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Phillip Island MotoGP Results

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The stars aligned, apparently, as the best race of the year, and perhaps in many years, occurred earlier today at Phillip Island, Australia. After leading the first two-thirds of the race, Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo was joined at the front by three other riders, including Marc Marquez (Honda), Andrea Iannone (Ducati) and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha). The drama ratcheted up until the final lap of the race.

Nearly countless overtakes among the top four riders appeared to set Lorenzo free at the front, once again, with one lap remaining. But Marquez had a special lap left, the fastest of the race, and overtook Lorenzo for the win, while Iannone passed Rossi for third and Rossi finished fourth. Roughly one second covered all four riders at the flag.

Rossi’s championship points lead was cut to 11 points with two races remaining. Here are the finishing riders. For additional details, results and points, visit the official MotoGP site.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 40’33.849
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +0.249
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati +0.930
4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +1.058
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda +5.062
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +6.800
7 9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda +9.375
8 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +18.401
9 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki +20.039
10 6 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +20.657
11 5 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +21.846
12 4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Octo Pramac Racing Ducati +22.840
13 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati +29.168
14 2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +37.244
15 1 43 Jack MILLER AUS LCR Honda Honda +40.192
16 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati +48.263
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Octo Pramac Racing Ducati +48.572
18 76 Loris BAZ FRA Forward Racing Yamaha Forward +48.677
19 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +50.201
20 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati +50.262
21 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +50.277
22 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Forward Racing Yamaha Forward +1’20.942
23 13 Anthony WEST AUS AB Motoracing Honda +1’23.454

 

Source: www.motorcycledaily.com