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

 

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