Jerez MotoGP race
By: Matt Beer
Summary
Status: Stopped
That's it for our live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix, another masterclass from Marc Marquez. To be continued at Le Mans, Fabio Quartararo's home circuit, a traditional Yamaha track and one of the most exciting venues on the calendar.
Marquez: "It was more difficult about mentality than physical. After the mistake in Austin is not easy to arrive here and lead the race from the beginning until the end. But I am convince about my performance and the bike, I'm feeling really good. This weekend I felt really good, really smooth and riding like I want. We were disappointed in Austin but now we must enjoy this victory and we are leading the championship again."
Rins: "For sure doesn't look easy and was not easy, I need to start on better position. Anyway I am really happy, second position here in Jerez."
Vinales: "We've been struggling a lot with the starts, finally we found out a method that is working really good, I win some places in the start so I am really happy. The team is working good, I need confidence. We are getting back, here in Jerez is a track I really struggle, always I've been not doing really good results but today was incredible. For me, being on the podium is like a victory in Jerez. So pleased, the team did a good job, in FP3 we were 16th and we recover a lot of places so it's been tough but we work really hard."
Marquez may lead the championship by one point but there is no denying he's been by far the best rider of 2019 so far. He was second in Qatar, dominated in Argentina and was also easily the strongest in Austin. Either something changes or Marquez will win the title even easier than last year.
Championship standings:
1 Marquez 70
2 Rins 69
3 Dovizioso 67
4 Rossi 61
5 Petrucci 41
6 Vinales 30
7 Miller 29
8 Nakagami 29
9 Crutchlow 29
10 Morbidelli 25
1 Marquez 70
2 Rins 69
3 Dovizioso 67
4 Rossi 61
5 Petrucci 41
6 Vinales 30
7 Miller 29
8 Nakagami 29
9 Crutchlow 29
10 Morbidelli 25
Race results: 1 Marquez; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Petrucci; 6 Rossi; 7 Morbidelli; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Nakagami; 10 Bradl; 11 A. Espargaro; 12 Lorenzo; 13 P. Espargaro; 14 Zarco; 15 Rabat; 16 Abraham; 17 Smith; 18 Oliveira; 19 Syahrin. DNF: Miller, Mir, Quartararo, Bagnaia.
Vinales survived the main straight for the last time, but there is still the backstraight for Dovizioso to make a move.
Miller crashed while trying to overtake Aleix Espargaro at the final corner. He doesn't look pleased but it didn't seem like Espargaro did anything naughty.
Four laps to go, Dovizioso is now very close to Vinales. It feels like it's a matter of time before he slipstreams past the Yamaha.
At the front, Marquez's lead is 3.9s. Rins is set to take second but Vinales has Dovizioso and Petrucci right behind him for the final podium position.
Lorenzo update: He is up to 14th - thanks to Quartararo's retirement - but is currently defending from Pol Espargaro.
Top 10 (Lap 18): 1 Marquez; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Petrucci; 6 Morbidelli; 7 Crutchlow; 8 Miller; 9 Rossi; 10 Mir.
Top 10 (Lap 14): 1 Marquez; 2 Quartararo; 3 Morbidelli; 4 Rins; 5 Vinales; 6 Dovizioso; 7 Petrucci; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Miller; 10 Rossi.
Rins up to fourth after a Turn 13 overtake on Vinales. The Suzuki man is very much in the podium fight now.
Morbidelli is not only struggling to keep up with Marquez, Quartararo and Vinales are also all over him suddenly.
Marquez still hasn't shaken off the Yamahas behind. The whole field is generally running pretty close together, but everybody keeps a bit of distance to the rider ahead.
Top 10 (Lap 7): 1 Marquez; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Quartararo; 4 Vinales; 5 Rins; 6 Dovizioso; 7 Petrucci; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Miler; 10 Rossi.
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