With both Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and Dani Pedrosa (Honda) on the sideline with shoulder injuries, young Marc Marquez (Honda) stormed to his second victory of the season at the Sachsenring circuit earlier today, taking the championship points lead in the process. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha), suffering his own injuries following two crashes this weekend, fought his way into second place, and ultimately lost by only 1.5 seconds to Marquez. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) finished third.
We will bring you updates on the condition of Lorenzo and Pedrosa (who has a fracture to his own left collarbone) as the information becomes available. The Laguna Seca round of the series is next weekend.
For additional details, results and points, visit the official MotoGP site.
|
Pos. |
Points |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Bike |
Km/h |
Time/Gap |
| 1 | 25 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 160.2 |
41’14.653 |
| 2 | 20 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 160.1 |
+1.559 |
| 3 | 16 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 159.5 |
+9.620 |
| 4 | 13 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 159.3 |
+13.992 |
| 5 | 11 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 158.8 |
+21.775 |
| 6 | 10 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 158.6 |
+25.080 |
| 7 | 9 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 158.2 |
+30.027 |
| 8 | 8 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 158.2 |
+30.324 |
| 9 | 7 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 157.3 |
+45.355 |
| 10 | 6 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 157.2 |
+47.142 |
I can’t help but be impressed by Aleix Espargaro. He’s out there giving the factory Ducatis fits on a CRT bike. He’s probably glad to be on his current bike instead of the Duc. I’d like to see what he could do with Bautista’s or Smith’s ride.
They should insert a new rule, in that if a rider or member of a team are found guilty of improper behavior, they are sentenced to go to the Ducati team for one year…
Battle of the B Team!? Is that because the A Team isn’t tough enough to stand up to practice sessions? Wimps!
Yeah, and Rossi doesn’t have a “sorted” bike – lol! Guess he isn’t the god everyone thought he is if he can’t “sort” his own bike. Remember the Ducati thing? Burgess and Rossi would win a race in the first three races! Another LOL moment!
re: “Battle of the B Team!? Is that because the A Team isn’t tough enough to stand up to practice sessions? Wimps!”
wow, that’s a terribly insensitive comment regarding a riders health and safety. especially considering they’re doing it so you may be nothing more than “entertained” for an hour…?
re: “especially considering they’re doing it so you may be nothing more than “entertained” for an hour…?”
That isn’t why they do it. That is part of the reason they get paid to do it, but definitely not why they do it.
motivation is just semantics, a “hair split”.
Q: but doesn’t change the net result of it all…?
A: no.
focus, you don’t see a dime of that money. for you the end consumer, it’s EXACTLY like I said, THEIR health in exchange for 1 hr of couch time.
Umm, well you are the one saying “B Team” there, Mr. Sensitive. And, they don’t entertain me much, I don’t have the time to sit around being a couch & keyboard commando, as you obviously do. In my last unit in the Corps, we would call you a Blowfish KIA; has a know-it-all opinion about EVERYTHING!
Hear, hear, DeltaZulu! Well said.
well I could tell from your screen name you have even more to be ashamed by your comment. don’t attempt to redirect the focus off of what you originally said. you have a responsibility to own it. whaddaya think you being a marine somehow makes you exempt…? breaking news, you’re not the only marine on the planet. your service is appreciated, but stop.
re: “has a know-it-all opinion about EVERYTHING!”
question, is it still a “know it all” if I happen to be right…? what then…?
LOL – Oh, I always own what I say, little blowhard “man”. That’s what Marines do, we say what we mean and mean what we say – even more so if it were in person and not via this forum. Anyways, you’re welcome for keeping your little protected panties free. And, ashamed of my screen name – LOFL!!! If you knew what it meant, you’d be really ashamed of your little sheeple self. Normmy G, the funny little blowfish KIA “man”…..
Rossi will likely go very well at Laguna, a track Marquez has never ridden. With no Lorenzo on the grid and Pedroza still on the mend, this one is Rossi’s for the taking. Obviously Crutchlow will also be right there. Pedroza is the wild card next week, although one would be foolish to discount the very real prospect of Marquez nabbing another win. What does the kid have now, only one non-podium finish the entire season?
Yeah, he’ll probably continue that trend next week.
Though I’m sorely tempted to say…
1. Rossi
2. Marquez
3. Pedroza
…instead I will predict…
1. Marquez
2. Rossi
3. Crutchlow
And oh, those poor Ducati riders. Week after week it’s the same Sisyphean results and the same telling quotes pre- and post-race. These guys are taking that whole grin-and-bear-it thing to ever lower Dante-esque rings of Corporate Speak torture.
Kee-rist. It’s become well beyond embarrassing.
Shouldn’t matter. According to Rossi,it’s not the bike, it’s the rider. That’s why he split with Honda and went to Yamaha. Funny how his results improve dramatically when he goes from Ducati back to Yamaha.
Rossi’s results have improved but I’m not sure I would call them “dramatically improved” – he’s still only 5th in points and running behind a satellite rider who is presumably on a slower bike.
Compared to his results with Ducati, I would say the results are dramatic. Dramatic or not, my point is he split with Honda because he said it was mostly the rider, not the bike whereas Honda felt it was mostly the bike.. So with that Rossi’s logic, his result should have been just as good at Ducati as they were at Honda or Yamaha previously.
You mean a factory bike under Crutchlow? Rossi already has a factory bike.
no, I chose my words carefully. 🙂
it’s the “battle of the B-team”.
ok yam, will you NOW put a sorted bike under ross…? or are you content with a “rook” making off with your title defense…?
Do you think they are really keeping the best parts for Jorge? I think Rossi is getting the same parts… I think he’s just getting older and (slightllllly) slower.