Repsol Honda's Marquez Wins 12th Race of Season, Pedrosa DNF in Penultimate MotoGP Round in Malaysia

Press Release www.repsolhondateam.com Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Round 17 - Sunday, October 26th 2014   Malaysia - Race Report Weather conditions sunny 36°C Air temp 54°C Track temp 50% Humidity Marquez takes 12th win of 2014 with victory in Malaysia sealing Constructor’s Title for Honda Today in Malaysia, 2014 World Champion Marc Marquez has won his 12th race of the 2014 season and secured Honda’s fourth consecutive Constructors Title. Teammate Dani Pedrosa was in contention for a strong finish today but unfortunately crashed out of the race. Dani, starting from 2nd on the grid, leap frogged teammate Marc from the start and led the race entering turn one as Marc had a brief encounter with Lorenzo and briefly dropping down to 8th. As the riders crossed the line at the end of the first lap, Lorenzo had taken the lead from Dani and Marc was already up to 6th. On lap two, Marc continued to storm through the field – setting a new record race lap (2’01.150) – and passing Bradl and Dovizioso to move up to 4th, then in the final corner Dani made a small mistake and lost the front, crashing out at a fairly low speed. He was able to remount the bike and rejoined the race in 20th. Marc now in third began to chase down race leaders Lorenzo and Rossi as Dani instigated his comeback. On lap ten, Marc passed Lorenzo – who had lost the lead to his teammate – and on the final corner Rossi ran slightly wide and Marc was able to pass. Meanwhile Dani had moved up to 11th place but on lap thirteen he lost the front in turn nine and this time was unable to restart. Marc and Rossi put on a good show for the final eight laps but with two laps to go, Marc opened up the throttle and put a three second gap between him and Rossi. This win in Sepang is Marc’s 12th victory of the season, equalling Repsol Honda’s Mick Doohan’s 1997 record for most wins in a single season in the premier class of racing, and has gifted Honda their 21st premier-class Constructors’ title. Team Quotes 1st - 2014 MotoGP World Champion “This was one of the toughest races of the year for me physically and I'm happy to have equalled Mick Doohan’s record! We knew to expect this kind of weather in Malaysia but it was especially hot today and we all found it hard to finish the race. Halfway into the race the pace slowed down because I think everybody needed to take a breath! I'm happy with how I handled the race, because the first corner was a bit of a nightmare but I was able to come back to the front and stay there, whilst I cooled down my tyres and brakes. I started to attack with 10 laps remaining, then made the difference when there were 5 laps to go.” DNF - Championship Standing: 4th - 230 points “I was enjoying a really good weekend, but in the race I couldn’t get the result. For some reason on lap two I lost the front end and went down. I don't know what could have happened, because I wasn't riding on the limit. Luckily I was able to pick the bike back up, continue the race and regain positions. I rode very well afterwards, with a good feeling, and then the same thing happened again. I wasn't riding on the limit and I crashed a second time, in the same way as before. We are going to look at what might have happened, because it occurred twice in a row and on the same side of the tyre. I would have liked for the race to have finished in a different manner, because we had been doing a very good job all weekend, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.” race results   Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix - Round 17 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 25 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 40'45.523 2 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +2.445 3 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 16 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA +3.508 4 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 13 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA +21.234 5 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 11 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +22.283 6 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA +34.668 7 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 9 Pramac Racing DUCATI +38.435 8 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 8 Ducati Team DUCATI +48.839 9 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 7 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +50.792 10 Scott Redding 45 GBR 6 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA +59.088 11 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 5 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA +1'15.949 12 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 4 Paul Bird Motorsport ART & PBM +1'17.966 13 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 3 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI +1'27.773 14 Broc Parkes 23 AUS 2 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM +1'44.244 15 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 1 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA DNF 16 Danilo Petrucci 9 ITA   IodaRacing Project IODA-SUTER DNF 17 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP   Repsol Honda Team HONDA DNF 18 Karel Abraham 17 CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA DNF 19 Nicky Hayden 69 USA   Drive M7 Aspar HONDA DNF 20 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR   Ducati Team DUCATI DNF 21 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP   NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA DNF 22 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP   Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA DNF Rider standings Sunday, October 26th 2014 Pos. Rider Num. Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marc Marquez 93 ESP 337 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA 275 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 3 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP 263 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 4 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP 230 Repsol Honda Team HONDA 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA 174 Ducati Team DUCATI 6 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP 126 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 7 Bradley Smith 38 GBR 119 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 8 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP 117 NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 9 Stefan Bradl 6 GER 109 LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 10 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA 102 Pramac Racing DUCATI 11 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP 89 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 12 Scott Redding 45 GBR 75 Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 13 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN 67 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 14 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR 64 Ducati Team DUCATI 15 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL 53 Pramac Racing DUCATI 16 Nicky Hayden 69 USA 44 Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 17 Karel Abraham 17 CZE 33 Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 18 Hector Barbera 8 ESP 21 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 19 Alex De Angelis 15 RSM 15 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 9 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 24 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA 9 Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 25 Michael Laverty 70 GBR 9 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 5.548 m / 3.447 miles Width 25m Left corners 5 Right corners 10 Longest straight 920 m / 0.572 miles Constructed 1998 Modified     Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. Jalan Pekeliling 64000 KLIA Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia   www.malaysiangp.com.my   Pole Position 1m 59.791 (166.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race lap 2m 01.150s (164.7km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race time 40m 45.191s (163.3 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) 2013 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 2014 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda)   Honda Racing Corporation 3-15-1, Senzui, Asaka-shi, Saitama-Pref., 351-0024 Japan