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Race 11 of 18 races in the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 17 August 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | bwin Grand Prix České republiky [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Brno Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 17 August 2014.
In MotoGP, Marc Márquez was defeated for the first time in the 2014 season, as he could only finish fourth in the race. [4] Instead, it was his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa that took the victory, ahead of the Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. [5] In Moto2, championship leader Esteve Rabat took his fifth victory of the season, leading home Marc VDS Racing Team teammate Mika Kallio, while the podium was completed by Sandro Cortese, taking his first podium in the class. [6]
The Moto3 race was closely fought, with the points-scoring positions – from the winner to 15th place – covered by just 1.838 seconds at the finish, a record for all Grand Prix races. [7] The race was won by category veteran Alexis Masbou for his first Grand Prix win. [8] Enea Bastianini took his first podium finish in second place, with the podium completed by Danny Kent, his first podium since returning to Moto3. Álex Rins finished down in ninth position, having prematurely celebrated what he thought was a race victory. [8] [9]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | 42:47.800 | 5 | 25 |
2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +0.410 | 6 | 20 |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +5.259 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.454 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +17.639 | 3 | 11 |
6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +17.834 | 2 | 10 |
7 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +23.819 | 8 | 9 |
8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 22 | +29.621 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +30.364 | 4 | 7 |
10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +37.639 | 14 | 6 |
11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +55.604 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +56.727 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 22 | +56.908 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 22 | +1:04.135 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 2 | Leon Camier | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 22 | +1:04.902 | 18 | 1 |
16 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 22 | +1:20.666 | 20 | |
17 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 22 | +1:24.282 | 21 | |
18 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 22 | +1:27.436 | 24 | |
19 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 22 | +1:38.867 | 23 | |
Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 20 | Retirement | 19 | |
Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | Ducati | 7 | Retirement | 11 | |
Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 6 | Accident | 22 | |
Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 5 | Retirement | 12 | |
Sources: [10] [11] [12] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded. [13]
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