
Honda Racing Corporation Press Release: It was a day of mixed fortunes for the Repsol
Honda riders, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez. Starting 7th on the grid, Dani lost a few places, briefly dropping down to 9th on the first lap. Marc, starting from 13th place – the first time he has not qualified on the first or second row in the premiere class – had a strong start moving up to 6th in the first few corners and up to 4th by the end of the first lap, with Dani in 8th. Dani continued to advance, passing Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith and found himself in 5th by lap four. Meanwhile, Jorge Lorenzo opened up a lead at the front as Marc battled with Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso. By lap twelve Dani had reached the battle for second and the four riders swapped positions consistently over the course of the following five laps when Marc finally made his move into 2nd place stick. However, shortly after passing Iannone Marc made a small mistake and crashed out in turn three. This promoted Dani to third briefly, before Valentino Rossi passed him and demoted Dani to 4th which he secured, taking valuable points and positive feedback regarding his fitness.
Tomorrow Marc and Dani will be back on track for a post-race test with the new 2016 tire supplier, before heading west for round seven in Barcelona in two weeks time.
Dani Pedrosa #26: 4th Championship Standing: 13th - 23 points "I'm happy overall, especially because my forearm is getting better all the time. Today I had a fairly good race, right through to the end. I was able to fight with some other riders and confirm that every week I'm getting better. It has been positive. Now we have to work on the bike to try to develop it and get better results at the coming races!"
Marc Marquez 93: DNF Championship Standing: 5th - 69 points "It was a shame about the crash today, because I had already done the hardest part! I'm happy because I was able to carry out our plan, which was to try to recover positions on the first five laps. We were up into second place after four laps, but when the tyre grip went down we had a similar problem to before, with the tire sliding on corner entry. I was on the limit and when you are pushing at the maximum sometimes things happen like they did today. We have dropped quite far behind in the standings, but Honda are working hard and together we will keep pushing to improve the feeling with the bike for the second half of the season."
MotoGP 2015 Race Round 6 Gran Premio d’Italia: 1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 41'39.173 2 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 20 Ducati Team Ducati +5.563 3 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 16 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +6.661
4 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 13 Repsol Honda Team Honda +9.978 5 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 11 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +15.284 6 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +15.665 7 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 9 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +23.805 8 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 8 Ducati Team Ducati +29.152 9 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 7 Pramac Racing Ducati +32.008 10 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 6 Pramac Racing Ducati +34.571 11 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 5 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +38.553 12 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 4 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +42.158 13 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 3 Avintia Racing Ducati +44.801 14 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 2 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +50.435 15 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 1 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +53.060 16 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing Ducati +1'15.265 17 ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE 0 AB Motoracing Honda +1'15.381 18 MELANDRI Marco 33 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +1'41.840 19 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 0 CWM LCR Honda Honda DNF
20 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda DNF 21 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 0 Ducati Team Ducati DNF 22 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha DNF 23 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 0 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda DNF 24 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF 25 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 0 CWM LCR Honda Honda DNF 26 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha DNF
Rider Standings: 1 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 118 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 112 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 83 Ducati Team Ducati 4 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 81 Ducati Team Ducati
5 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 69 Repsol Honda Team Honda 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 57 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 47 CWM LCR Honda Honda 8 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 45 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 9 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 36 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 32 Pramac Racing Ducati 11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 31 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 26 Pramac Racing Ducati
13 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 23 Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 18 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 15 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 16 Avintia Racing Ducati 16 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 10 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 17 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 8 Ducati Team Ducati 18 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 8 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 19 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 6 CWM LCR Honda Honda 20 AOYAMA Hiroshi 7 JPN 5 Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 5 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 3 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 23 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 1 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha For more information:
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