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Monday, 1 June 2015

MotoGP: Round #6 Repsol Honda Race Report – Mugello



Dani Pedrosa race action shot 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 race action shot 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 race action shot 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: www.hondaracingcorporation.com 556b243e77c7e8.60800811 556b249ce0cac2.17063738 556b251c5477d0.73253312

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