Repsol Honda Team rider takes third place, in a race in which Dani Pedrosa finishes in eighth place.
Marc Márquez, who started from third, was in the leading group from the early stages of the race. On the last lap the Repsol Honda rider contested victory against Dovizioso and Lorenzo, finally finishing third.
With this result, the reigning MotoGP World Champion increases his advantage in the overall standings to 49 points.
Dani Pedrosa struggled to reach the leading group, and on the final laps he managed to gain positions before finishing eighth.
MARC MÁRQUEZ 3th | +0.368
“Our target for the weekend was to extend the lead in the Championship, and we achieved that. We arrived here with a 46-point edge, and we leave with 49, which is very good. Already yesterday I was expecting that Lorenzo and Dovi would be the strongest opponents, maybe with Valentino, and they were all there today. I was ready to fight as well, but honestly it was difficult to fight against the two Ducatis as they had strong acceleration and braking stability. I tried but it wasn’t possible, so we took this positive third place. Today was my 100th race in MotoGP, and I used the experience that comes with that; if it had been my second or third MotoGP race, I probably would have tried for the win and either got it or crashed, but it was the 100th and I used wisdom. Third is my worst useable result this year, and I’m happy with it because we finished very close to the top at a track where we often struggle. I’m confident, as better tracks for us will come.”
DANI PEDROSA 8th | +7.479
“I wasn’t comfortable on the bike and I wasn’t able to exit fast from the corners, so I was trying to recover in the entries. I was doing kind of an elastic effect. Just at the end, when the other riders’ tyres dropped and they couldn’t be so effective on acceleration, I was able to make a couple of passes. It’s not easy to ride that way, but tomorrow we have a test here and I hope we can work to be able to be faster on acceleration”.
