Well where do we start with San Marino?
How about Dani Pedrosa, where did his pace come from today? He hadn’t done anything spectacular all weekend and on race day he totally dominated, he was untouchable. His ride flawless and overtakes perfect, you always hear people describe him as a gentleman and that’s even true when he’s shoving the Repsol Honda up the inside of his peers. The other top riders mostly opted for the medium front tyre, Marquez the hard and Pedrosa the soft. If you missed the race you must watch it.
It would of been nice to see Rossi win in front of his home crowd but Pedrosa more than deserved it today, what a ride. The same can’t be said for his team mate though. Marquez seemingly lost all the pace he had in free practice, qualifying and the warm up finishing in a lonely fourth. A similar scenario for Lorenzo, he managed third place, but all the pre-race pace he had was lost when the lights went out. Rossi quickly passed him on the second lap, an overtake which Lorenzo wasn’t best pleased about but racing is racing and we didn’t see anything wrong with it. Rossi held the lead right until the final stages of the race when Pedrosa made his move.
With Pedrosa winning this round he made the eighth different winner this season, that’s the most since 1949 when the championship began. MotoGP making more history today.
We can’t forget to mention Crutchlow who finished in eighth place making him the top independent rider so a congratulations for Cal.
Lastly one more look at Rossi’s helmet, how cool is that!!
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 43m 43.524s
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 43m 46.361s
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 43m 47.883s
4. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 43m 53.093s
5. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 43m 58.991s
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 44m 3.200s
7. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 44m 6.460s
8. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 44m 9.226s
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 44m 10.679s
10. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 44m 17.492s
11. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 44m 22.730s
12. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 44m 23.491s
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 44m 26.521s
14. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 44m 32.974s
15. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 44m 38.403s
16. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 44m 48.596s
17. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 5 laps
Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) DNF
Javier Fores ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) DNF
Alex Lowes GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) DNF
Race Result
- Dani Pedrosa
- Valentino Rossi
- Jorge Lorenzo
Full list below