After loosing his first race of the 2014 season, Marc Marquez got back his grove..... in that he shot back to the top with an incredible performance that saw him make his Repsol Honda perform slides that stunned his crew, let alone the race commentators. Though it was a close battle between the Spaniards, Jorge Lorenzo said he was "very proud" after coming off second once more in a MotoGP head-to-head with Marc Marquez at Silverstone.
In the picture below Lorenzo follows Marquez ever so closely around a curve.
Lorenzo led for most of the race with Marquez sticking to his rear wheel. With seven laps to go Marquez made his first move for the lead but ran wide and lost the position. With five to go Marquez tried again through the Village and Loop corners but Lorenzo rebuffed this in an incredible shoving match. Going into the following corner Marquez was too quick and the unexpected Lorenzo had no time to close the door and could only see his rival cut to the inside and take the corner and speed away. Though Lorenzo pushed hard, Marquez was riding like a possessed mad man slipping and sliding but remaining up front until crossing the checkered flag, after which the pair shook hands on the slow down lap.
Almost 8 seconds behind them, Valentino Rossi bested Dani Pedrosa and Andea Dovizioso after having battled them for third place for the large part of the race.
Race top 5:
1. Marc Marquez, Spain, Repsol Honda,
2. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Movistar Yamaha
3. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Movistrar Yamaha
4. Dani Pedrosa, Spain, Repsol Honda,
5. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy, Ducati
Please check back for other race results as the NHRA Indy race is being held as I write this.
Source: Crash.net
Photo credit: independent.co.uk (Reuters)
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