World Champion Marc Marquez of
Spain won the San Marino MotoGP in slippery conditions to join Italy’s Andrea
Dovizioso at the top of the world championship standings. Marquez, on a Honda,
finished ahead of Italy’s Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci on a wet track with
Dovizioso, also on a Ducati, finishing third.
Both Marquez and Dovizioso have 199
points in the world championship standings with five races left in the season.
It was a 59th career win for Marquez, who started from third on the grid and
took the lead from Petrucci on the final lap to secure his 33rd win the MotoGP
category. The top three in the title race lined up on the front row but
it was Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo who got the best start from the second row.
But Lorenzo was one of several riders to come off his bike in the slippery
conditions along with fellow Spaniard Hector Barbera.
Petrucci battled with the reigning
champion and Marquez finally pounced on the last lap to notch up a 25-point
haul. Earlier, Swiss rider Dominique Agerter (Suter) won the San Moto2
Grand Prix ahead of Kalex duo Thomas Luthi of Switzerland and Malaysian Hafizh
Syahrin, to claim his second career win. Italy’s Romano Fenati of Honda
defied driving rain to claim his eighth career win in Moto3. In a race
hampered by numerous falls and skids off the track, Fenati finished ahead of
Spanish world champion leader Joan Mir and Italy’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, both
also riding for Honda.
No comments:
Post a Comment