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Race 15 of 18 races in the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 12 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Motul Grand Prix of Japan [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Twin Ring Motegi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2014 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 12 October 2014.
In the MotoGP class, Andrea Dovizioso took his first pole position since the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix. However, Jorge Lorenzo won his second successive race, [4] but a second-place finish for Marc Márquez was good enough for his second consecutive premier class world championship, and his fourth world title in total. [5] The podium placings were completed by Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place. [4] In the supporting categories, Thomas Lüthi took his first victory since 2012 by winning the Moto2 race, [6] while in the Moto3 race, Álex Márquez took advantage of a collision between Ajo Motorsport teammates Jack Miller and Danny Kent, [7] to take his third victory of 2014.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 24 | 42:21.259 | 5 | 25 |
2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +1.638 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 24 | +2.602 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +3.157 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +14.353 | 1 | 11 |
6 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 24 | +16.653 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +19.531 | 9 | 9 |
8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +19.815 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +23.575 | 10 | 7 |
10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +35.687 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 24 | +40.668 | 11 | 5 |
12 | 21 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamalube Racing Team with YSP | Yamaha | 24 | +51.027 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 24 | +51.093 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 24 | +55.792 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | +59.089 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 45 | Scott Redding | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +59.508 | 15 | |
17 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 24 | +1:16.547 | 20 | |
18 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 24 | +1:28.021 | 22 | |
19 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 24 | +1:29.470 | 23 | |
20 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 24 | +1:33.253 | 24 | |
Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 23 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 14 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 4 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1 | Accident | 8 | |
Sources: [8] [9] [10] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 23 | 42:50.219 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | Maverick Viñales | Kalex | 23 | +1.209 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 53 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 23 | +3.631 | 1 | 16 |
4 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Caterham Suter | 23 | +7.797 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 23 | +8.472 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 23 | +8.881 | 7 | 10 |
7 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 23 | +11.203 | 8 | 9 |
8 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +17.509 | 17 | 8 |
9 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Tech 3 | 23 | +18.424 | 18 | 7 |
10 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Suter | 23 | +21.192 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 23 | +22.646 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 23 | +23.303 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +26.077 | 6 | 3 |
14 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 23 | +26.708 | 23 | 2 |
15 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 23 | +28.921 | 25 | 1 |
16 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Kalex | 23 | +29.312 | 20 | |
17 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Suter | 23 | +31.192 | 21 | |
18 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 23 | +33.956 | 16 | |
19 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Caterham Suter | 23 | +41.606 | 22 | |
20 | 20 | Florian Marino | Kalex | 23 | +42.031 | 28 | |
21 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 23 | +42.133 | 30 | |
22 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 23 | +44.568 | 26 | |
23 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | NTS | 23 | +45.571 | 27 | |
24 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 23 | +51.944 | 33 | |
25 | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 23 | +52.398 | 32 | |
26 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 23 | +53.160 | 24 | |
27 | 97 | Román Ramos | Speed Up | 23 | +58.088 | 36 | |
28 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Suter | 23 | +1:06.689 | 31 | |
29 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 23 | +1:15.937 | 10 | |
30 | 65 | Chalermpol Polamai | Tech 3 | 23 | +1:22.685 | 34 | |
Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 17 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 13 | Retirement | 29 | |
Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 3 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 84 | Riccardo Russo | Suter | 0 | Accident | 35 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 20 | 39:26.830 | 7 | 25 |
2 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 20 | +0.357 | 14 | 20 |
3 | 41 | Brad Binder | Mahindra | 20 | +0.484 | 8 | 16 |
4 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 20 | +0.672 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 8 | Jack Miller | KTM | 20 | +1.161 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 52 | Danny Kent | Husqvarna | 20 | +1.796 | 1 | 10 |
7 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 20 | +5.927 | 17 | 9 |
8 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | KTM | 20 | +6.025 | 15 | 8 |
9 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 20 | +6.527 | 2 | 7 |
10 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 20 | +6.686 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 20 | +6.988 | 6 | 5 |
12 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 20 | +18.713 | 23 | 4 |
13 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | KTM | 20 | +18.757 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Honda | 20 | +19.242 | 19 | 2 |
15 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 20 | +19.664 | 12 | 1 |
16 | 57 | Eric Granado | KTM | 20 | +24.788 | 21 | |
17 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | Kalex KTM | 20 | +40.080 | 33 | |
18 | 38 | Hafiq Azmi | KTM | 20 | +40.154 | 29 | |
19 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Mahindra | 20 | +40.888 | 27 | |
20 | 13 | Jasper Iwema | Mahindra | 20 | +41.011 | 28 | |
21 | 43 | Luca Grünwald | Kalex KTM | 20 | +1:00.736 | 25 | |
22 | 4 | Gabriel Ramos | Kalex KTM | 20 | +1:01.752 | 34 | |
23 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Mahindra | 20 | +1:10.995 | 32 | |
24 | 3 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 19 | +1 lap | 24 | |
Ret | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Mahindra | 11 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Kalex KTM | 9 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 9 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 99 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex KTM | 9 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Husqvarna | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | Mahindra | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
Ret | 83 | Hikari Okubo | Honda | 0 | Accident | 26 | |
Ret | 9 | Scott Deroue | Kalex KTM | 0 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 81 | Sena Yamada | Honda | 0 | Accident | 31 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded. [11]
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