Repsol Honda Media Press Release: Today’s GP of France was a tough race for the Repsol Honda riders, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Marc dropped back to 4th from pole position with Dani moving up one place to 7th as the 28 lap race got underway. Unfortunately, Dani lost the front in turn three on the second lap, but was able to rejoin the race – albeit in last place. As Marc began to experience difficulty with the front, he lost places and by lap five he had dropped down to 6th place. He and 5th place Smith – who rode together for the majority of the race – finally caught up with 4th place Iannone and with six laps remaining, Marc launched one final attack. He passed both Smith and Iannone into 4th place, then a battle ensued with Iannone with the two riders fighting for five laps and passing each other several times. Marc finally held on to take 4th and 13 important Championship points. Dani showed grit and determination by continuing to ride in order to test his physical ability after his surgery six weeks ago. He worked his way through the field, posting consistent lap times and clinched 16th place on the final lap. It was a relief for him to finish the race without too much discomfort and he can now rest ahead of the Italian GP in two weeks time. 
Marc Marquez #93: 4th Championship Standing: 4th - 69 points "Today the temperature rose sharply; we had not ridden in such conditions at any time this the weekend. On the fourth lap I started to notice that I had a lot of problems with the front end. I think all the Hondas had the same trouble; in fact a lot crashed after losing front grip because we were really suffering. We knew that with a rise in temperature, conditions change, but we expected it to be for the better and this time it was for the worse. We must learn from this race and especially from the data we have gathered." 
Dani Pedrosa #26: 16th Championship Standing: 15th - 10 points "It was a shame to crash so early in the race; I don't understand much about the crash, because I just lost the front end. I tried to restart the engine and get back in the race, even though the handlebars were bent, because I wanted to try completing an entire race. It was a positive test for me, although there is still room for improvement, but fitness-wise things are a little better. Hopefully we can improve even more over the coming weeks.” Round #5 Monster Energy Grand Prix de France - Results: 1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 43'44.143 2 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +3.820 3 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 16 Ducati Team Ducati +12.380 4 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 13 Repsol Honda Team Honda +19.890 5 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 11 Ducati Team Ducati +20.237 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +21.145 7 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 9 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +35.493 8 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 8 Pramac Racing Ducati +39.601 9 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 7 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +41.571 10 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 6 Pramac Racing Ducati +42.789 11 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 5 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +53.636 12 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 4 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +1'00.617 13 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 3 Avintia Racing Ducati +1'04.272 14 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 2 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +1'05.259 15 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 1 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +1'05.515 16 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda +1'20.907 17 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +1'21.663 18 MELANDRI Marco 33 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +1 lap 19 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 0 CWM LCR Honda Honda DNF 20 ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE 0 AB Motoracing Honda DNF 21 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 0 CWM LCR Honda Honda DNF 22 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 0 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda DNF 23 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing Ducati DNF 24 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF 25 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha DNF Rider Standings: 1 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 102 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 87 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 83 Ducati Team Ducati 4 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 69 Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 61 Ducati Team Ducati 6 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 47 CWM LCR Honda Honda 7 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 46 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 8 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 35 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 9 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 31 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 27 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 11 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 25 Pramac Racing Ducati 12 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 20 Pramac Racing Ducati 13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 13 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 14 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 13 Avintia Racing Ducati 15 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 10 Repsol Honda Team Honda 16 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 8 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 17 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 6 CWM LCR Honda Honda 18 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 6 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 19 AOYAMA Hiroshi 7 JPN 5 Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 3 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 2 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 1 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha For more information: www.hondaracingcorporation.com 
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