Marc Márquez continues making history. The Catalan is the definition of raze, after securing his tenth victory of the season (tenth consecutive wins). Jorge Lorenzo finished second and Valentino Rossi completing the podium.
Andrea Dovizioso got the first place in the start but from the second row Rossi got the first place in the third curve followed by Dovizioso, Pedrosa and Iannone. Marquez went down from the pole to place fourth. Very different from his teammate, Dani Pedrosa who started eighth.
The Italian doublet was in front with a small distance with Lorenzo, Marquez and those fighting for third place. Dovizioso on lap six was trying to overtake Rossi, reaching the position in Turn 1 but Rossi would attack him very aggressively in Turns 2 and 3, making both lost the lead with Marquez seizing the first place. But this lap 6 was still a crazy because two corners later Rossi recovered the second place and overtook Lorenzo in the last corners of the circuit back to first place, beating Marquez, who had made a mistake.
Four laps later Lorenzo overtook Marquez at the first corner but the latter did not give up and around the next turn surpassed back Lorenzo and Rossi up to first place. Meanwhile, Pedrosa reached the fifth place by beating Andrea Iannone. Espargaró and Bradl abandoned the race because of an accident in the first sector, in the middle of the race.
Márquez achieved a good gap regarding his pursuers, leaving the excitement of the race for Yamaha in the fight for second place, and with Pedrosa being in fourth place by beating Dovizioso.
But in the closing laps almost every driver rolled far apart, leaving no room for anyone to try overtaking and making Marc Márquez achieve the tenth win of the season, equaling the record of Agostini.
Results:
Pos. | Nº | Rider | Team | Motorbike | Gap | Diff | |
1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | ||
2 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 01,803 | + 01,803 |
3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 04,755 | + 06,558 |
4 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | + 03,458 | + 10,016 |
5 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 07,791 | + 17,807 |
6 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 01,797 | + 19,604 |
7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 01,155 | + 20,759 |
8 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 01,037 | + 21,796 |
9 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 00,711 | + 22,507 |
10 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 15,253 | + 37,760 |
11 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | + 09,370 | + 47,130 |
12 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 00,216 | + 47,346 |
13 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 03,573 | + 50,919 |
14 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 00,284 | + 51,203 |
15 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 21,410 | + 1:12,613 |
DNF | 2 | Leon Camier | GBR | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | Retired | |
DNF | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | Retired | |
DNF | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | Retired | |
DNF | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | Retired | |
DNF | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | Retired | |
DNF | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | Retired | |
DNF | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | Retired | |
DNF | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | Retired< |