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5 Kali Juara Dunia Tapi Buat Silap Macam Pelumba Baru – Vinales

Pelumba Yamaha, Maverick Vinales, mahu Jorge Lorenzo memulakan perlumbaan seterusnya di kedudukan terakhir selepas kesilapannya menyebabkan tiga pelumba lain terpaksa bersara awal dalam GP Catalunya yang berlangsung semalam.

Senario itu menyebabkan Vinales menggesa FIM untuk menghukum Jorge Lorenzo susulan tindakan gopoh pelumba Sepanyol itu di selekoh sepuluh menyebabkan tiga pelumba lain gagal menamatkan perlumbaan.

Menurut Crash.Net, Vinales menyifatkan kesilapan Lorenzo umpama seorang pelumba baharu di samping menyebabkan pencabar kejuaraan, Andrea Dovizioso ketinggalan 25 mata dibelakang pendahulu, Marc Marquez.

“Lorenzo boleh memintas saya di bahagian jalan lurus. Dia hanya perlu bersabar untuk empat selekoh lagi.

“Dia menyebabkan empat pelumba (termasuk dirinya) terkeluar daripada perlumbaan. Jika hanya saya atau Valentino, kami tidak merebut kejuaraan jadi senario itu tidak terlalu teruk.

“Tetapi pada masa sama dia juga menyebabkan Andrea terkeluar. Bukan mudah untuk mengutip kembali 25 mata.

“Saya mengharapkan Race Direction mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap Lorenzo sepertimana yang saya hadapi,” jelas Vinales.

Sementara itu, pelumba berusia 24 tahun itu turut berasa tidak puas hati kerana Lorenzo – juara dunia lima kali – tidak mengutarakan permohonan maaf yang sewajarnya. Lorenzo kemudiannya mendakwa dia telah pergi ke garaj Monster Yamaha, tetapi tiada kelibat Vinales dan Rossi.

“Dia tidak datang untuk memohon maaf. Ketika pusingan pemanas, dia memaksa saya membuat potongan di bahagian dalam, saya tak faham untuk apa. Dia Mugello, dia ada masalah dengan Jack Miller ketika pusingan pemanas. Ini adalah kesilapan biasa bagi pelumba baharu tetapi dia bekas juara dunia lima kali,” tambahnya.

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Saingan MotoGP akan kembali bersambung di Litar Assen, Belanda, 30 Jun ini.

(SUMBER: Crash.Net)

Catalunya MotoGP: Marc Marquez Wins as Jorge Lorenzo Brings Down Competition

Marc Marquez rode to his fourth victory of the season at the Catalunya MotoGP.
His Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo brought down three other riders who were challenging Marquez for the lead.
Fabio Quartararo secured his and Petronas Sepang Racing Team’s maiden podium finish.

Marc Marquez rode to his fourth victory of the season at the Catalunya MotoGP, after dodging the carnage behind him. His Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo brought down three other riders who were challenging Marquez for the lead.

Mission Winnow Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso was leading the charge into the “bus stop” Turn 10, but Marquez outbraked him, causing him to take a wider line into the corner. Behind them, Lorenzo was slipstreamed the three riders in front of him and outbraked Maverick Vinalez who was behind Dovizioso. Going for the gap, Lorenzo suddenly found the Ducati man sweeping back towards the apex, so he hit his front brakes and went down, clipping Dovizioso’s rear wheel. Both the Ducati and Honda then slid into Vinalez’s Monster Energy Yamaha, sending clattering off the track.

Valentino Rossi who was following closely in fifth had nowhere to go and ran over Lorenzo’s Honda. He remounted his Yamaha and rode back to the pits and out of the race.

That bowling session allowed Marquez to escape the intentions of his closest pursuers and he held on to the lead all the way to the chequered flag. The win increased his championship lead over Dovizioso to 37 points, up from just 12.

Behind him, a fierce tussle developed among Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati), Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) and pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Sepang Racing Team).

It was clearly apparent that the Petrucci’s Ducati was much slower in mid-corner compared to the Suzuki and Yamaha, as they closed right back in after Petrucci opened up a gap on the straights. At one point, a frustrated Rins lunged aggressively inside Petrucci, putting tyre marks on the latter’s suit’s right sleeve and shoulder.

Rins kept up the pressure but Petrucci would not yield, until the former ran into a turn too fast and almost outbraked himself into a highside. Rins fell back to 7^thand fought his way back up to 4^th, eventually.

With Petrucci’s tyres spent in defending from Rins, Quartararo pounced. Quartararo had secured his second pole of the season on Saturday but was again out-dragged into the first corner at the start. Aggressive riders then pushed him down to as far as 9^th. But he kept his patience and prevailed to score his and team’s maiden MotoGP podium, in their very first season.

Petrucci followed Quartararo in 3^rdfor his 3^rdpodium in three races. Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) fought up the field to finish 5^th, escaping Cal Crutchlow’s (LCR Honda) aggressive push (the Englishman crashed immediately after overtaking Miller).

In 6^thwas Rins’s teammate Joan Mir. It was his best finish of the season. Pol Espargaro once again did well to finish in a high position for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in 7^th. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) was the top independent Honda rider again in 8^th. A resurgent Tito Rabat (Reale Avintia Ducati) came home in 9^th. Johann Zarco finally finished in the Top 10 on the other Red Bull KTM Factory Racing bike.

There were only three other finishers, Andrea Iannone (Factory Aprilia Gresini), Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) and Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki Ecstar).

11 riders did not take the checkered flag.

Italian MotoGP 2019: Emotional First Win for Danilo Petrucci

Danilo Petrucci wins his first and emotional MotoGP race at the Italian MotoGP.
It was a thrilling race from start to end, but it was only decided on the last lap.
Alex Rins fought hard, but his Suzuki was outgunned by the Ducatis and Honda.

Danilo Petrucci has come agonizingly close to a win on many occasions, but he couldn’t have scored his maiden MotoGP race at a better place than at the Italian round in Mugello. Petrucci was having a fever coming into the race, making the win even sweeter.

It was a nail-biting race from the start, with eight riders battling for the lead. The front group included Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati), Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati), Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing), Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda), Fabio Quartaro (Petronas SRT) and Maverick Vinalez (Monster Energy Yamaha).

Marquez led into the first corner, stalked by the Ducati riders and Cal Cructchlow. But it soon developed into a slipstream race as the Ducatis made good on their supreme horsepower. Quartararo found himself swamped by the more powerful bikes and was ninth into the first turn.

The race settled down to a five-horse race by mid-point but Alex Rins overtook everyone and led the race for a number of laps, only to find his Suzuki outgunned by the Ducatis and Honda along Mugello’s long, long front straight.

Soon, Petrucci and Dovizioso overtook Marquez to set the pace. Behind Rins, Jack Miller started pushing, recording the fastest lap of the race. Unfortunately, the Australian made a mistake and crashed out at the chicanes.

That left Petrucci, Dovizioso, Marquez and Rins to battle it out until the end of the race.

Dovizioso stalked his teammate Petrucci before pouncing with three laps to go. But Petrucci fought back the next lap and held on until to start the last lap.

As Dovizioso slipstreamed Petrucci on the straight, Marquez played the role predator as he double-slipstreamed both rider and passed them into Turn One.

However, Marquez couldn’t hold on to his line and went wide mid-corner. Dovizioso slipped into the gap, but Petrucci didn’t give up and slotted inside Dovizioso turning it into three bikes abreast in the corner! Rins, holding ship in fourth probably thought he had a chance of the podium had all three crashed.

The move surprise Dovizioso who had to stand his bike up into Marquez, which forced Marquez into second and Dovizioso back into third.

Marquez kept up the pressure but Petrucci didn’t crack and held on through the last turn and past the finish line with the former in firmly in his slipstream.

Rins attempted a gutsy last gasp past on Dovizioso into the last turn but was again out-dragged to the checkered flag.

An emotional Petrucci apologized his teammate Dovizioso for the last lap move, but also thanked him for the support and assistance.

Nakagami rode a steady race to complete the top five. Maverick Vinalez fought up the field to cross the line in sixth, Mission Mission Winnow test rider Michele Pirro in seventh, Crutchlow faded to eighth at the end, Pol Espargaro made it to ninth on the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing bike, Quartararo eventually finishing tenth.

Valentino Rossi had a torrid weekend after qualifying 18^thbefore coming together with Francesco Bagnaia and running off the track. He managed to get back to racing but crashed out eventually.

MotoGP 2019: Marc Marquez Wins Honda’s 300th Victory

Marc Marquez rode a commanding race to claim the 300^thvictory for Honda.
He was challenged earlier by Jack Miller but never looked back after regaining the lead.
Honda had found more power in the engine.

Marc Marquez put on another dominating show at the French MotoGP 2019 to claim Honda’s 300^thvictory in the premier class.

Marquez had crashed multiple times over the weekend, including sliding off the track on Saturday after setting the pole position time in qualifying.

It turns out that Honda has given the four-time world champion more power from the engine wrapped in the 2019 chassis. According to the Spanish rider, it has allowed him to do away with risky late and hard braking. Consequently, he could use the softest tyre option in the race at the legendary Le Mans circuit.

“Last year we just tried to find the lap time on the brake point. This year maybe we lose a little on the brake point, but we gain in other areas and this is the right way because always the brake point means risk. And risk means it’s difficult to be constant,” he said when interviewed.

Jack Miller had challenged Marquez in the opening stages, but the Australian faded to finish third. Andrea Dovizioso moved in second at the finish line.

The world champion now leads the 2019 MotoGP championship table despite crashing out at Austin. Andrea Dovizioso is relegated to second ahead of Alex Rins.

Spanish MotoGP 2019: Marc Marquez Wins, Shattered Dreams for Fabio Quartararo

Marc Marquez won the Spanish MotoGP 2019.
Polesitter Fabio Quartararo had gone as high up as 2^ndbut had to retire with mechanical problems.
Alex Rins finished 2^ndon the Suzuki.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) won the Spanish MotoGP 2019 race convincingly, but it was a heartache for Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamah SRT).

Staring from 3^rdon the grid, Marquez blasted into the lead with the two Petronas Yamaha SRT riders, polesitter Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli trailing behind into Turn 1.

As Marquez controlled the race from the front, both satellite Yamaha riders followed closely. But on Lap 8, the reigning world champion upped his pace and started to drop the pursuing duo.

But it wasn’t long before Morbidelli’s started dropping into the clutches of his teammate Quartararo and Maverick Vinalez (Monster Energy Yamaha). Quartararo passed Morbidelli in the next lap and hunted down Marquez. Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) once again rode his way up the field and passed Vinalez for 4^th.

Although the Frenchman was only 0.1s slower than Marquez, the latter had opened up a 2-second lead.

Suddenly, Quartararo’s bike began to slow on Lap 16 and he pulled off the circuit to a stop. It was revealed later that his quickshifter had broken. With no way to reset the system to manual shifting, his and the team’s dream evaporated underneath the Spanish sunshine.

In the meantime, his Petronas Yamaha teammate Morbidelli started to slow drastically down the order to 6^th. Rins had overtaken him by that point into 2^ndwhile Vinalez had to defend from Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati).

Maverick Vinalez – Photo credit MotoGP.com

Vinalez held on to his nerve and position at the flag to complete the podium positions.

Dovizioso finished 4^th, followed by his teammate Danilo Petrucci to complete the Top 5.

Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) worked his way up to 6^thafter a disastrous qualifying which saw him starting from 13^thon the grid. Morbidelli finally crossed the line in 7^th; Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) in 8^th; his teammate Takaaki Nakagami in 9^th; and wildcard rider Stefan Bradl rounded out the Top 10.

It was a race to forget for KTM as the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders Pol Espargaro came home in 13^thfollowed by his teammate Johann Zarco in 14^th. The Red Bull KTM Tech 3 Racing riders Miguel Oliveira took the flag in 18^thin front of Hafiz Syahrin in 19^th.

All pictures from MotoGP.com

Marquez Kembali Ke Podium, Quartararo Alami Masalah Jentera

Pertahan juara, Marc Marquez, mendominasi perlumbaan di Litar Jerez sekaligus merekodkan kemenangan keduanya musim ini.

Marquez bangkit daripada kekecewaan di GP Amerika dua minggu lalu apabila gagal menamatkan perlumbaan ekoran kemalangan.

Pelumba Sepanyol itu berjaya memintas dua wakil Petronas Yamaha, Franco Morbidelli dan Fabio Quartararo sebaik perlumbaan dilepaskan untuk menduduki petak pertama.

Pelumba Repsol Honda itu kemudiannya mudah meninggalkan Franco Morbidelli dan Quartararo untuk mendahului perlumbaan sehingga ke pusingan terakhir.

Quartararo kemudiannya terpaksa bersara di pusingan ke-14 apabila jenteranya mengalami masalah gear.

Ketika itu, wakil Suzuki, Alex Rins – yang memenangi GP Amerika sebelum ini – memecut laju dari kedudukan ke sembilan untuk menduduki tempat kedua. Keputusan tersebut menyaksikan Rins kini hanya satu mata dibelakang Marquez dalam kedudukan kejuaraan keseluruhan.

Tempat ketiga menjadi milik seorang lagi wakil Sepanyol, Maverick Vinales dari pasukan Yamaha.

Pelumba veteran, Valentino Rossi – yang memulakan perlumbaan di kedudukan ke-13 – menghabiskan kebanyakkan masa perlumbaan di belakang Jack Miller namun berjaya memperbaiki kedudukan ke tempat ke-6 sebaik berjaya memintas wakil Pramac Ducati itu.

Sementara itu, Morbidelli – meskipun memulakan perlumbaan di kedudukan kedua – hilang lima kedudukan sekaligus menamatkan perlumbaan di tempat ke-7 di hadapan dua wakil LCR Honda, Cal Crutchlow dan Takaaki Nakagami.

Wildcard Honda, Stefan Bradl turut membuat kejutan menamatkan perlumbaan di tempat ke-10 di hadapan rakan sepasukan Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo yang menduduki tempat ke-12.

Dalam perkembangan sama, wakil tunggal negara, Hafizh Syahrin menamatkan perlumbaan di kedudukan terakhir (ke-19).

Keputusan penuh:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda)
2. Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) +1.654secs
3. Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha) +2.443s
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +2.804s
5. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) +4.748s
6. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) +7.547s
7. Franco Morbidelli (Movistar Yamaha) +8.228s
8. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) +10.052s
9. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) +10.274s
10. Stefan Bradl (Repsol Honda) +13.402s
11. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) +15.431s
12. Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) +18.473s
13. Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) +20.156s
14. Johann Zarco (KTM) +26.706s
15. Tito Rabat (Ducati) +28.513s

Kedudukan kejuaraan:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) 70
2. Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) 69 (-1)
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) 67 (-3)
4. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) 61 (-9)
5. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 41 (-29)

Marquez Akui Terkejut Dengan Kepantasan Quartararo, Morbidelli

Marc Marquez mahu merampas kedudukan Fabio Quartararo dalam perlumbaan di Jerez yang akan berlangsung hari ini.

Fabio Quartararo – pelumba pasukan Petronas Yamaha – membuat kejutan di Litar Jerez dalam aksi kelayakan semalam apabila menjadi pelumba termuda untuk menduduki petak pertama, sekaligus memecah rekod yang sebelum ini dipegang Marquez.

Sementara itu, rakan sepasukan Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli akan memulakan perlumbaan di petak kedua di hadapan Marquez.

Minggu lalu, Marquez kecundang di GP Amerika – meskipun mendominasi litar tersebut selama enam tahun sebelum ini – namun pelumba berusia 26 tahun itu berharap dapat kembali ke podium di laman sendiri.

“Saya masih gembira kerana dapat menduduki kelompok depan kerana bukan mudah untuk melakukan pintasan di litar ini.

“Saya tidak menjangkakan kedua pelumba di depan mampu mencatat masa yang sangat pantas! Tetapi saya akan terus berikan yang terbaik di perlumbaan nanti,” katanya.

Ketika Marquez melakar rekod sebagai pelumba termuda yang berjaya menduduki petak pertama, dia kemudiannya meneruskan kecemerlangan di Austin pada tahun 2013.

Quartararo berharap dapat mengikut langkah Marquez di samping memperbaiki rekod terbaiknya kedudukan ketujuh di MotoGP.

“Saya langsung tidak menjangkakan keputusan ini.

“Saya berasa teruja untuk memulakan perlumbaan di petak pertama,” tambahnya.

(SUMBER: StadiumAstro)

Kenny Roberts: MotoGP has never been better, Marquez can be beaten!

Kenny Roberts, or King Kenny, needs no introduction. The three time 500cc world champion is also the the first ever American to win a MotoGP race, and his riding style changed the way GP bikes are ridden.

In the year 2000, King Kenny was named a Grand Prix legend by the FIM.

So when King Kenny speaks, the world listens.

In a recent interview with crash.net (the excerpts of which are below) at the American MotoGP round in Circuit of the Americas, King Kenny was quoted as saying that MotoGP racing has never been better.

“Unbelievable. It’s never been better. I mean the talent of the riders, the equipment… MotoGP’s obviously the best show in the world now.”

Kenny, who turned to rider development and then team owner, is still intrigued by the technical side of MotoGP.

He says he loves the new aerodynamics packages on modern MotoGP bikes, “I was ahead of my time [with investing resources in aerodynamics] but we didn’t have enough money to make it all work.

“We had one of the three-cylinders designed by Lotus and it was ten miles an hour quicker at Barcelona down the straight, but it wouldn’t stop. And we didn’t have the budget with Lotus to find out why it wouldn’t stop.”

“It was a funny thing because you’d sit there and look at it going ‘why is the back end coming off the ground?’ No-one knew. There’s a lot to it. They’ve just scratched the surface, in my opinion.”

In the interview, Kenny also mentioned that any of the current top six bikes can be easily adapted to any riding style by a top rider.

“You can make the bike, whatever you need it to be,” he said. “It’s just work and setting the bike up.

“From the little bit I know, the Japanese could not ride my motorcycles because the steering head was too steep. They just couldn’t ride it. It would shake too much and if it shook, they didn’t like it. Eddie couldn’t ride it.

“I think that with any of the [current] motorcycles, with a little bit of work on it, you’d have the same thing. It’s a lot harder to ride. It’s a lot harder on your body. But you are faster. So I think any of them would do that.”

Kenny was legendary for his dirt-track riding style, so crash.net asked him if anyone on track reminds him of himself?

“No, you could never ride as hard as they ride now with my equipment,” he replied.

“If my ’80 bike, the first with aluminium, had the grip these bikes had it would go ‘boing’ and away it would go. Which it actually did with me a couple of times. If you had too much grip, the flex would be so much it would spring back. So with these [modern] tyres you couldn’t ride that motorcycle.

“I think, from my standpoint, Marquez probably comes closest to throwing the bike in. Making it turn. And exiting. Which is what I tried to do… I wasn’t quite as good at it!”

And does he think Marquez can be beaten?

“Yes [Marquez can be beaten] but it’s going to be him beating himself, it looks like to me. Somebody is going to have to really step up and put the pressure on him that he needs to make a mistake and right now I don’t see that happening…”

Click here to read the original interview where Kenny speaks about his surprise that Rossi is still racing at 40!

MotoGP 2019: Marc Marquez Crashes, Alex Rins Wins in Austin!

Alex Rins won the MotoGP race at the 2019 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas.
Marc Marquez crashed out with 12 laps to go.
Valentino Rossi finished second.

Marc Marquez had hoped for a perfect record at the Grand Prix of the Americas, but a mistake at Turn 12 destroyed that record, leaving Alex Rins to win.

He had done what he does best by taking the holeshot at the start and took off into the distance, followed by Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha), Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), Jack Miller (Lamborghini Pramac Ducati) and Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar).

Crutchlow would crash out with 15 laps to go, leaving the other three riders to battle for the remaining podium spots.

By 12 laps to go, Marquez led by 3.6 seconds and the race looked like it was going to be another boring procession. Suddenly a roar went up in the crowds and the TV screens showed a Repsol rider picking his bike off the ground. It turned out to be Marquez!

He tried time and again to pick his bike up but fell back down on the ground and finally gave up.

Replays showed that he had locked the front wheel while trail braking into the first gear Turn 12.

It was a bad day for the Repsol Honda team as Jorge Lorenzo’s bike broke down a lap later.

Marquez’s crash left a nail-biting battle between Valentino Rossi and Alex Rins. Rins had dispatched of Jack Miller. With 6 laps to go, Rins’s team sent a message to select “Mapping 3” and started to stalk Rossi closely.

Valentino Rossi – Photo credit MotoGP.com

Rins finally made a move with 4 laps to go. Rossi replied with a repass by couldn’t hold his line and that let Rins off the hook.

Rossi’s tyre’s were cooked by now but he didn’t let it go down without a fight. Rins was able to open up a lead of 0.7 second but Rossi managed to pull back 0.25 second in braking down to Turn 12. However, Rins was able to hold on and claim his very first MotoGP win.

Behind them, Jack Miller held on for his first podium in the dry and on a Ducati while keeping himself just out of reach of Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati). Dovizioso started the race from 13^thon the grid.

Franco Morbidelli rounded out the Top 5.

The results of the race bring Dovizioso into the lead of the championship with 54 points, to Rossi’s 51, Rins’s 49 and Marquez’s 45. That’s 9 points covering four riders.

MotoGP: GP Amerika ‘Makanan’ Marquez

Marc Marquez meneruskan dominasi dalam saingan MotoGP musim ini apabila berjaya merekodkan kedudukan pertama di GP Amerika buat kali ketujuh berturut-turut dalam kariernya.

Marquez telah pun memenangi kesemua enam perlumbaan di Litar Americas apabila dia memulakan perlumbaan di petak pertama.

Pelumba Sepanyol itu miliki peluang cerah untuk mengulangi kejayaan buat kali ketujuh di Austin selepas mencatatkan masa 2 minit 3.787 saat.

Dia juga muncul pelumba terpantas ketika sesi terakhir ujian tatkala FP3 terpaksa dibatalkan ekoran hujan lebat.

Sementara itu, pelumba veteran, Valentino Rossi bakal memberi saingan terhadap Marquez apabila bakal memulakan saingan di tempat kedua dengan Cal Crutchlow ketiga.

Dalam perkembangan lain, wakil tunggal negara, Hafizh Syahrin akan memulakan aksi di petak ke-21 selepas mencatat masa 2 minit 7.417 saat.

Keputusan sesi kelayakan:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) 2:03.787
2. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) 2:04.060
3. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) 2:04.147
4. Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) 2:04.416
5. Pol Espargaro (KTM) 2:04.472
6. Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha) 2:04.489
7. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) 2:04.534
8. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 2:04.696
9. Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) 2:04.941
10. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha) 2:05.278
11. Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) 2:05.383
12. Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) 2.05.887

(SUMBER: StadiumAstro)

2019 Argentina MotoGP: Marquez Obliterates Field, Rossi Back on Podium

Marc Marquez destroyed the field in the 2019 Argentina MotoGP.
Valentino Rossi celebrated his 23 years in GP racing by finishing 2^ndon the podium.
Andrea Dovizioso finished 3^rdafter nursing his worn tyres.

While many had expected reigning MotoGP champion to win at the 2019 Argentina MotoGP, no one had thought he’d destroy the entire field. He left the riders behind him to fight tooth and nail for the last two podium positions, ending with Valentino Rossi claiming second place ahead of Andrea Dovizioso on the final lap.

Putting the nightmares of last season and the start of the weekend behind him, Marquez (Repsol Honda) blasted into the lead from the get-go and never looked back. He led as much as 12 seconds before backing off in the last few laps to take the chequered flag.

The battle for second and third position ensued among Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha), Andrea Dovizioso (Team Winnow Ducati), Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Sepang Yamaha Racing Team), Maverik Vinalez (Monster Energy Yamaha), Danilo Petrucci (Team Winnow Ducati), Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda).

The group saw multiple position changes throughout the race, including trading paint and leaving tyre marks on rivals’ leathers.

Early casualty was Crutchlow who was called to serve a ride through penalty due to jumping the start. Dorna and the FIM had installed new jumpstart cameras and caught the Englishman moving forward by just 0.0001s before the red lights went out. He would eventually finish 13^th.

Soon, Petrucci was dropped by the group. Rossi, Dovizioso, Miller and Morbidelli were caught in an exciting high-speed duel. Rossi and Dovi managed to pull clear at the end, leaving the men behind to chop and block each other.

Rossi and Dovi exchanged position a number of times, but the Ducati rider couldn’t pull away as he was trying to conserve his worn tyres. Rossi then put a block pass on Dovizioso at Turn 7 on the last lap and took off to take second place.

The podium finish celebrated Rossi’s 23 years of his involvement in GP racing.

By now, Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) rode a steady race from 16^thon the grid to join the group. In the battle than ensued between Miller, Vinalez and Morbidelli, the trip went three wide as they headed into Turn 7. Miller was on the inside, Morbidelli on the outside, sandwiching Vinalez. Miller managed to slip through, followed by Vinalez and Morbidelli. Miller’s block pass means Vinalez had to hold his throttle, causing Morbidelli to smash into Vinalez’s back wheel. Both riders were knocked out of the race with just a few corners to go.

Alex Rins slipped through to claim 5^thwith Petrucci behind him.

Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) finished 7^thto cap off a strong weekend; Fabio Quartaro (Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team) impressed in 8^th; Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) took 9^th; and Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory) rounded out the Top 10.

Further down the field, rookie Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) put in another impressive race to come home in 11^th; Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) had a horrid start and finished 12^th; Crutchlow in 13^th; Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Ducati) in 14^th; Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory) couldn’t capitalize on his soft tyres and dropped all the way back to 15^th; Hafizh Syahrin (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) in 16^th; and Andrea Ianone (Aprilia Racing) took the last spot.

MotoGP: Marquez Dominasi GP Argentina, Rossi Sekat Dovizioso

Marc Marquez mendominasi perlumbaan di GP Argentina sekaligus merekodkan kemenangan ketiga di Termas de Rio Hondo.

Marquez mempamerkan prestasi mantap sepanjang sesi ujian minggu lalu sebelum mengesahkan kemenangan di hari perlumbaan.

Pertahan juara itu berada di depan seawal selekoh pertama dan tampak tidak tergugat sebaik perlumbaan menghampiri pusingan terakhir.

Selepas empat pusingan, wakil Honda itu telah pun meninggalkan pesaing terdekat dengan perbezaan empat saat.

Bagaimanapun, saingan sengit berlaku untuk perebutan tempat kedua, di antara Andrea Dovizioso, Valentino Rossi dan Franco Morbidelli.

Ketiga-tiga pelumba bertukar-tukar posisi di awal perlumbaan sebelum Morbidelli ketinggalan – pelumba Itali itu kemudiannya terpaksa bersara daripada perlumbaan ekoran mengalami kemalangan bersama Maverick Vinales.

Dovizioso dan Rossi bersaing dengan sengit sebelum juara dunia tujuh kali itu mengetepikan cabaran Dovizioso – yang memenangi aksi pembukaan di Losail dua minggu lalu – di pusingan terakhir.

Sementara itu, Alex Rins turut mencuri tumpuan apabila berjaya menduduki tempat kelima meskipun memulakan perlumbaan di petak ke-16 manakala Jorge Lorenzo meneruskan nasib malang bersama Repsol Honda apabila sekadar menamatkan perlumbaan di kedudukan ke-12.

Pelumba negara, Hafizh Syahrin berjaya mempamerkan tunggangan mantap untuk menamatkan saingan di kedudukan ke-16 meskipun memulakan perlumbaan di petak ke-21.

Keputusan perlumbaan:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda)
2. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) +9.816secs
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +10.530s
4. Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) +12.140s
5. Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) +12.563s
6. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) +13.750s
7. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) +18.160s
8. Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) +20.403s
9. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) +25.292s
10. Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) +25.679s
11. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) +25.855s
12. Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) +27.497s
13. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) +31.398s
14. Francesco Bagnaia (Alma Pramac Racing) +32.893s
15. Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) +33.372s

Kedudukan kejuaraan:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) 45
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) 41 (-4)
3. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) 31 (-14)
4. Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) 24 (-21)
5. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 20 (-25)

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Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez rode to his fourth victory of the season at the Catalunya MotoGP.

His Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo brought down three other riders who were challenging Marquez for the lead.

Fabio Quartararo secured his and Petronas Sepang Racing Team’s maiden podium finish.

Danilo Petrucci wins his first and emotional MotoGP race at the Italian MotoGP.

It was a thrilling race from start to end, but it was only decided on the last lap.

Alex Rins fought hard, but his Suzuki was outgunned by the Ducatis and Honda.

Marc Marquez rode a commanding race to claim the 300th victory for Honda.

He was challenged earlier by Jack Miller but never looked back after regaining the lead.

Honda had found more power in the engine.

Marc Marquez won the Spanish MotoGP 2019.

Polesitter Fabio Quartararo had gone as high up as 2nd but had to retire with mechanical problems.

Alex Rins finished 2nd on the Suzuki.

Alex Rins won the MotoGP race at the 2019 Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas.

Marc Marquez crashed out with 12 laps to go.

Valentino Rossi finished second.

Marc Marquez destroyed the field in the 2019 Argentina MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi celebrated his 23 years in GP racing by finishing 2nd on the podium.

Andrea Dovizioso finished 3rdafter nursing his worn tyres.

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Kedudukan kejuaraan:

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Marc Marquez rode a commanding race to claim the 300^thvictory for Honda.

Polesitter Fabio Quartararo had gone as high up as 2^ndbut had to retire with mechanical problems.

Alex Rins finished 2^ndon the Suzuki.

Valentino Rossi celebrated his 23 years in GP racing by finishing 2^ndon the podium.

Andrea Dovizioso finished 3^rdafter nursing his worn tyres.