Spain 2013
THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND, FOR THE FIRST OF THE EUROPEAN ROUNDS, WAS THE HOTTEST IT HAS BEEN AT JEREZ FOR MANY YEARS. THIS LED TO SOME VERY TRICKY TRACK CONDITIONS AND MANY CRASHES THROUGHOUT FREE PRACTICE, QUALIFYING AND THE RACE.
TRADITIONALLY, THE TRACK PROVIDES MORE GRIP IN THE COOLER, MORNING CONDITIONS BUT, AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES LATER IN THE DAY, THE GRIP DIMINISHES AND THE RIDERS EXPECTATIONS OF THE CONDITIONS TURNS OUT NOT TO BE SO.
NEVERTHELESS, AS THE RIDERS SHOT OFF THE GRID, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT THAT LACK OF GRIP WAS ON THEIR MINDS! DANI PEDROSA TOOK THE LEAD IMMEDIATELY FROM SECOND ON THE GRID BUT BEFORE MANY TURNS HAD PASSED JORGE LORENZO RESUMED HIS STARTING POLE POSITION WITH MARC MARQUEZ IN THIRD.
HOWEVER, ON LAP 6, DANI DIVED UP THE INSIDE OF JORGE TO RE-TAKE THE LEAD AND GRADUALLY BEGAN TO PULL AWAY. JORGE WAS THEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM MARC AND SO THE RACE CONTINUED UNTIL THE LAST FEW LAPS WITH PEDROSA LOOKING MORE AND MORE ASSURED OF HIS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.
BEHIND THE BATTLING TRIO, VALENTINO ROSSI STAYED IN 4TH FOR MUCH OF THE RACE AND FINISHED IN THAT POSITION WITH CAL CRUTCHLOW, CONSIDERABLY BEATEN UP AFTER TWO HIGH SPEED CRASHES IN QUALIFYING, BRAVELY FENDING OFF CHALLENGES FROM ALVARO BAUTISTA TO FINISH 5TH. NICKY HAYDEN AND ANDREA DOVIZIOSO FILLED THE NEXT TWO PLACES WITH ALEIX ESPARGARO IN 9TH TO BE THE FIRST C.R.T. RIDER.
THE REAL DRAMA CAME ON THE LAST LAP WITH A LUNGE UP THE INSIDE BY MARQUEZ ON JORGE THAT WAS AN ALMOST CARBON-COPY OF THE ROSSI MOVE ON GIBERNAU AT THE SAME CORNER MANY YEARS AGO, EVEN DOWN TO THE CONTACT. MARQUEZ LATER REFERRED TO HIS STUDY OF THE VIDEOS AND, WHEN JORGE LEFT THE ROOM ON THE INSIDE, MARQUEZ WENT FOR IT AND GAINED 2ND PLACE. IRONICALLY, THE CORNER HAD BEEN NAMED 'JORGE LORENZO' ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE MEETING!
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Marc Marquez
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| 4.
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Cal Crutchlow
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| 5.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 6.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 7.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 8.
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Stefan Bradl
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| 9.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 10.
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Hector Barbera
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| 11.
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Andrea Iannone
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| 12.
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Bradley Smith
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| 13.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 14.
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Michele Pirro
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| 15.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 16.
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Hiroshi Aoyama
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| 17.
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Danilo Petrucci
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| 18.
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Bryan Staring
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| 19.
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Claudio Corti
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| 20.
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Colin Edwards
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| 21.
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Yonny Hernandez
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| 22.
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Michael Laverty
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| 23.
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Lukas Pesek
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 2.
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Marc Marquez
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| 3.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 4.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 5.
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Cal Crutchlow
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| 6.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 7.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 8.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 9.
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Aleix Espargaro
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Marc Marquez
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61
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| Dani Pedrosa
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58
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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57
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| Valentino Rossi
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43
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| Cal Crutchlow
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35
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| Alvaro Bautista
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28
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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26
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| Nicky Hayden
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24
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| Aleix Espargaro
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17
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Constructors :
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| Honda
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66
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| Yamaha
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57
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| Ducati
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27
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| ART
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17
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| FTR
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7
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| PBM
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3
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| Ioda-Suter
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2
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| FTR Kawasaki
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1
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Race Results posted by
David Little
6th May 2013
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