Marc Márquez dazzles again at MotoGP Brno, with Pedrosa 2nd and Lorenzo 3rd

The MotoGP World Championship has held its eleventh round of the 2013 season at the Brno Circuit, where we have seen a fantastic race, in which Marc Márquez has claimed victory in the premier class, with Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo joining him on the podium.

The start was spectacular for Jorge Lorenzo, the Yamaha rider got away with everything and took the lead, setting fastest lap after fastest lap. The 99 flew in the early laps and dazzled with his race pace, without a doubt surprising the rest of the rivals, since in just one lap he already had a 1-second gap over the other riders.

Behind, we also saw a great start from Pedrosa, who got onto the tail of his teammate Márquez, who was in second place, in pursuit mode of Lorenzo. The Repsol riders began to close the gap on the Yamaha rider, corner by corner, lap by lap they gave everything to catch Lorenzo, managing to cut the gap with 18 laps to go, but with maximum interest. In short, everything pointed to a battle between the three Spanish riders, with Lorenzo-Márquez-Pedrosa providing a lot of action.

Another point of interest was the next group with Bautista-Crutchlow and Rossi, who overtook and re-overtook each other, trying to reach the leading group, but the fight between them allowed the front riders to open a gap and contest the victory among themselves.

With 13 laps to go, Márquez and Pedrosa managed to catch Lorenzo, and the war began, the three Spanish riders at full tilt and a spectacular finish between them. To add to the drama, with 10 laps to go they showed the white flag for flag-to-flag because of some drops of rain and light drizzle, so riders could enter the pits to change bikes.

The chaos began with 7 laps to go, with an attempt by Márquez that the 99 returned, and then he tried again on the inside in a very tricky section and managed to take the lead, while Lorenzo moved into 2nd and Pedrosa kept his distance, watching but close behind them. Maximum excitement in the final laps. Márquez tried again with 4 laps to go and pulled it off, but Lorenzo defended like a cat on its back; the champion was not going to give it up easily, so Brno delivered pure action, and he pushed to change the pace and open a gap.

With 3 laps to go, Pedrosa took a big bite out of Lorenzo and went into pursuit mode of Márquez, but Marc was very strong and managed half a second’s gap over his teammate. Pure action from our riders, while we watched Bautista overtake Rossi, but the Italian at the last moment passed our rider and finally took fourth place.

Brutal what we witnessed in Brno. Márquez has claimed his fifth victory of the 2013 season and his fourth consecutive win, without a doubt the 93 keeps working magic in his debut, with Pedrosa second who fought to the very end, and Jorge Lorenzo third who lost strength in the final moments. Márquez keeps making history: he is the first rookie to win five races in a season.

The top 10 was completed by Rossi 4th, Bautista 5th, Bradl 6th, Dovi 7th, Hayden 8th, Iannone 9th and Espargaró 10th. In the overall standings Márquez now leads with 26 points over Pedrosa and 44 points over Lorenzo. Regarding crashes, we saw several in just a few laps, including those of Bauer, Pesek, Barberá, Crutchlow and Corti.

Márquez shines in a race for our riders in Brno.

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