (10 laps) 20. Brok Parkes (AUS) Paul Bird Motorsport Not classified (14 laps) 21. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team Not classified (21 laps) 22. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Pramac Racing Not classified (22 laps) 23. Karel Abraham (CZE) Cardion AB Motoracing Not classified (23 laps)
	CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
	1. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 312 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 255 3. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 247 4. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 230 5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team 166 6. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) NGM Forward Racing 117 7. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 116 8. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 108 9. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Pramac Racing 102 10. Stefan Bradl (GER) LCR Honda MotoGP 96 11. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Go&Fun Honda Gresini 89 12. Scott Redding (GBR) Go&Fun Honda Gresini 70 13. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) Ducati Team 63 14. Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN) Drive M7 Aspar 62 15. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Energy T.I. Pramac Racing 44 16. Nicky Hayden (USA) Drive M7 Aspar 43 17. Karel Abraham (CZE) Cardion AB Motoracing 33 18. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing 14 19. Alex De Angelis (RSM) NGM Forward Racing 14 20. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Octo IodaRacing Team 13 21. Michele Pirro (ITA) Ducati Team 11 22. Colin Edwards (USA) NGM Forward Racing 11 23. Brok Parkes (AUS) Paul Bird Motorsport 7 24. Mike Di Meglio (FRA) Avintia Racing 6 25. Michael Laverty (GBR) Paul Bird Motorsport 5 26. Katsuyuki Nakasuga (JPN) YAMALUBE Racing Team with YSP 4 27. Leon Camier (GBR) Drive M7 Aspar 1
	CIRCUIT INFORMATION
	Technical Informations Circuit Phillip Island Location Phillip Island, Australia Length (m) 4448 Width (m) 13 Turns 12 Turns righ 5 Turns left 7 Pole position left Record Lap Time 1'28.108 Rider M.Marquez Bike Honda Year 2013 Best Lap Time 1'27.899 Rider J.Lorenzo Bike Yamaha Year 2013 2013 Results 1st J.Lorenzo ( Yamaha): 29'07.155 2nd D.Pedrosa (Honda): +6.936 3rd V.Rossi (Yamaha): +12.344
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