Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso leads teammate Nicky Hayden
2013 Brno MotoGP Results
Spoiler Alert: 2013 MotoGP Championship results from Brno in Czechoslovakia listed below The 2013 MotoGP Championship headed this weekend to the sweeping Brno circuit in Czechoslovakia. The 3.357-mile circuit, which was built in 1987, contains 14 turns and multiple elevation changes, providing tough conditions on the spec Bridgestone Tires. But after 22 laps, three Spanish riders once again mastered another round in 2013 – Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa, and Yamaha Factory Racing's Jorge Lorenzo. Marquez was victorious at a race constantly threatened with rain, taking his fourth straight win and fifth of the season. He also broke another record for first rookie to ever claim five victories in his maiden season. He was joined on the Brno MotoGP podium by Pedrosa and the reigning MotoGP Champion Lorenzo. Starting from fifth on the grid, Lorenzo got to turn one first ahead of Marquez, Pedrosa, and the pole man, Monster Tech 3 Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow. Lorenzo began to gap the field, opening up over a second lead on Marquez and Pedrosa, who were stalked closely by Crutchlow and the man who started from second on the grid, GO&FUN Honda Gresini's Alvaro Bautista. But with 19 to go, the 20-year-old Marquez had the gap down to under a second as Bautista took fourth from Crutchlow. Marquez once again displayed huge amounts on patience, and by lap 8, was involved in an intense battle with Lorenzo. The two swapped the lead numerous times, but Marquez wouldn't make the pass stick until four laps remained. This is when Marquez passed Lorenzo on the turn 3, and held the lead to take his fifth win of 2013 MotoGP. Pedrosa also passed Lorenzo a lap later, and began chasing down Marquez. But Pedrosa would finish 0.313 of a second behind. Lorenzo finished 2.277 seconds behind Marquez. While running in fifth, Crutchlow crashed with 15 to go, just as his teammate Bradley Smith did on lap 3. Crutchlow had just set his personal best lap at Brno before crashing. He was able to rejoin, eventually finishing 17th, With Crutchlow out, this left a battle for fourth between Bautista and Yamaha Factory Team's Valentino Rossi. But the nine-time World Champion, who took his first World Championship victory at Brno back in 1996, was able to finish fourth, 10.101 seconds behind Marquez, and only 0.077 of a second ahead of Bautista. Finishing alone in sixth was LCR Honda's Stefan Bradl, who was over 19 seconds off the top rider. Next up was the Ducati duo of Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden, both riders over 35 seconds behind the lead group. Rounding out the top 10 were Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati's Andrea Iannone and the top CRT bike, Power Electronics Aspar's Aleix Espargaro, respectively. The American Colin Edwards finished 11th on the NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki, followed by Ben Spies replacement on the Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati, Michele Pirro, a Ducati Team test rider. Spies recently underwent shoulder surgery after sustaining further damage during a practice crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Besides Smith, the other riders to DNF were Avintia Blusens’ Hector Barbera and NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Claudio Corti after the two contacted each other on the second lap. Corti underwent an x-ray to his right hand, though nothing was reported broken. Home rider Came IodaRacing Project’s Lukas Pesek also crashed out on the third lap. The MotoGP grid will travel directly to the UK for the Hertz British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the final of three back-to-back races. Heading into Silverstone, Marquez has 213 points, 26 (equivalent to a race) ahead of Pedrosa, and 44 ahead of Lorenzo. 2013 Brno MotoGP Results:
Pos.
Points
Num.
Rider
Nation
Team
Bike
Km/h
Time/Gap
1
25
93
Marc MARQUEZ
SPA
Repsol Honda Team
Honda
166.4
42'50.729
2
20
26
Dani PEDROSA
SPA
Repsol Honda Team
Honda
166.4
+0.313
3
16
99
Jorge LORENZO
SPA
Yamaha Factory Racing
Yamaha
166.3
+2.277
4
13
46
Valentino ROSSI
ITA
Yamaha Factory Racing
Yamaha
165.8
+10.101
5
11
19
Alvaro BAUTISTA
SPA
GO&FUN Honda Gresini
Honda
165.8
+10.178
6
10
6
Stefan BRADL
GER
LCR Honda MotoGP
Honda
165.1
+19.807
7
9
4
Andrea DOVIZIOSO
ITA
Ducati Team
Ducati
164.2
+35.015
8
8
69
Nicky HAYDEN
USA
Ducati Team
Ducati
164.1
+35.354
9
7
29
Andrea IANNONE
ITA
Energy T.I. Pramac Racing
Ducati
163.2
+51.149
10
6
41
Aleix ESPARGARO
SPA
Power Electronics Aspar
ART
162.8
+56.392
11
5
5
Colin EDWARDS
USA
NGM Mobile Forward Racing
FTR Kawasaki
162.8
+57.420
12
4
51
Michele PIRRO
ITA
Ignite Pramac Racing
Ducati
162.3
+1'05.430
13
3
9
Danilo PETRUCCI
ITA
Came IodaRacing Project
Ioda-Suter
161.9
+1'12.364
14
2
7
Hiroshi AOYAMA
JPN
Avintia Blusens
FTR
161.8
+1'13.500
15
1
14
Randy DE PUNIET
FRA
Power Electronics Aspar
ART
161.7
+1'14.128
16
68
Yonny HERNANDEZ
COL
Paul Bird Motorsport
ART
161.7
+1'14.991
17
35
Cal CRUTCHLOW
GBR
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Yamaha
161.3
+1'20.640
18
70
Michael LAVERTY
GBR
Paul Bird Motorsport
PBM
160.5
+1'34.462
19
17
Karel ABRAHAM
CZE
Cardion AB Motoracing
ART
159.6
+1'49.713
20
67
Bryan STARING
AUS
GO&FUN Honda Gresini
FTR Honda
159.6
+1'50.024
21
45
Martin BAUER
AUT
Remus Racing Team
S&B Suter
152.5
1 Lap
Not Classified
38
Bradley SMITH
GBR
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Yamaha
161.4
20 Laps
52
Lukas PESEK
CZE
Came IodaRacing Project
Ioda-Suter
156.0
20 Laps
71
Claudio CORTI
ITA
NGM Mobile Forward Racing
FTR Kawasaki
152.4
21 Laps
8
Hector BARBERA
SPA
Avintia Blusens
FTR
152.2
21 Laps
2013 MotoGP Point Standings (after 11 of 18 rounds):
