Australian Motorcycle News - June 21, 2018

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Catalunya, Spain

MotoGP

Main. Leaping Lorenzo! A second successive victory, on home soil, and beating his future teammate... it was
just too much for Jorge to contain 1. Another uncharacteristic crash left Dovizioso dejected and virtually
out of title contention 2. It has taken more than a year for Ducati to finally make Lorenzo’s bike more
comfortable for the multiple world champion 3. Once Dovizioso was out, Marquez settled for second and an
extended points lead over Rossi 4. A lonely ride to third for the veteran

Track Attack



Circuit length

4.655km

Race distance

MotoGP 111.048km

Moto2 101.794km

Moto3 97.167km

2017 winners

MotoGP A Dovizioso

44m41.518s

Moto2 A Marquez

42m40.502s

Moto3 J Mir

42m11.846s

Did you know?

The Catalunya circuit is the

so-called ‘home’ race of

no fewer than seven

premier-class MotoGP stars,

including Marc Marquez, Jorge

Lorenzo, Maverick Vinales

and Dani Pedrosa. After heavy

criticism of the deteriorating

surface last year, the circuit was

resurfaced in the lead-up to the

2018 Grand Prix

MOTOGP

24 LAPS

J LORENZO 1m38.680s

POLE POSITION

FASTEST LAP (NEW RECORD)

1 M MARQUEZ 115, 2 V ROSSI 88, 3 M VINALES 77,

4 J ZARCO 73, 5 D PETRUCCI 71, 6 C CRUTCHLOW 69,

7 J LORENZO 66, 8 A DOVIZIOSO 66, 9 A IANNONE 66,

10 J MILLER 49

RIDER STANDINGS AFTER 7 OF 18 ROUNDS

Round 7

Finishing positions

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POS RIDER NAT BIKE TIME
1 J LORENZO SPA DUC 40m13.566s
2 M MARQUEZ SPA HON +4.479s
3 V ROSSI ITA YAM +6.098s
4 C CRUTCHLOW GBR HON +9.805s
5 D PEDROSA SPA HON +10.640s
6 M VINALES SPA YAM +10.798s
7 J ZARCO FRA YAM +13.432s
8 D PETRUCCI ITA DUC +15.055s
9 A BAUTISTA SPA DUC +22.057s
10 A IANNONE ITA SUZ +24.141s
11 P ESPARGARO SPA KTM +36.560s
12 S REDDING GBR APR +38.229s
13 K ABRAHAM CZE DUC +1m21.526s
14 F MORBIDELLI ITA HON +3 laps
DNF H SYAHRIN (MAL, YAM), T RABAT (SPA, DUC),
J MILLER (AUS, DUC), B SMITH (GBR, KTM),
T NAKAGAMI (JAP, HON), A RINS (SPA, SUZ),
A DOVIZIOSO (ITA, DUC), X SIMEON (BEL, DUC),
A ESPARGARO (SPA, APR), T LUTHI (SWI, HON),
S GUINTOLI (FRA, SUZ), M KALLIO (FIN, KTM)
J LORENZO 1m40.021s
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Aussie!Aussie!Aussie!
Jack Miller
MotoGP
DNF
Remy Gardner
Moto2
15th
I was in the group with Maverick,
not having to spin and trying to
save the tyres. I thought top ten
(finish) for sure. Then all of a
sudden the bike started feeling
like it was cutting out. Step by
step it got worse, and I had to
stop ... because of a shitty fuel
pump.
I was struggling a lot with
the bike ... the front closing
everywhere, vibrating and
chattering. I’m not sure if I would
have been any faster if I’d been
in better condition – but I’d have
been closer to the top 10. In the
last 10 laps I was so out of breath
and dizzy I didn’t even know
where I was on the track.
hot afternoon, none more
spectacular than Tito Rabat’s
f laming blow-up at the end
of the straight. The Avintia
Ducati rider had pushed
through to ninth when it
happened, bringing out the
oil f lags with six laps to go.
Lorenzo’s second win was
surely bitter-sweet for him
and the team after the parting
of the ways – although he said
“one thing I have learned [in
life] is never to look back.”
It came on soft tyres front
and rear, while closest rival
Marquez was one of only
two riders (the other being
Morbidelli) to choose the
hard compound both ends.
“For our bike, soft tyres
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