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2013 FIM MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 World Championships Round 8, German Grand Prix, Sachsenring Race day, Sunday, 14 July 2013

Weather: warm and mostly sunny
Temperature: Ambient 23 degrees C / Track 42 degrees C

MARQUEZ WINS AT THE ‘RING TO RETAKE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda RC213V) won a brilliant victory in today’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, resisting a determined charge from Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) during the final stages. Marquez’s second MotoGP win puts the 20-year-old rookie back into the World Championship lead, two points ahead of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) who sat out the race following a heavy tumble yesterday. Local hero Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda RC213V) entertained the huge German crowd by leading the early laps and equalling his best premier-class result with a fourth-place finish.

Marquez started from pole position for the third time this year but was content to ease into the race at a track which is notorious for catching out riders when the tyres aren’t fully up to their optimum operating temperature. He was fourth for the first two laps, while Bradl led.
On lap three he started pushing forward, moving into third place and then into second two laps later. The following lap, lap six, he grabbed the lead from Bradl, cutting inside the German at the final turn, repeating the move he had put on Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) the previous lap.

Once ahead, Marquez immediately opened a gap of four tenths and by lap 15, half distance, he was
2.3 seconds ahead of Crutchlow who had also moved passed Rossi. Marquez was riding superbly and managing his advantage, which hovered just above the two-second mark for several laps. But then in the last five laps Crutchlow started nibbling away at the gap, taking a tenth here and a tenth there. The final few laps were full of tension as the Briton edged closer still, until halfway through the final lap he was just 1.3 seconds behind. Of course, Marquez had managed the gap to perfection and wheelied across the finish line 1.559 seconds in front.

The reigning Moto2 World Champion’s second victory in the elite class puts him two points ahead of Pedrosa as the 2013 campaign moves towards its halfway point at Laguna Seca next weekend. Marquez’s 28th career GP victory was also his fourth in a row at the ultra-challenging
Sachsenring: he won here on a 125 in 2010, on a
Moto2 bike in 2011 and 2012 and now on a MotoGP machine.

Pedrosa was ruled out of the race after a nasty highside at the first turn during yesterday morning’s FP3 practice session. The 27-year-old was thrown high from his machine and landed heavily on his left shoulder. The impact left him with a partially fractured left collarbone and other complications, including dizziness and low blood pressure. After undergoing checks at the trackside medical facilities he was taken by helicopter to Chemnitz hospital for further examinations. The former 125 and 250 World Champion was cleared to take part in this morning’s warm-up session but shortly before the outing his blood pressure dropped once again and he began to feel dizzy once more, so the MotoGP medical staff decided he wasn’t fit to start the race.

Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) – the other main man in the championship battle – also missed today’s race following a heavy tumble on Friday afternoon which aggravated the left collarbone he broke at Assen. Lorenzo had the injury plated so he could ride in the Dutch TT but Friday’s accident bent the metalwork fixing the bone, necessitating further surgery.

Former Moto2 World Champion Bradl fought hard to score his first MotoGP podium but it wasn’t quite to be. Boosted by massive home-crowd support, the 23-year-old led the first five laps of the 30 lap race but once he was passed by the others he knew he lacked corner speed in the second sector, so he had to be happy with fourth place behind nine-time World Champion Rossi.

Alvaro Bautista (Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini
RC213V) rode a strong first few laps, coming through from the third row of the grid to fourth place on lap three, just behind Marquez. However, the Spaniard wasn’t quite able to maintain his impressive progress due to some traction issues in the faster part of the track and slipped back to fifth place, which he held from lap four all the way to the finish.

Bryan Staring (GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR Honda) had a disappointing day at the Sachsenring, sliding off without injury with three laps remaining.

Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter) scored a brilliant maiden Grand Prix victory in the Honda-powered Moto2 race, getting the better of long-time leader Pol Espargaro (Tuenti HP40 Pons Kalex) at two-thirds distance. The 25-year-old Spaniard spent the earlier part of the race shadowing Espargaro, with Simone Corsi (NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up) right with them in third place, waiting to pounce.

Torres’ winning move was the classic Sachsenring overtaking manoeuvre: building speed through the high-speed and treacherous Turn 11 to set up a pass into Turn 12, the penultimate corner. Once ahead, he eked a gap and finally crossed the line more than two seconds ahead of Corsi, who had successfully attacked Espargaro at Turn Four on the final lap.

Winner of the last two races, Espargaro had to be content with third, a result which nevertheless further reduced his disadvantage to championship leader Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex) who could only manage seventh place today. The pair are separated by 23 points as they go into their summer break. While the MotoGP class races at Laguna next Sunday, the next race for Moto2 and Moto3 riders is the Indianapolis Grand Prix on August 18.

Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team Kalex) finished a lonely fourth, three seconds down on Espargaro after he had run with the lead group during the early stages. Alex De Angelis (NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up) and Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Suter) were fifth and sixth after getting the better of Redding during the middle stages of the race.

Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team Speed Up) had a great ride, coming through from 16th on the grid to finish eighth, less than a tenth of a second ahead of Xavier Simeon (Desguaces La Torre Maptaq
Kalex) who started from pole position but spoiled his race day with a high-speed fall in morning warm-up. Assen podium finisher Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert Suter) completed the top ten.

Jack Miller (Caretta Technology – RTG FTR Honda) had a strong ride to seventh in the Moto3 race – won by Alex Rins (KTM) – after running with the leading group during the early stages. The Australian’s spectacular, aggressive riding saw him move into second on lap three but as the race wore on he was unable to match the pace of the leaders, losing touch through the track’s faster sections. During the latter stages he found himself all alone. His result puts him seventh overall in the World Championship as the Moto3 class begins its midseason break.

Brad Binder (Ambrogio Racing Suter Honda) enjoyed a frantic battle to get into the top ten for the first time since May’s French GP. The young South African saw his chance at the final corner, where the two riders in front of him were arguing over the same piece of tarmac, which allowed Binder to slip through on the inside, moving from 11th to ninth as the chequered flag awaited. Binder now sits eighth in the overall standings, just one point behind Miller.

Isaac Vinales (Bimbo Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR
Honda) was the next Honda man across the line, finishing 12th, a fraction ahead of Romano Fenati (San Carlo Team Italia FTR Honda). Niccolo Antonelli (GO&FUN Gresini FTR Honda) scored the final point in 15th position.

Honda MotoGP rider quotes

Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda: race winner
“I am very happy with this victory. It was important to have a good race under the circumstances this weekend, without Dani and Jorge on track. I wish them a speedy recovery, because winning is important but without them the triumph isn’t quite the same. Even so, it is a good result, since we have taken the maximum points available and ridden a completely different race to those that we’ve had before. We led the race and maintained the gap to second place. It was good experience, although I perhaps prefer races that are a little more of a battle!
We should be happy, and we have also held up well physically at a circuit where there is no time to rest on the bike. We’ll see how it goes in Laguna Seca, which will be a hard GP for me because I’ve never ridden there. We’ll take it step by step and remain calm whilst we get up to speed.”

Stefan Bradl, LCR Honda MotoGP: 4th
“I think it was a good weekend for us even if we missed the chance to achieve the podium. Actually I have done a good start and I was capable to lead the race for some laps but, when the guys passed me, I could see that they had more corner speed especially in section 2 which was the weak point for us. In the rest of the circuit we have been very competitive and very fast so we are pretty satisfied about our job. Okay… I missed the chance to reward my Team and my crowd with a podium finish but we do not give up and we will keep on fighting in Laguna. A special thanks to my fans… I could feel their huge support these days and it was something special to me.”

Alvaro Bautista, Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini: 5th “We finished in fifth place which at the end of the day is not a great result but after a great start I just wasn’t able to keep in touch with the riders at the front. We had some traction problems in the second sector, which is where I was losing a lot of time and I could only just hold the gap in the other sectors. I tried to get closer but I couldn’t manage it and fifth place is still a positive result for us after the Dutch race because it’s a step forward. Now I am sure we can make more progress at Laguna with the help of the team, who are doing a great job.”

Bryan Staring, GO&FUN Honda Gresini: DNF “My confidence is on the floor right now! Four crashes in a weekend is four too many and the one in the race was particularly stupid. I was letting the front three lap me and lost concentration going into Turn One and ended up crashing. I am really sorry to the team, who are doing so much to help me.”

Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda: Did not start “This morning I had my check up in the medical centre and I felt okay. My shoulder was painful but otherwise I felt fine. The doctors declared me fit to take part in warm-up. Then shortly before the session I began to feel dizzy again and my blood pressure dropped. The doctors came to see me in my truck and we decided I shouldn’t take part in the session. I returned to my motorhome to rest and still felt dizzy and sick.
The doctors arrived at my motorhome and informed me that they did not consider I was okay to race and would therefore declare me unfit.”

Moto2 rider quotes

Jordi Torres, Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2: race winner “After all our work over the weekend I knew I had pace, so at the beginning of the race I thought that I could take and hold the lead. After the first laps behind Pol I saw that in some sections I was closer to him and I was riding comfortably.
I was just thinking about saving my tyres for the end of the race. Having familiarised ourselves with the chatter in practice, we were able to have confidence when overtaking Pol and trying to extend a gap. I saw the opportunity and I took advantage of it, as I did not want to bet it all on the last lap with veteran riders like Corsi and Espargaro in contention. I am very happy with my first win, now I have the summer break to take it in. It is an honour for me to win a GP. I had a chance, coming from the CEV [the Spanish national championship], and I have taken it. I hope to continue in this way. Although today I learned a lot, especially to believe in myself, I still have to continue to accumulate experience.
We must continue demanding more of ourselves every day. When I crossed the finish line I was overcome with emotion; this victory is dedicated to my brother Ruben and my whole family.”

Simone Corsi, NGM Mobile Racing: 2nd
“I am very happy, everything went really well today. We needed a good result such as this second place for both the team and me. Maybe we could have done a little better today but I didn’t want to risk missing the podium after overtaking Espargaro. Today the bike performed very well and that was what really made the difference. We now leave for the summer break having achieved our goal of a podium. We will go to Indianapolis knowing that we have a competitive bike and knowing that we will be able score good results in the second half of the season.”

Pol Espargaro, Tuenti HP40 Pons: 3rd
“I’m happy with this podium because I reduced the points gap to the leader, even though it’s true that we could have got more points. But going into Catalunya we were 47 points behind and now the gap is 23 points, so we have halved the gap in three races. The key is to keep working, pushing and winning when I can and adding maximum points when winning isn’t possible. I started the race well and was monitoring the situation, but eventually Torres came past and his tyres seemed fresher than mine so I could not follow him.
Corsi passed me on the last lap and although I tried to recover second place the risk was too high to come away with nothing. Congratulations to Torres, who has worked hard to get here. His success shows that with effort you can get where you want to be.”

Honda Moto3 Rider quotes

Jack Miller, Caretta Technology – RTG: 7th “It was a good race, we did a good job. I got with the front group, which was great, but then I made a small mistake. I had to push so hard into the turns on the brakes that I went wide, onto the dirty stuff and almost off the track. As soon as I lost seven tenths on them it was impossible to catch them. I was faster than them in the first section but I was losing time up the hill through those fast lefts and then down the hill.
As soon as I lost the slipstream I couldn’t do anything.”

Brad Binder, Ambrogio Racing Suter: 9th
“I was so lucky at the last corner. It looked like the guys in front of me were going to ride into each other, so I went up the inside, across the kerb and passed them both right there.
Luckily the finish line is close to the corner, so I made it into the top ten which isn’t too bad, though ninth place isn’t too great either.
I’m trying so hard, so it’s good to be back in the top ten.”

Isaac Vinales, Bimbo Ongetta-Centro Seta: 12th “Once again it was a race of groups, with a lot of fighting for the top ten. I started well and the idea was to hook up with the leading group as the race progressed but the fight in the second group with seven riders passing each other was fun, continual overtaking makes it difficult to impose your own rhythm. Anyway, I’m happy to have scored points in five consecutive races. Now I want to take advantage of the break to train hard for the Indianapolis GP circuit which is very interesting.”

RESULTS

MOTOGP
RACE: (30 laps = 110.13 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 41'14.653 / 160.2 /
2 / Cal CRUTCHLOW / GBR / Monster Yamaha Tech 3 / YAMAHA / 41'16.212 / 160.1 / 1.559
3 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Yamaha Factory Racing / YAMAHA / 41'24.273 / 159.5 / 9.62
4 / Stefan BRADL / GER / LCR Honda MotoGP / HONDA / 41'28.645 / 159.3 / 13.992
5 / Alvaro BAUTISTA / SPA / GO&FUN Honda Gresini / HONDA / 41'36.428 / 158.8 / 21.775
6 / Bradley SMITH / GBR / Monster Yamaha Tech 3 / YAMAHA / 41'39.733 / 158.6 / 25.08
7 / Andrea DOVIZIOSO / ITA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 41'44.680 / 158.2 / 30.027
8 / Aleix ESPARGARO / SPA / Power Electronics Aspar / ART / 41'44.977 / 158.2 / 30.324
9 / Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 42'00.008 / 157.3 / 45.355
10 / Michele PIRRO / ITA / Ignite Pramac Racing / DUCATI / 42'01.795 / 157.2 / 47.142
11 / Hector BARBERA / SPA / Avintia Blusens / FTR / 42'02.477 / 157.1 / 47.824
12 / Randy DE PUNIET / FRA / Power Electronics Aspar / ART / 42'03.176 / 157.1 / 48.523
13 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / NGM Mobile Forward Racing / FTR KAWASAKI / 42'09.081 / 156.7 / 54.428
14 / Danilo PETRUCCI / ITA / Came IodaRacing Project / IODA-SUTER / 42'14.976 / 156.3 / 1'00.323
15 / Claudio CORTI / ITA / NGM Mobile Forward Racing / FTR KAWASAKI / 42'20.183 / 156 / 1'05.530

Pole Position: Marc MARQUEZ 1'21.311 162.5 Km/h Fastest Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'22.066 161.0 Km/h Lap 16 Circuit Record Lap: Dani PEDROSA 1'21.846 161.4 Km/h 2011 Circuit Best Lap: Casey STONER 1'21.067 163.0 Km/h 2008

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION TILL DATE:
1 MARQUEZ 138, 2 PEDROSA 136, 3 LORENZO 127, 4 CRUTCHLOW 107, 5 ROSSI 101,
6 DOVIZIOSO 74, 7 BRADL 64, 8 BAUTISTA 58, 9 HAYDEN 57, 10 ESPARGARO 52,
11 SMITH 51, 12 PIRRO 36, 13 IANNONE 24, 14 DE PUNIET 19, 15 BARBERA 18.

MOTO2
RACE: (29 laps = 106.459 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Jordi TORRES / SPA / Aspar Team Moto2 / SUTER / 41'19.636 / 154.5 /
2 / Simone CORSI / ITA / NGM Mobile Racing / SPEED UP / 41'21.800 / 154.4 / 2.164
3 / Pol ESPARGARO / SPA / Tuenti HP 40 / KALEX / 41'22.130 / 154.4 / 2.494
4 / Julian SIMON / SPA / Italtrans Racing Team / KALEX / 41'25.045 / 154.2 / 5.409
5 / Alex DE ANGELIS / RSM / NGM Mobile Forward Racing / SPEED UP / 41'27.182 / 154 / 7.546
6 / Thomas LUTHI / SWI / Interwetten Paddock
Moto2 Rac / SUTER / 41'27.463 / 154 / 7.827
7 / Scott REDDING / GBR / Marc VDS Racing Team / KALEX / 41'30.877 / 153.8 / 11.241
8 / Anthony WEST / AUS / QMMF Racing Team / SPEED UP / 41'32.404 / 153.7 / 12.768
9 / Xavier SIMEON / BEL / Desguaces La Torre Maptaq / KALEX / 41'32.446 / 153.7 / 12.81
10 / Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / Technomag carXpert / SUTER / 41'32.755 / 153.7 / 13.119
11 / Takaaki NAKAGAMI / JPN / Italtrans Racing Team / KALEX / 41'32.921 / 153.7 / 13.285
12 / Johann ZARCO / FRA / Came Iodaracing Project / SUTER / 41'33.169 / 153.7 / 13.533
13 / Mika KALLIO / FIN / Marc VDS Racing Team / KALEX / 41'36.111 / 153.5 / 16.475
14 / Esteve RABAT / SPA / Tuenti HP 40 / KALEX / 41'45.187 / 152.9 / 25.551
15 / Sandro CORTESE / GER / Dynavolt Intact GP / KALEX / 41'50.527 / 152.6 / 30.891

Pole Position: Xavier SIMEON 1'24.665 156.0 Km/h Fastest Lap (New record): Julian SIMON 1'24.809 155.8 Km/h Lap 5 Old Circuit Record Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'38.391 166.1 Km/h 2012 Circuit Best Lap: Jordi TORRES 1'24.634 156.1 Km/h 2013

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 REDDING 143, 2 ESPARGARO 120, 3 RABAT 88, 4 AEGERTER 83, 5 KALLIO 81,
6 ZARCO 67, 7 TEROL 58, 8 TORRES 58, 9 SIMEON 51, 10 CORSI 50, 11 LUTHI 46,
12 NAKAGAMI 45, 13 DE ANGELIS 41, 14 SIMON 37, 15 WEST 34.

MOTO3
RACE: (27 laps = 99.117 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Alex RINS / SPA / Estrella Galicia 0,0 / KTM / 39'34.735 / 150.2 /
2 / Luis SALOM / SPA / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 39'34.967 / 150.2 / 0.232
3 / Maverick VIÑALES / SPA / Team Calvo / KTM / 39'34.983 / 150.2 / 0.248
4 / Miguel OLIVEIRA / POR / Mahindra Racing / MAHINDRA / 39'39.717 / 149.9 / 4.982
5 / Alex MARQUEZ / SPA / Estrella Galicia 0,0 / KTM / 39'39.936 / 149.9 / 5.201
6 / Efren VAZQUEZ / SPA / Mahindra Racing / MAHINDRA / 39'40.191 / 149.9 / 5.456
7 / Jack MILLER / AUS / Caretta Technology - RTG / FTR HONDA / 39'45.394 / 149.5 / 10.659
8 / Jonas FOLGER / GER / Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 / KALEX KTM / 39'50.328 / 149.2 / 15.593
9 / Brad BINDER / RSA / Ambrogio Racing / SUTER HONDA / 39'53.141 / 149.1 / 18.406
10 / Arthur SISSIS / AUS / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 39'53.182 / 149 / 18.447
11 / Jakub KORNFEIL / CZE / Redox RW Racing GP / KALEX KTM / 39'53.297 / 149 / 18.562
12 / Isaac VIÑALES / SPA / Ongetta-Centro Seta / FTR HONDA / 39'54.828 / 148.9 / 20.093
13 / Romano FENATI / ITA / San Carlo Team Italia / FTR HONDA / 39'54.886 / 148.9 / 20.151
14 / Jasper IWEMA / NED / RW Racing GP / KALEX KTM / 39'55.381 / 148.9 / 20.646
15 / Niccolò ANTONELLI / ITA / GO&FUN Gresini
Moto3 / FTR HONDA / 39'57.532 / 148.8 / 22.797

Pole Position: Alex RINS 1'27.300 151.3 Km/h Fastest Lap (New record): Luis SALOM 1'27.183 151.5 Km/h Lap 4 Old Circuit Record Lap: Sandro CORTESE 1'36.728 136.6 Km/h 2012 Circuit Best Lap: Luis SALOM 1'27.013 151.8 Km/h 2013

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TILL DATE:
1 SALOM 172, 2 VIÑALES 158, 3 RINS 142, 4 FOLGER 81, 5 MARQUEZ 70, 6 OLIVEIRA 69
7 MILLER 47, 8 BINDER 46, 9 MASBOU 42, 10 VAZQUEZ 41, 11 KHAIRUDDIN 40, 12 SISSIS 39,
13 KORNFEIL 32, 14 AJO 32, 15 VIÑALES 26.

NEXT EVENT: ROUND09, JULY 21, LAGUNA SECA, UNITED STATES

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