2014 Sachsenring MotoGP Results from Germany

2014 Sachsenring MotoGP Results

Spoiler Alert: 2014 MotoGP results from Sachsenring, Germany, listed below

The 2014 MotoGP Championship reached the halfway point Sunday at Sachsenring in Germany.

The German GP began under rainy conditions, though the track dried out near the end. But this confused many on what setup to choose, though most switched to dry setup after the final warm-up lap. Due to this quick switch just before the start, these riders were forced to start the race from pit lane, including the podium finishers.

Regardless of conditions and the start from pit lane, Repsol Honda Marc Marquez continued his dominance, winning the ninth-straight race of 2014 MotoGP.

Marquez took the lead on lap six, and maintained it, eventually finishing 1.466 seconds ahead of teammate Dani Pedrosa, and 10.317 seconds ahead of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Jorge Lorenzo.

When the race got underway, LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl took the opening lead. The German was one of only nine riders starting from the grid; the remaining 14 started from pit lane.

But Bradl’s time at the top was short lived; he ended up running slicks on a wet condition, which caused him to quickly loose positions. Before his home crowd, Bradl eventually dropped to 16th.

Marquez and his teammate Pedrosa would battle their way to the front, eventually taking the lead on lap six with Pedrosa in tow. The two factory Repsol Honda RC213V prototypes pulled away from the pack.

Marquez, who qualified on pole, held off Pedrosa for his ninth-straight win.

“Before going out on track I thought it would be a similar race to the Assen, but in the end the surface dried out very quickly. I saw on the grid that Bradl had gone with the slick tyre option and I really had my doubts, because the area around the back of the track was still wet,” Marquez says.

“I finally decided to see what Dani [Pedrosa] and Valentino [Rossi] were going to do, as they are my main rivals in the Championship and if you get it wrong in these races, you can lose a lot of points. That’s why I decided to copy their strategy. The race was nice, especially the first part which was when I enjoyed it the most!”

Lorenzo finished alone in third, followed by Movistar Yamaha MotoGP teammate Valentino Rossi nearly nine seconds back. Completing the top five was Pramac Racing Ducati’s Andrea Iannone.

Rounding out the top 10 were brothers Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) and Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3), Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team).

A difficult weekend for Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) ended with a 19th place finish after an early crash – his fifth of the visit to Germany. Michael Laverty (Paul Bird Motorsport) also crashed out on lap 19.

As for the Americans, Drive M7 Aspar’s Nicky Hayden finished 14th, over 46 seconds off the pace. NGM Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards finished 20th, over a minute behind.

2014 Sachsenring MotoGP Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	158.1	41’47.664
2	20	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	158.0	+1.466
3	16	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	157.4	+10.317
4	13	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	156.9	+19.194
5	11	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	156.6	+23.509
6	10	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	156.3	+27.809
7	9	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	156.0	+33.253
8	8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	155.9	+33.868
9	7	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	155.9	+34.231
10	6	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Ducati Team	Ducati	155.9	+34.676
11	5	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	155.7	+37.744
12	4	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	155.3	+45.018
13	3	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	155.3	+45.177
14	2	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	155.2	+46.676
15	1	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Octo IodaRacing Team	ART	154.8	+52.769
16		6	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	154.7	+53.889
17		68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	154.7	+54.476
18		8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	Avintia	154.6	+56.215
19		38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	154.6	+56.293
20		5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	154.1	+1’04.083
21		23	Broc PARKES	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	153.7	+1’10.928
22		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Avintia Racing	Avintia	153.2	+1’19.975
Not Classified
		70	Michael LAVERTY	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	153.3	13 Laps

2014 MotoGP Championship Point Standings (after nine of 18 rounds):

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	225
2	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	148
3	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	141
4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	99
5	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	97
6	Aleix ESPARGARO	Forward Yamaha	SPA	77
7	Pol ESPARGARO	Yamaha	SPA	67
8	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	62
9	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	56
10	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	SPA	50
11	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	48
12	Scott REDDING	Honda	GBR	33
13	Nicky HAYDEN	Honda	USA	29
14	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Ducati	GBR	28
15	Hiroshi AOYAMA	Honda	JPN	28
16	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	COL	27
17	Karel ABRAHAM	Honda	CZE	18
18	Colin EDWARDS	Forward Yamaha	USA	8
19	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	7
20	Broc PARKES	PBM	AUS	6
21	Danilo PETRUCCI	ART	ITA	4
22	Hector BARBERA	Avintia	SPA	2