Marc Márquez leads the MotoGP race in Austin, Pedrosa 2nd and Dovi 3rd
The MotoGP World Championship has wrapped up the racing action at the Austin Circuit, where the second race of the 2014 season was held, so maximum action on the USA track from the first corner to the very end. Márquez has been brilliant from the start, while Pedrosa was 2nd and Lorenzo made a serious error at the start.
The MotoGP World Championship has wrapped up the racing action at the Austin Circuit, where the second race of the 2014 season was held, so maximum action on the USA track from the first corner to the very end.
The start was very good for Marc Márquez, who held his position, while Jorge Lorenzo made a very serious error at the start, got well ahead of the field at the start and was penalised with a ride-through by Race Direction. It is clear that the 99 himself realised his mistake and served his penalty.
Given this situation with Lorenzo, Márquez was behind the 99, but as leader and pulling away from the rest of the riders, put Pedrosa in 2nd, with a surprising Iannone in third place. Meanwhile Rossi fought with Crutchlow and his Ducati, managing to overtake the 35 and going after Iannone who was in third place, but with a very interesting group formed by Rossi-Bradl-Cal-Dovi-Smith-P.Espargaró.
The race settled down after that somewhat complicated start, with Márquez maintaining his position, Pedrosa 2nd, and the battle between Rossi-Iannone taking centre stage. Of course, all eyes were on Lorenzo and his comeback from the back of the grid.
With 10 laps to go we saw Rossi starting to have problems, as Bradl, Dovi and the two Monster Yamaha bikes overtook him, so the 46 was struggling, while Márquez kept up his brutal pace, followed by Pedrosa at a considerable distance and with Iannone in third place. We also saw Crutchlow’s crash, which was very nasty and left us worried.
In the final laps the excitement centred on the fight for third place between Dovi-Bradl-Iannone. We also watched Lorenzo’s comeback from the rear closely, reaching 10th with 5 laps to go and with his sights set on A.Espargaró.
And the final lap arrived with Márquez unreachable, followed by Pedrosa but far behind, and Dovi in third place, while a lovely battle between Smith-Bradl took place. The top 10 was completed with Márquez 1st, Pedrosa 2nd, Dovi 3rd, Bradl 4th, Smith 5th, P.Espargaró 6th, Iannone 7th, Rossi 8th, A.Espargaró 9th (the best Open rider) and 10th Lorenzo. The World Championship remains dominated by Márquez, who has 50 points out of a possible 50, for now control of the MotoGP World Champion, though it’s worth noting the huge scare the 93 had at the last corner when he went wide for a second, it seems Marc doesn’t know how to ride slowly.
Austin is Márquez territory.
Photo | MotoGP official website and teams
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Hola
Lo de Lorenzo es de traca. Esta claro que los nervios le pueden. ¿presión? Quien sabe. Al parecer Crutchlow tiene un dedo roto y no creen que sea impedimento para correr en Argentina… Espero que esté en condiciones. El Británico lleva un inicio de campeonato para olvidar.
Marc solo sabe ir rápido! jajaja… En cuanto baja el ritmo, se desconcentra, se despista… y por poco la lía. Ya le dirán algo los mandamases de Honda, que para estas cosas se lo toman todo muy en serio. 🙂
Da gusto volver a ver a las Ducati de nuevo por ahí arriba, aunque como lo hagan muy a menudo les van a quitar las ventajas de ser Open… Pero por lo menos podrán degustar las mieles del éxito de nuevo mientras puedan y de paso evolucionar unos motores que ya parece que van bien.
Me lo he pasado en grande… Un día completo 🙂
Gracias por todo… Un saludo.
llevamos solo dos carreras y creo que este mundial ya tiene dueño. Tiene a su principal por no decir único rival que es Jorge Lorenzo a 44 puntos cuando solo se han jugado 50. Jorge parece empeñado en no querer luchar por el mundial. Espero que Jorge espabile y nos ofrezca espectáculo del que el sabe dar porque sino creo que este mundial va a ser muy aburrido con un marc dominador absoluto. Animo Jorge!!!