Marquez extends lead with victory

Marquez extends lead with victory

Marc Marquez extended his MotoGP championship lead as he claimed a second consecutive race win on his Laguna Seca debut.

Sunday, July 21, 2013 (8:50 pm)

The Spaniard belied his inexperience of the Californian track all weekend, leading three of the four practice sessions and only missing out on pole due to a crash.

It was Stefan Bradl who grabbed pole and he held his lead for over half the race.

Marquez made a slightly slow start and needed to first fight back past Valentino Rossi, achieving that with a scrabbling Corkscrew pass in which both took to the dirt.

Bradl was 1.6s clear after that tussle, but Marquez’s works Honda was soon shadowing the LCR example. A long chase ensued, before Marquez eventually slipped ahead into the final corner then pulled away.

Bradl was still able to claim his first MotoGP podium in a comfortable second place, two seconds behind Marquez, who is now 16 points clear in the championship.

Rossi had to settle for third on the top Yamaha, fending off race-long pressure from Alvaro Bautista – who was just 0.059s away from denying Rossi a podium when they charged over the line.

Marquez’s title rivals Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo had gentle races to fifth and sixth as they nursed their injuries.

Lorenzo had jumped to fourth early on before fading, although he still had sufficient reserves to stay clear of a muted Cal Crutchlow.

The two factory Ducatis had a wild fight for eighth place, won narrowly by home rider Nicky Hayden over team-mate Andrea Dovizioso.

An early crash ended Aleix Espargaro’s unbeaten CRT run. Avintia’s Hector Barbera emerged on top in class in 10th overall, after a long battle with Colin Edwards and the prototype Pramac Ducati of Alex de Angelis.

 

Full Results

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 44m 0.695s
2. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 44m 2.993s
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 44m 5.193s
4. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 44m 5.252s
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 44m 9.952s
6. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 44m 13.665s
7. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 44m 15.999s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 44m 34.658s
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 44m 34.824s
10. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 45m 3.064s
11. Alex De Angelis RSM Ignite Pramac Racing (GP13) 45m 3.299s
12. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 45m 4.288s
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* 45m 21.145s
14. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (ART CRT) +1 lap
15. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) +1 lap
16. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* +1 lap
17. Bryan Staring AUS Go&Fun Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) +l lap
18. Lukas Pesek CZE Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* +1 lap

 

DNF
Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) DNF
Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) DNF
Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) DNF
Claudio Corti ITA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* DNF
Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART CRT)* DNF

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