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MotoGP: Lorenzo dominates at Mugello, Marquez crashes

The Yamaha rider took the lead away from Andrea Dovizioso on the first lap, as poleman Andrea Iannone was relegated to third.
2 min read1 Jun '15
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Jorge Lorenzo scored his third consecutive MotoGP victory with a dominant performance at Mugello.

The Yamaha rider took the lead away from Andrea Dovizioso on the first lap, as poleman Andrea Iannone was relegated to third.

After the worst qualifying result of his career, Marc Marquez charged from 13th on the grid to fourth by the end of the opening tour, before making quick work of the Ducatis at San Donato on successive laps.

Lorenzo then had Marquez on his tail but was able to pull away from his fellow Spaniard and went on to win by 5.5 seconds, although his advantage had been more than 8s at one stage.

Marquez battled with the two Ducatis for most of the race, and was fighting to reclaim second from Iannone when he crashed out with five laps to go.

Iannone held on to second place to score the best result of his MotoGP career, but any hopes of a double podium for Ducati at home were lost when Dovizioso pitted with a bike issue after slipping down the order.

Valentino Rossi instead claimed a popular podium finish in third, fighting back after a lacklustre start had left him 10th at the end of lap one. He stays in the championship lead, six points ahead of Lorenzo.

Dani Pedrosa was fourth while Bradley Smith took fifth after fellow Briton Cal Crutchlow suffered a second big crash of the day in the closing stages. The LCR Honda rider had earlier hurt himself in a shunt during warm-up.

Pol Espargaro followed his Tech 3 Yamaha team-mate Smith across the line in sixth ahead of Suzuki's Maverick Vinales and third Ducati rider Michele Pirro.

Danilo Petrucci survived an early clash that caused Aleix Espargaro to crash out to finish ninth in front of Pramac team-mate Yonny Hernandez.

RESULTS - 23 LAPS:

Jorge LorenzoYamahaYamaha41m39.173s
2
Andrea IannoneDucatiDucati5.563s
3
Valentino RossiYamahaYamaha6.661s
4
Daniel PedrosaHondaHonda9.978s
5
Bradley SmithTech 3Yamaha15.284s
6
Pol EspargaroTech 3Yamaha15.665s
7
Maverick VinalesSuzukiSuzuki23.805s
8
Michele PirroDucatiDucati29.152s
9
Danilo PetrucciPramac RacingDucati32.008s
10
Yonny HernandezPramac RacingDucati34.571s
11
Scott ReddingMarc VDSHonda38.553s
12
Loris BazForward RacingYamaha Forward42.158s
13
Hector BarberaAvintia RacingDucati44.801s
14
Alvaro BautistaAprilia GresiniAprilia50.435s
15
Eugene LavertyAsparHonda53.060s
16
Mike Di MeglioAvintia RacingDucati1m15.265s
17
Karel AbrahamAB MotoracingHonda1m15.381s
18
Marco MelandriAprilia GresiniAprilia1m41.840s
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Cal CrutchlowLCRHondaRetirement
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Marc MarquezHondaHondaRetirement
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Andrea DoviziosoDucatiDucatiRetirement
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Stefan BradlForward RacingYamaha ForwardRetirement
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Nicky HaydenAsparHondaRetirement
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Aleix EspargaroSuzukiSuzukiRetirement
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Jack MillerLCRHondaRetirement
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Alex de AngelisIodaRacing ProjectART/ApriliaRetirement

RIDERS' STANDINGS:

Valentino Rossi118
2
Jorge Lorenzo112
3
Andrea Dovizioso83
4
Andrea Iannone81
5
Marc Marquez69
6
Bradley Smith57
7
Cal Crutchlow47
8
Pol Espargaro45
9
Maverick Vinales36
10
Danilo Petrucci32
11
Aleix Espargaro31
12
Yonny Hernandez26
13
Daniel Pedrosa23
14
Scott Redding18
15
Hector Barbera16
16
Loris Baz10
17
Michele Pirro8
18
Nicky Hayden8
19
Jack Miller6
20
Hiroshi Aoyama5
21
Alvaro Bautista5
22
Eugene Laverty3
23
Stefan Bradl1

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