Monday, 14 September 2015

MotoGP:Marc Marquez wins as Valentino Rossi extends MotoGP lead


Marc Marquez won the San Marino MotoGP ahead of British duo Bradley Smith and Scott Redding, while Valentino Rossi extended his overall lead to 23 points.

Rossi had a record 92,000-strong home crowd on their feet and cheering at Misano but the joy was short-lived in a thrilling dry-wet-dry race involving two pit-stops.

With Marquez's Honda team pitting the reigning champion to switch bikes again with 10 laps remaining, Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, who had started on pole, stayed out.

MotoGP race positions:

1. Marc Marquez (Spa) Honda 48mins 23.819secs

2. Bradley Smith (GB) Yamaha 48:31.107

3. Scott Redding (GB) Honda 48:42.612

4. Loris Baz (Fra) Forward Yamaha 48:50.246

5. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 48:57.015

6. Danilo Petrucci (Ita) Ducati 48:58.906

7. Andrea Iannone (Ita) Ducati 49:00.346

8. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Ducati 49:01.253

9 Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 49:03.335

10. Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Suzuki 49:03.511

MotoGP riders' standings:

1 Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) Ita 247

2 J Lorenzo (Yamaha) Spa 224

3 M Marquez (Honda) Spa 184

4 A Iannone (Ducati) Ita 159

5 B Smith (Yamaha) GB 135

6 A Dovizioso (Ducati) Spa

7 D Pedrosa (Honda) Spa 109

8 D Petrucci (Ducati) Ita 93

9 P Espargo (Yamaha) Spa 81

10 C Crutchlow (Honda) GB 79

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