Jorge Lorenzo registers strong victory in Brno and takes championship lead
Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo dominates Czech Grand Prix beating Marquez and Rossi thus equalling points on championship leader Rossi.
Lorenzo was pole and looked poised to dominate the race from the start in his inorder to take the championship lead from Rossi and did so. Lorenzo rocketed at the start closely followed by Marquez while Rossi who was on the harder tyres messed up the start and fell back to 5th behind Dovizioso and Iannone.
Lorenzo was strong on the lead and slowly edged away from Marquez who had no answer to Lorenzo´s pace while Rossi overcame the Ducati riders to slot into 3rd. Cal Crutchlow on the satellite Honda crashed out of the race and so did Maverick Vinales on the Suzuki.
Lorenzo crossed the line 4.4 secs ahead of Marquez and 10.3 secs ahead of Rossi in 3rd . Lorenzo and Rossi stand equal in the championship lead with 211 points while Marquez is 52points behind them with 7 races to go.
MotoGP Czech Grand Prix 2015 - Race Results
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time / Gap |
1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 42´53.042 |
2 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | +4.462 |
3 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | +10.397 |
4 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | +13.071 |
5 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | +15.650 |
6 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | +15.725 |
7 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | +21.821 |
8 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | +23.240 |
9 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | +43.784 |
10 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo Pramac Racing | +45.261 |
11 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Octo Pramac Racing | +49.973 |
12 | Scott REDDING | GBR | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | +50.174 |
13 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | +54.437 |
14 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | +54.624 |
15 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Forward Racing | +1´00.316 |
16 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | +1´01.595 |
17 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Aspar MotoGP Team | +1´02.388 |
18 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | +1´05.944 |
19 | Jack MILLER | AUS | CWM LCR Honda | +1´11.407 |
20 | Claudio CORTI | ITA | Forward Racing | +1´50.033 |
21 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | AB Motoracing | +2´02.655 |
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Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 7 Laps | |
Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | CWM LCR Honda | 8 Laps | |
Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Aspar MotoGP Team | 18 Laps | |
Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | 19 Laps |