Marc Marquez
won the German MotoGP at Sachsenring to make it nine victories in nine races
this season, despite starting from the pit lane.
The Spaniard, 21, took to the grid on wets, amid patchy rain, but switched to
his slick-tyre bike on the warm-up lap.
With the majority of the field doing the same, the world champion took the
lead on lap six and never looked back.
The championship leader finished 1.46secs ahead of Honda team-mate Dani
Pedrosa, with Jorge Lorenzo in third.
All the podium finishers started from the pit lane.
Marc Marquez is the first rider to win
nine consecutive races since Italian Giacomo Agostini in 1970
Germany's Stefan Bradl, who made a pre-race change to dry weather tyres while
still on the grid, started alone on the front row.
But the 24-year-old was quickly caught on a bike that was still largely set
up for wet weather and eventually finished 16th in his home grand prix.
Marquez, who had qualified on pole but then had to fight through from 10th,
is the first rider to win nine consecutive races since Italian Giacomo Agostini
in 1970.
He extended his world championship lead to 77 points.
Fellow Spaniard Pedrosa's second place moved the 28-year-old ahead of
six-time world champion Valentino Rossi in the overall standings after the
Italian finished fourth on his Yamaha
(BBC SPORTS)
Sachsenring is a track which Espargaro enjoys, giving him good results aboard the Aprilia CRT machine last year. Much of the weekend has been spent testing the Forward chassis as opposed to the Yamaha one he has been running so far in 2014.
The soft tyre had given Espargaro an edge in the previous sessions allowing him to lead on the first day. Again these tyres provided a boost in Q2, helping to close the gap in engine performance between the Open and Factory bikes.
A lap of 1’21.376s put him ahead of both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) on their factory Yamaha machines.
Espargaro commented, “We are doing a great weekend here, we’re close to the top even on used tyres. We missed the front row by just a tiny margin. We need to work and focus on which tyre we’re going to use over the race. The team and I must talk about it tonight.”
“It is good to keep this level, I am getting more and more confidence and am able to fight with the top guys. We hope to continue this for as long as we can,” he added.
(moto gp.com)
SACHSENRING - Partenza in massa dalla pit lane per il cambio gomme, ma il finale in Germania non è diverso dal solito, con Marc Marquez su Honda che centra il suo nono successo consecutivo, non succedeva dal 1970, l’ultimo a riuscirci è stato Giacomo Agostini. Sul podio con Marc c’è anche il suo compagno di squadra Dani Pedrosa, mentre Jorge Lorenzo su Yamaha si deve accontentare del terzo posto. Quarto al traguardo
Valentino Rossi, seguito da Andrea Iannone su Ducati Pramac, quinto e al suo miglior risultato in MotoGP. Sesto Aleix Espargarò, seguito dal fratello Pol, Dovizioso su Ducati è ottavo, poi c'è Bautista, con Cal Crutchlow che chiude la Top Ten.
RIMONTA MARQUEZ - L’unico tra i piloti delle prime file a mantere le gomme rain e a partire dalla griglia era stato Stefan Bradl della Honda Lcr, al primo giro Marquez era al decimo posto e ha iniziato una rimnta martellante. In un paio di giri ha recuperato e superato il tedesco - che ha poi chiuso addirittura sedicesimo - portandosi in testa fino alla fine.
CLASSIFICA BLINDATA - Tutti dietro Marc Marquez anche in classifica: con il nono successo lo spagnolo arriva a 225 punti complessivi, lontanissimi tutti gli altri, a parire da Pedrosa (148) che adesso è secondo da solo e si sgancia da Valentino Rossi (141). Quarto in classifica Andrea Dovizioso (99), Lorenzo è quinto a 97. I fratelli Espargarò sono subito dietro con Aleix (77) che precede Pol (67). Sale in classifica anche Andrea Iannone (62) che scavalca Stefan Bradl (56).
(sito del corrieredellosport)
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