Marc Marquez Took His Fourth vVctory of The Season
With victory in the south of Spain in his 100th Grand PrixMarquez becomes the first rider to win the opening four premier class races of
the year since Mick Doohan in 1992. Marquez had never previously won at Jerez
in the World Championship.
No-one could live with Marquez in the heat of the afternoon
in Andalusia as he built up a four second lead by lap 12 and never looked back,
eventually crossing the line comfortably ahead of Rossi.
Indeed it was also another superb performance for Rossi as
he returned to the podium for the first time since Qatar, holding off Pedrosa
on the final corner.
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had to settle for
fourth at his 200th GP, crossing the line 8.5s behind Marquez on his 27th
birthday.
Behind the factory Honda and Yamaha riders Andrea Dovizioso
was the top man for the Ducati Team in fifth, whilst there was disappointment
for his teammate Cal Crutchlow who retired early on his comeback and wild card
test rider Michele Pirro who crashed out in the initial laps.
There was relief for Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda
Gresini) as he picked up his first points of 2014 in sixth, finishing just
0.112s behind Dovizioso.
Meanwhile, Bautista’s compatriot Aleix Espargaro (NGM
Forward Racing) was seventh and Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) eighth,
the pair of them also reaching the finish line within 0.5s of Dovizioso.
The top ten was rounded out by Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha
Tech3) and Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP).
The were retirements for Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing)
after some tyre issues and Colin Edwards (NGM Forward Racing) due to a
technical problem, whilst crashes for Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) and
Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) ended their respective point scoring runs.
