Rossi wins at Misano as Marquez crashes

The home crowd went wild at Misano on Sunday as Valentino Rossi took his first victory since Assen last year, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa also on the podium, whilst Marc Marquez finished 15th after a crash.

Nine time World Champion Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took the lead in the early laps after getting in front of pole man Lorenzo and then asserting his authority in an early battle with Marquez. On the 10th lap Marquez went down at Rio corner when in second place and whilst he restarted his RC213V he could not achieve more than a solitary point.

Rossi kept the hammer down at the front to eventually win by 1.578s and reach the milestone of 5000 Grand Prix points in style. It is the 107th victory of Rossi’s remarkable career.

Lorenzo rode with determination to take another podium result and finished in second place for the fourth successive race.

Coming from fifth on the grid, Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his ninth podium finish of the season in third place, crossing the line 1.234s ahead of the hard working Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).

It was another good ride for Dovizioso in front of the home crowd as he got the Ducati across the finish line 5.5s behind winner Rossi. Likewise, Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) impressed in fifth place with another solid result.

Rookie Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) rode well again to secure sixth place, 4.1s ahead of his teammate Bradley Smith.

Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) and Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) completed the top ten.

Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) was an early crasher, as was Danilo Petrucci (Octo IodaRacing Team). Di Meglio suffered a displaced fracture of the fourth and fifth metacarpus of his left hand and will require surgery. Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) also fell out of the top ten. Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) crashed on the final lap. All the riders other than Di Meglio were uninjured.

Results

Pos Rider Team Bike Behind
1 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.000s
2 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1.578s
3 Daniel Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 4.276s
4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 5.510s
5 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 11.771s
6 Pol Espargaro Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 18.999s
7 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23.100s
8 Alvaro Bautista GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 36.458s
9 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 38.480s
10 Yonny Hernandez Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 45.878s
11 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 54.765s
12 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 56.775s
13 Scott Redding GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 1m02.734s
14 Alex de Angelis NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1m13.546s
15 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 1m15.948s
16 Leon Camier Drive M7 Aspar Honda 1m20.760s
17 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM/Aprilia 1m26.422s
18 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM/Aprilia 1 Lap
19 Hector Barbera Avintia Racing Avintia/Kawasaki 1 Lap
DNF Aleix Espargaro NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha Retirement
DNF Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda Retirement
DNF Danilo Petrucci IodaRacing Project ART/Aprilia Retirement
DNF Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia/Kawasaki Retirement

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