posted Jun 6, 2016, 5:42 PM by Takanobu Matsuki
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updated Jun 6, 2016, 5:42 PM by Paisal Komarwut
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Race
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Sunday,
Jun 5th 2016 |
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Gran Premi de Catalunya
MotoGP 2016
Round 7
Marquez
and Pedrosa achieve great and emotional double podium finish in home
race
Marc Marquez and Dani
Pedrosa both finished on the podium in an emotional and exciting
Grand Prix de Catalunya, on a day that all of the riders and the
entire MotoGP paddock treated as a heartfelt tribute to Luis
Salom.
Marc, who today
reversed his race number to the “39” of Salom, earned second
position after a long and fair duel with Valentino Rossi, which saw
the Honda rider closely chasing the Italian for 15 laps before
engaging in an exciting battle for the victory five laps from the
end. The pair overtook each other several times before the
penultimate lap, when a small mistake by Marc allowed Rossi to pull
a little gap. With the tyres put to a severe test by the higher
temperature compared to yesterday, and with faultless Jorge Lorenzo
out of the race after a collision with Andrea Iannone, Marc wisely
settled for second and for 20 very important points, which put him
in the leadership for the Championship ahead Lorenzo, Rossi and
Pedrosa.
Contrary to his
teammate, who raced on hard-front hard-rear Michelin tyres like most
of the other riders, Dani opted for a medium-rear hard-front choice,
which proved to be the right one for him. He got a brilliant start
from the front row but wasn’t able to keep the advantage into the
first turn, finding himself in fourth position. He soon overtook
Iannone but was passed by Rossi, who was charging from the back.
Dani was then involved in a tough duel for fourth with Maverick
Viñales, and by the time he got the better of that and then passed
Lorenzo for third, he had already lost close contact with Rossi and
Marc at the front. Tough he was able to keep a very fast pace, he
couldn’t close the gap with the front pair.
The Repsol Honda Team
will remain in Montmeló tomorrow for a one-day post-race
test. |
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Marc
Marquez
2nd
“It has been a hard
weekend for all the riders, but in the end I think that together
we paid tribute to Luis Salom with the Sunday that he deserved. It
was a nice race with Valentino. I was suffering a little with the
increase in temperature and was never completely comfortable, so I
was unable to try overtaking at the right time. I had a couple of
scares and started doing the math for the standings in my head,
knowing that Jorge Lorenzo was out of the race, and I think that
in the end, a podium finish is a very positive result for the
Championship. Another thing that’s important for motorcycle racing
is that Valentino and I shook hands; it was probably the weekend
and the right situation to do so.” |
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Dani
Pedrosa
3rd
“This has been a
positive race. We opted for the intermediate rear tyre because I
felt more comfortable with it. On the first few laps I tried not
to wear it down too much so as to keep it in good condition for
the final stretch of the race. In the fight with Maverick Viñales
I lost contact with the front group, but I managed to set a good
pace and push a little more. In the final laps, the rear tyre had
degraded quite a lot and there was nothing more that I could do.
I’m happy to get back at the front and return to the podium, and
to do so at home but on the other hand it’s been a difficult
weekend for what has happened. Luis’s family wanted us to
continue, and we gave our all for him and for them. The minute’s
silence, with all the riders and the whole MotoGP family, was
really emotional.” |
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Results Session
Pos. |
Rider |
Num |
Nation |
Points |
Team |
Time/Gap |
1 |
Rossi
Valentino |
46 |
ITA |
25 |
Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP |
44'37.589 |
2 |
Marquez
Marc |
93 |
SPA |
20 |
Repsol
Honda Team |
2.652 |
3 |
Pedrosa
Dani |
26 |
SPA |
16 |
Repsol
Honda Team |
6.313 |
4 |
Vinales
Maverick |
25 |
SPA |
13 |
Team
Suzuki Ecstar |
24.388 |
5 |
Espargaro
Pol |
44 |
SPA |
11 |
Monster
Yamaha Tech 3 |
29.546 |
6 |
Crutchlow
Cal |
35 |
GBR |
10 |
LCR
Honda |
36.244 |
7 |
Dovizioso
Andrea |
4 |
ITA |
9 |
Ducati
Team |
41.464 |
8 |
Bautista
Alvaro |
19 |
SPA |
8 |
Aprilia
Racing Team Gresini |
42.975 |
9 |
Petrucci
Danilo |
9 |
ITA |
7 |
Octo
Pramac Racing |
45.337 |
10 |
Miller
Jack |
43 |
AUS |
6 |
Estrella
Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS |
49.514 |
11 |
Barbera
Hector |
8 |
SPA |
5 |
Avintia
Racing |
46.669 |
12 |
Bradl
Stefan |
6 |
GER |
4 |
Aprilia
Racing Team Gresini |
55.133 |
13 |
Laverty
Eugene |
50 |
IRE |
3 |
Aspar
MotoGP Team |
57.974 |
14 |
Rabat
Tito |
53 |
SPA |
2 |
Estrella
Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS |
1'00.141 |
15 |
Pirro
Michele |
51 |
ITA |
1 |
Ducati
Team |
1'00.429 |
16 |
Redding
Scott |
45 |
GBR |
0 |
Octo
Pramac Racing |
1'16.269 |
17 |
Hernandez
Yonny |
68 |
COL |
0 |
Aspar
MotoGP Team |
1
lap |
18 |
Espargaro
Aleix |
41 |
SPA |
0 |
Team
Suzuki Ecstar |
7
laps |
19 |
Lorenzo
Jorge |
99 |
SPA |
0 |
Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP |
9
laps |
20 |
Iannone
Andrea |
29 |
ITA |
0 |
Ducati
Team |
9
laps |
21 |
Smith
Bradley |
38 |
GBR |
0 |
Monster
Yamaha Tech 3 |
19
laps | |
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Location
Information
In 1989, through the
joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the
Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya
(RACC), work began on giving one of Europe’s most beautiful cities a
state of the art race track to match. The Circuit de Catalunya
opened on the doorstep… read
more. |
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Length |
(modified
layout JUN 04 2016) 4.665 kilometres / 2.892 miles |
Width |
12
metres |
Left
corners |
5 |
Right
corners |
8 |
Longest
straight |
1.047
kilometres / 0.651 miles |
Constructed |
1991 |
Modified |
1995 |
Circuit
Records
Pole
Position |
1m
43.589s Marc Marquez (Honda, 2016) |
Race
Lap |
1m
45.971s Maverick Viñales (Suzuki, 2016) |
Race
Time |
44'37.589 |
2016
Race Winner |
Valentino
Rossi (Yamaha) |
Circuit de
Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalunya, Spain – View in Google Maps
www.circuitcat.com |
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