Marc Márquez has won the 100th GP for Honda in the modern MotoGP. The Catalan had an incredible battle for the victory with his teammate Dani Pedrosa who finally finished third. Rossi crossed the line on second place.
Marquez crossed the line half a second in front of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Rossi, surviving a late scare as Pedrosa touched his rear wheel in the final stages, the latter almost crashing and having to settle for third.
Rossi led for much of the race with the Repsol Honda duo chasing him down in the final stages, with Pedrosa returning to form following his recent arm pump surgery and subsequent problems – only to make that late mistake. The threat of rain lingered for the duration of the race, though a light shower was short-lived.
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) followed the front three throughout the race but was never quite close enough to join the podium fight. He eventually crossed the finishing line 2.7s behind Pedrosa.
Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) rode a lonely race to fifth, staying in position despite running wide early on, whilst Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) finished just under two seconds in front of his brother Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) in sixth.
The top ten was completed by Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3).
Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) crashed out early on, with Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) falling midrace, the yellow flags caused by the Frenchman’s flag initially distracting the front runners in their intense battle at the front.
Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) both retired due to technical issues.
Results:
Pos. | Nº | Rider | Team | Motorbike | Gap | Diff | |
1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | ||
2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 00,512 | + 00,512 |
3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | + 01,322 | + 01,834 |
4 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 02,706 | + 04,540 |
5 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | + 06,608 | + 11,148 |
6 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 03,065 | + 14,213 |
7 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 01,914 | + 16,127 |
8 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 00,048 | + 16,175 |
9 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 01,865 | + 18,040 |
10 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 06,741 | + 24,781 |
11 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 12,372 | + 37,153 |
12 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 05,768 | + 42,921 |
13 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 00,378 | + 43,299 |
14 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 11,858 | + 55,157 |
15 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 04,034 | + 59,191 |
16 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 01,715 | + 1:00,906 |
17 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 00,378 | + 1:01,284 |
18 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 04,837 | + 1:06,121 |
19 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 19,074 | + 1:25,195 |
20 | 84 | Michel FABRIZIO | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | + 15,470 | + 1:40,665 |
21 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | Retired | |
22 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | Retired | |
23 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | Retired | |
24 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | Retired |