2013 MotoGP Round 14 - Aragon (Spoilers!!!)

[duccarlos]

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   328.9   1'47.804   
2   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   329.5   1'47.814   0.010 / 0.010
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   334.0   1'47.957   0.153 / 0.143
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   329.7   1'47.962   0.158 / 0.005
5   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   334.6   1'48.128   0.324 / 0.166
6   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   330.4   1'48.302   0.498 / 0.174
7   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   323.8   1'48.653   0.849 / 0.351
8   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   328.2   1'48.854   1.050 / 0.201
9   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   327.7   1'49.219   1.415 / 0.365
10   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   317.8   1'49.348   1.544 / 0.129
11   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   330.8   1'49.428   1.624 / 0.080
12   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   324.3   1'50.094   2.290 / 0.666
13   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Ignite Pramac Racing   Ducati   325.2   1'50.685   0.961 / 0.291
14   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Avintia Blusens   FTR   312.9   1'50.995   1.271 / 0.310
15   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter   306.0   1'51.030   1.306 / 0.035
16   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   311.8   1'51.297   1.573 / 0.267
17   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   311.0   1'51.327   1.603 / 0.030
18   71   Claudio CORTI   ITA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   312.6   1'51.519   1.795 / 0.192
19   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   FTR   318.1   1'51.552   1.828 / 0.033
20   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART   313.1   1'51.639   1.915 / 0.087
21   67   Bryan STARING   AUS   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   FTR Honda   310.7   1'52.102   2.378 / 0.463
22   23   Luca SCASSA   ITA   Cardion AB Motoracing   ART   311.0   1'52.305   2.581 / 0.203
23   52   Lukas PESEK   CZE   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter   303.4   1'52.989   3.265 / 0.684
24   50   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   311.6   1'53.521   3.797 / 0.532

Same ole, but check out Yonny on the Duc! I know that having those extra horses is nice, but it's impressive to see him riding the damn thing almost as good as Iannone. Give him enough time and he might be running up with the other Ducs.

[Speeddog]

Marquez on pole again.

Jorge is working hard, I actually saw him slide the bike a bit.

[duccarlos]

Marquez almost dumped it a few times. No idea how he saved it.

[ellingly]

7 years on, it still rings true.



What a 28th birthday present - finding out you will never win a MotoGP title.

[Raux]

FINALLY.. PUNTED his PEDROBLOCKERBUTTHEAD out of the way.

[duccarlos]

The real Marquez just woke up.

[duccarlos]

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   166.6   42'03.459
2   20   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   166.5   +1.356
3   16   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   165.7   +12.927
4   13   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   165.7   +13.787
5   11   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   165.7   +13.973
6   10   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   165.6   +14.662
7   9   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   164.5   +31.220
8   8   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   163.9   +40.671
9   7   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   163.1   +53.413
10   6   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   163.0   +55.067
11   5   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   162.8   +58.001
12   4   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Ignite Pramac Racing   Ducati   162.4   +1'05.513
13   3   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   162.3   +1'06.589
14   2   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Avintia Blusens   FTR   162.2   +1'08.674
15   1   71   Claudio CORTI   ITA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   162.1   +1'09.130
16      5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   161.9   +1'12.041
17      23   Luca SCASSA   ITA   Cardion AB Motoracing   ART   159.9   +1'45.152
18      67   Bryan STARING   AUS   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   FTR Honda   159.9   +1'45.228
19      52   Lukas PESEK   CZE   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter   159.9   +1'45.583
Not Classified
8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   FTR   157.8   15 Laps
26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   166.7   18 Laps
50   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   152.2   20 Laps
9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter      0 Lap
70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART      0 Lap

[duccarlos]

Will they give MM a yellow card? With all the replays, I could not tell if they actually made contact or if the Turd simply got flustered.

[duccarlos]

Livio confirmed that they touched and that a sensor flew off causing the TC to over power.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2013/Confirmed+Pedrosa+and+Marquez+made+contact

[Speeddog]

Sensor in question:




Pretty remarkable that MM could clip it just enough on the way past to break a wire or the connector, yet not crash.
Perhaps DP's crew got a bit sloppy and didn't have that ziptie to restrain the service loop in the wire.

The Golden Childâ,,¢ dodges another missile as Lady Luck slaps Pedrosa down again.

After pic:

[m9hundo]

what happened to the whole "this is not my championship to win, it's Pedrosa's" talk?  That surely went out the window.  That power slide that MM put on Lorenzo was astounding.

[Jester]

what happened to the whole "this is not my championship to win, it's Pedrosa's" talk?  That surely went out the window.  That power slide that MM put on Lorenzo was astounding.

He simply stated that Pedro is number one essentially until either the season is over or until he wins the championship.  Pedro had to win to retain number one Repsol status.  He's just playing the PR game and the nice teammate game.  I'm pretty sure deep down he knew the odds favor him for the title.

[The Architect]

I'm glad he got out of Marc's way.  I don't think Pedro could have passed Jorge and kept up the pace.   Did someone at Honda install a remote traction control on off switch on Pedro's bike?

It must be burning up Jorge that this kid is out doing him and he can only get better. 

[Jester]

I'm glad he got out of Marc's way.  I don't think Pedro could have passed Jorge and kept up the pace.   Did someone at Honda install a remote traction control on off switch on Pedro's bike?

It must be burning up Jorge that this kid is out doing him and he can only get better. 

I think Jorge is frustrated, but the Yamaha is second best at the moment.  The Honda has more straight line speed, better braking, and can stuff into a corner and shoot out while the Yamaha has to take wide, sometimes deep, sweeping lines to keep up lap pace.  Despite the Yamaha struggling slightly with the Honda, Jorge is still right there up his ass..... and that's with the 3 races dealing with the collarbone.

[derby]

I'm glad he got out of Marc's way.  I don't think Pedro could have passed Jorge and kept up the pace.  

pedrosa had the pace to pass lorenzo and lead the race. he goes well at aragon.

Did someone at Honda install a remote traction control on off switch on Pedro's bike?

if you read the posts above, you'll see that marquez ripped pedrosa's rear wheel speed sensor off while attempting his pass.