MotoGP Aragon: Lorenzo dominates, Marquez falls, Pedrosa beats Rossi
Sixth victory of the season for Lorenzo, who moves to -14 behind Rossi
MotoGP 2015 Aragon Race – Jorge Lorenzo dominated the MotoGP class Aragon Grand Prix, fourteenth stage of the 2015 world championship.
The Majorcan got the better of Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi, with the latter trying in every way to pass the Honda Spaniard, who however didn't want to give up today.
Four points lost (16 in third place versus 20 in second place) which brings Lorenzo -14 behind the Pesaro team. The big disappointment of the day was Marc Marquez, who started from pole and crashed on the first lap. Alex de Angelis and Danilo Petrucci also fell. Rossi now leads the world championship standings with 263 points against Lorenzo's 249 and Marquez's 184, with Iannone fourth at the finish line, reaching 172.
Race report
The great wait is about to end, the riders of the MotoGP class are ready to contest the Aragon Grand Prix, the fourteenth stage of the 2015 season. The pole position, the seventh of the season, was won by the four-time world champion Marc Marquez, who he also set a new track record with a time of 1'46.635. On the front row with him will be Yamaha compatriot Jorge Lorenzo and our Andrea Iannone, who despite the pain in his left shoulder was a great protagonist.
Valentino Rossi will start from the second row having set the sixth fastest time. The seven-time Top Class champion is preceded by Pol Espargarò's Yamaha and Dani Pedrosa's Honda. Third row for Danilo Petrucci (Team Pramac Ducati), while Andrea Dovizioso with the second Desmosedici GP15 will only start from the fourth row. Iodaracing's Alex de Angelis from San Marino will start from eighth. All ready, twenty-three laps to go for 116.794 km. The traffic lights go out, Lorenzo is the fastest at the start, starting in front of Iannone and Marquez, Rossi is sixth.
The first lap ends with Lorenzo ahead of Marquez, Iannone, Pedrosa, Rossi, Pol Espargarò, Dovizioso, Aleix Espargarò, Smith, Crutchlow and Petrucci. Lorenzo extends and Marquez chases him. Plot twist, Marquez loses the front end of his Honda RC213V and ends up in the gravel. The race is over for the reigning champion, with Rossi moving up one position. The second round ends with Lorenzo ahead of Iannone, Pedrosa, Rossi, Pol Espargarò, Dovizioso, Aleix Espargarò, Smith, Crutchlow and Petrucci.
Pedrosa attacks and moves into second position, while on the following lap Rossi passes Iannone, moving in the wake of the Honda rider. Lorenzo (who in the meantime received the report that Marquez was out) extended his lead to 2.732 over Pedrosa. The Spaniard and the Pesaro man push forward on Iannone, who could start to suffer from his injured shoulder. Meanwhile, Alex de Angelis crashed, with the Iodaracing driver getting up unharmed. Danilo Petrucci's race also ends; the Pramac Racing rider from Terni had to abdicate in the race after excellent performances.
At the halfway point of the race we find Lorenzo in the lead with a 3.166 lead over Pedrosa, with Rossi hot on the heels of the #26 Honda. Followed by the Ducatis of Iannone and Dovizioso, the Yamaha of Smith, the Suzuki of Aleix Espargarò, the Honda of Cal Crutchlow, the Yamaha of Pol Espargarò and the Ducati of Yonny Hernandez.
With five laps to go, there is still an open battle between Pedrosa and Rossi, with the latter earning 4 points by passing the Honda rider (20 for second versus 16 for third). Rossi attacks as he passes, but Pedrosa responds, still very open fight for second position. Another double attempt by Rossi, but Pedrosa responds again, the duel between the Honda rider and the Yamaha rider was beautiful.
The last lap begins, Rossi attacks and passes the Spaniard, who however responds with malice a few corners later. Lorenzo goes on to win the sixth race of the season, while a great Pedrosa gets the better of Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo thanks!
Photos: Alex Farinelli
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Heroic Pedrosa. How great!!
Although I'm sorry for Vale, these are precious points.
He can say he is one of the very few drivers to beat Vale on the last lap.
There's nothing to say Pedrosa was incredible, I don't even remember the last time I saw him like this... it's a shame 4 more points were important for Valentino.
Giorgina did her usual race, chapeau.
Marquez, his fall no longer surprises me, says he learns from his mistakes but promptly falls for them again.
Iannone, immense, humiliated Dovizioso for the umpteenth time...with an injured shoulder afterwards.
Hype for Motegi
In my opinion, if the races go smoothly in terms of weather conditions, Rossi could have lost the world championship here. He absolutely had to contain Jorge's comeback.
Pedrosa was very good and bad at the right points, but here Rossi did his part, he made a mistake similar to the one in the battle between Rossi and Lorenzo in Catalunya at the last corner of the last lap.
Rossi left the door open and Pedrosa entered it decisively, but it was already clear from the overtaking on Iannone that he wasn't the usual Pedrosa, he was very good at making and resisting overtaking.
Thanks Pedrosa...for the stratospheric fool you made the clown Rossi act ah ah ah ah ah canaries, are you or are you not in agreement that the only thing for you to do today is...sukareeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Who knows how many years you've been sukando buahahaha.
MM93 instead, FIGURONE……..!!!!
It's been a long time since we've seen the anti-Rossi Rosicons, once again inappropriate comments, Rossi gave his all, like Pedrosa and like Lorenzo, the only fool was made by Marquez, he's very strong ,but it doesn't know its limits...
PS as much as it may displease you, the doctor is still leading the championship.
PPSS under which nickname did you post your nonsense previously?
Race that speaks for itself. Worth seeing (like all the ones from this season).
This is absolutely the most beautiful Championship and one that has been fought for I don't know how many years (I find it hard to remember such a tight Championship).
These guys are awesome! What phenomena!!!!
I'll add one thing:
F1 was also racing at Suzuka today. Well, the comparison between MotoGP and F1 (the two peaks of motorsport) is scandalous.
Learn F1, learn what spectacle and fights on the track mean.
Vale lost the duel today simply because he couldn't risk anything, and it showed. camomillo had the best race of his career and had nothing, absolutely nothing to lose. Vale definitely had something to lose and despite this he tried several times, always clean without risking too much and without the recklessness that he needed to beat a super-fast Honda out of corners and on the straights. It was like seeing the 2007 Ducati with which Stoner won so many races just because there were straights. GoValeGo!
regardless of the result, I had fun.
Great Pedro, I had never seen him in such good shape...
Rossi tried, but yesterday especially on the straight he had no history...
There aren't many excuses, Rossi was clean, but the Yamaha was faster than the Honda, in fact a Yamaha won. The Hondas were at the limit in many points, while the Yamahas could push harder in up-and-down and entry.
Pedrosa won because he was better, he made his lines preparing the exit, while Rossi was forced to force the entries and not have the ideal trajectory in acceleration.
Honda and Pedrosa were better at preparing the bike to defend themselves from Rossi's attacks, perhaps Marquez too could have worried Lorenzo, but in any case Pedrosa was beatable because Jorge won with an advantage and didn't even have to have a very close race, as if he had them less than a second away.
I agree, there's no point in making excuses. Pedrosa didn't win the duel with Rossi because his Honda was superior to the Yamaha, but simply because he rode better than him, otherwise it's unclear how Lorenzo dominated the race. Dany particularly likes the Aragon circuit, and is able to interpret it better than Rossi who instead finds it a little indigestible and I don't think the doctor didn't want to risk too much since on the last lap he risked ending up off the track to resist Pedrosa's counter-overtaking.
in fact, he defended himself very well, driving poorly, but Dany's Honda was faster on the straight, despite the slipstream, it continued to take meters away from him
apart from everything, I liked the last attack he tried to make, on the last slide before the straight, it was really crazy there.
And obviously the final hug in parc fermé.
it must be said that there was no yardstick for Lorenzo, as Marquez crashed out after just over one lap.
I think, and it's my thought... he stuck to Pedro thinking of taking a pass up to Lorenzo (since Pedro had the pace), and then tried at the end, in the worst case scenario he arrived 3rd anyway... This wasn't the case, either because Pedro couldn't do it, or because he was already on the defensive given his lack of podium status, even a 2nd place isn't bad.
God goodness...never seen a Pedrosa with such a bastard in melee!!! Rossi worked hard to snatch second place from him but there was no way, Dany didn't allow him to stay with the wheels in front of him for more than two seconds! I would say that Pedro's "coma" is over. :) I think I'm not wrong in saying that Pedrosa was the most injured and fractured rider of anyone in the world championship, he broke everything more, and I'm really happy to have seen him return to high levels and achieve an excellent result... if he deserves! What is certain is that he chose exactly the right moment to start standing up to the doctor when it comes to fighting, and in the last four races he (as well as Marquez) could also be the tip of the balance for the title race between Rossi and Lorenzo.
Lorenzo, what can I say... he was unassailable for everyone from the start to the finish. We must take our hats off to such a great performance from Giorgino, and this clear victory and the nine points shaved off the gap from Rossi will certainly propel his morale into the stratosphere. His plan to win them all (which was also Marquez's) remains very difficult, but he took home his first victory and at Motegi, Honda permitting, he is once again the man to beat.
Rossi, on the other hand, knew that on this track (where he has never won) he would have to save what could be saved, and so it was. What is certain is that no one would have bet a cent on the fact that he would lose the duel with Pedrosa, since (it seems to me) something like this had never happened before. Nine points of advantage lost on Lorenzo are not small, but with hindsight one would say that Rossi also did well because if Marquez hadn't gone crazy and had finished behind Lorenzo, he would have lost 12 points, that is, the advantage was more than halved in a single race. Or not, because Marquez also had the pace to win and therefore with Lorenzo second and him fourth, he would have lost seven points instead of nine. But with ifs and buts we don't get anywhere, what matters is only the response from the track, which spoke clearly...Lorenzo was the strongest and fastest rider. Point.
Marquez was just as mad as an orangutan after the crash. I say that if at that moment he had been 2 meters tall and weighing 10 kg, his RC150V would have flown over the tire wall! He had the chance to fight with Lorenzo for the victory, and instead he took home yet another zero of the season. The problem is that Marchino is not satisfied with demonstrating that he is faster than Lorenzo/Rossi/Pedrosa. He wants to be faster than them, and this leads him to constantly run on a razor's edge. And in doing so, one thing is certain...sooner or later you will end up falling on one side or the other. And in fact this is what happened in the race where M&M wanted to recover the disadvantage from Lorenzo in two corners instead of in two laps. Marquez must learn to "be content" with being "normally" faster than the others and to use his head a little more, because if he is not fighting for the title this year (apart from the problems of poor feeling with the new chassis) it is only due to the excessive eagerness to reiterate the clear supremacy demonstrated in previous seasons.
I wanted to say: “He wants to be ENORMOUSLY faster than them…”
To tell the truth, this is already the second time that Rossi has lost to Pedrosa this year, I think he has won all the other times.
However, I think Dani has prepared himself better to face his opponents, while Rossi has spent so much time studying Marquez and especially Lorenzo that I think he has neglected Pedrosa and now finds himself in more difficulty when he has to face him.
It must be said that Pedrosa was always ahead of Rossi throughout the race, yet Rossi was unable to beat him while Dani never saw Rossi's lines, so Dani was clearly superior to Rossi here.
If he had been "conspicuously superior" to Rossi as you say he would have taken Lorenzo, which he didn't do.
Then what does it have to do with seeing Pedrosa's lines? If someone passes you again at the point where you planned to pass him, there's nothing you can do about it, eh.
Pedrosa didn't see Rossi's lines, so what? He knows the track, he knows where to go.
In my opinion, Rossi was surprised by Pedrosa because he remembered him as a "yielding" guy and he fooled him, but you can be sure that he has a finger on his hands about this one.
In fact, he led masterfully, but always on defense
It's a ballistic rule, whoever is behind pushes, the one in front is slower...
I repeat, this is the second time that Pedrosa has screwed Rossi at the end, it's the second time he's kept the margin and then screwed him at the end. It had already happened and Rossi had actually said Pedrosa had some margin.
Here they did the same thing, they also gave indications to Pedrosa on what mapping to use in the final laps, to use everything that his Honda could guarantee him in terms of performance.
Rossi was behind Pedrosa throughout the race, he studied the lines, the strong points and the less strong ones. Pedrosa didn't spend even a lap behind Rossi, this means that he didn't have the opportunity to study Rossi's lines and improve his performance, for example when braking.
Rossi became faster by staying behind Pedrosa, Pedrosa on the other hand ran his race and his lines from start to finish.
Whoever is behind is pulled by whoever is in front, among other things he can exploit the slipstream.
Rossi therefore saved fuel, energy, tires and improved his style by staying behind Pedrosa and despite this he lost.
Pedrosa never saved fuel and tyres, he pulled all the time, he never "rested", he never followed Rossi to catch his breath, and he never followed Rossi to study him and find his strong and weak points, in turn improving his his driving style.
This demonstrates a clear superiority of Pedrosa and compared to Rossi in Aragon, for me the discussion ends here. There isn't much to say Rossi lost despite him having a tactically perfect race, he lost, Pedrosa is already the second time this year that he has fooled him like this, and I think he is the only one to have succeeded.
I don't think even Lorenzo or Marquez have won this way over Rossi. Maybe Marquez did it on Lorenzo when Jorge couldn't escape.
Ronnie
The directions they gave Pedrosa on the poster were not the directions on the mapping, but something else.
The mechanic is an Italian and the good Dani admitted that that is an Italian word that is not nice to say (especially during the World Cup live).
If you find the sign you won't have a hard time understanding ihihihihi
I'll reiterate something that you don't understand very well in my opinion.
Even if you are behind and lap those times you don't save energy.
Seeing is believing.
@Ronnie
But what margin? Pedrosa didn't give 8 tenths like he did at the Sachsenring on the last lap, he won by a hair's breadth... I really don't understand your obstinacy in saying that Pedrosa was clearly superior when that wasn't the case.
He was better and fooled Rossi period.
All this talk to reiterate that he ran on defense….
If he really had more as you say or clearly superior, why didn't he run away to go get Lorenzo and leave Rossi there?? or, if he really had more, why didn't he let him pass and get towed, and then pass him later, some strong drivers do that.
You know, you saw the race, in the images from the helicopter, at the exit of the bend before the straight they were attacked, even though the slipstream at the end had taken 10/12 meters from them, which they recovered almost all of when braking. The point where he tried most often was at the end of the pits, which is shorter, Rossi arrived there hanging from braking, then with the crossing of trajectories and the greater acceleration that Honda had compared to Yamaha, Pedrosa "defended himself Well"
the trajectory lines are those, cm + cm -, it's not that at those speeds there is much choice, then you can try overtaking in one putto rather than another, but the lines are those if you don't want to go for daisies.
And yet I repeat, Dani drove very well and deserved that step on the podium.
PS the sign was too funny
bcs I was referring to the TTT and then the TTTTTTTT
in my opinion they are indications to say use everything you have left.
It's not the first time they've done this.
Guys, Lorenzo was 2 or 4 tenths superior to Pedrosa and Rossi on pace, so although Pedrosa was superior to Rossi he didn't have enough to catch Lorenzo who controlled the whole race and managed the advantage.
Pedrosa seemed to be on par with or even behind Rossi in practice.
In the race, although Rossi improved, Pedrosa improved even more.
Pedrosa was unable to get away because Rossi attacked him just before overtaking Iannone. After overtaking both, Iannone Rossi was forced to close the gap, a bit like Marquez on Lorenzo.
From that moment he was good in the slipstream, while Pedrosa pulled all the time while staying in front, exposed to the wind and therefore theoretically consuming more than staying in the slipstream.
He maintained a high pace and I agree with bcs Rossi didn't rest because that was already his limit pace, despite being in the slipstream. This means that Pedrosa was faster than Rossi throughout the race, Rossi was on the hook, because in his slipstream and with Iannone not too far away he couldn't afford to disturb Pedrosa and couldn't afford to shoot. He knew he had no chance of catching Lorenzo, Rossi stayed behind thinking he could outwit Pedrosa at the end, but instead Dani finished better than him at the end.
I repeat, Dani, without ever being behind Rossi, without ever seeing his lines, without ever being naughty, by setting his own pace throughout the race, he put Rossi in difficulty, who should have saved his energy on fuel and tires by staying behind and easily beaten him in the final. However, this was not the case. Rossi was so inferior that with every overtaking attempt Pedrosa passed him immediately, without even waiting. Rossi was so inferior that Pedrosa didn't even have to challenge him from behind.
Pedrosa said that he could hear Rossi's engine and felt that Rossi's tires were not in good shape, because from the front he could even notice how invasive Rossi's traction control was. This gives you an idea of how superior he was…
Keep thinking that they were equal, and that Rossi was close, to beat Pedrosa Rossi needed at least 1 tenth per lap on the pace, maybe 2 and in such tight races it's an enormity.
You know how strong Rossi is in melee, then realize that if he loses to Pedrosa, even to a luxury Pedrosa who wants to do well in the last races, because he has nothing to lose and has to recover in the championship, and is aggressive, if Rossi also loses from this super Pedrosa in the melee, from which he doesn't even lose from someone as aggressive as Marquez or as fast as Lorenzo, hell realize that it's because he finds himself in a situation of inferiority in terms of riding and technique or do you think that Pedrosa if he were Like Rossi, would he beat him so easily?
If Rossi wants to do better in Aragon he must improve his riding and the set up of his bike, evidently he was inferior if he finished third behind Pedrosa and not due to a gap but because he lost a hand-to-hand duel.
Excluding the first launch lap, average all times lap by lap and see who lapped the fastest. Even if by a little, but I think that Rossi is ahead of Pedrosa and Lorenzo just ahead of Rossi. Apart from this, I repeat, Dani rode masterfully, but first of all he only has to thank the acceleration and speed of his bike.
Why a rider can't afford to pull is questionable, as it is his job and a rider, when he is in the saddle by gas to go faster than everyone (even those on Sundays like I was sometimes), then if there is no he does it is another matter of course, in the post below you say that he has nothing to lose.
Okay, that's your opinion, that's fine.
Let's see what they get up to at Motegì, and have a good race everyone...
Whatever you say, Ronnie.
But Pedrosa laughed out loud when they asked him the meaning and if they were particular indications.
A simple blasphemy that's what it was :).
You don't save tires if you stay behind but you run certain times. Indeed, you may very well have worn them more.
It's not like staying behind saves everything...
Seeing is believing.
Gprg67 and Cujo you are terrible make kagare rating below zero.Ronnie and RideThrough you are excellent rating 300.
ahahahahahah... I feel sorry for you!!
instead tell me about your very talented champion, instead he is truly formidable, he is the absolute king of rubbing!!
Good God...great, no one had ever told me that! ahahaha ;) :)
hahahah and who are you? Pedrosa has never been nor will he ever be equal to Valentino. I confirm what I said: for goodness sake, maybe he would have lost the duel anyway, given the speed of the Honda in a straight line, but if it's worth it now, the world championship wouldn't have been played, with the pipe widening every time Pedro slipped back inside. If you didn't use vulgar terms you would almost endear me...