2:57 PM
MotoGP Race FINISHED
| POS | # | RIDER | GAP |
|---|---|---|---|
1
|
4
|
A. DOVIZIOSO
|
41:32.126
|
2
|
25
|
M. VIÑALES
|
+1.281
|
3
|
9
|
D. PETRUCCI
|
+2.334
|
4
|
46
|
V. ROSSI
|
+3.685
|
5
|
19
|
A. BAUTISTA
|
+5.802
|
6
|
93
|
M. MARQUEZ
|
+5.885
|
7
|
5
|
J. ZARCO
|
+13.205
|
8
|
99
|
J. LORENZO
|
+14.393
|
9
|
51
|
M. PIRRO
|
+14.880
|
10
|
29
|
A. IANNONE
|
+15.502
|
Italian rider, Italian bike, Italian GP…and the tricolore flew high over the podium at Mugello, as Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso took a magnificent win battling rivals on track and illness off it to cross the line over a second clear of Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and an impressive home podium for second Italian Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing).
Home hero Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) shot off the
line for the lead from P2 on the grid, denying teammate and polesitter
Viñales as Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) stormed up from seventh to fight
off Dovizioso for third.
Over the line saw Lorenzo use the incredible speed of the Ducati
to take the lead for the first time in red, dueling with old nemesis
Rossi before the Italian took him back – and then the next lap proving
almost a replay as two of the men to have dominated the sport this
decade found themselves sharing the front of the race for the first time
this season.
Then it was ‘DesmoDovi’ on the move after Viñales had gone
through on Rossi, taking the ‘Doctor’ as the trio began to break away
from Lorenzo - with Petrucci on the chase.
Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) had an incredible start from
P16 after having suffered with illness throughout the weekend, moving up
into seventh, as Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) suffered
a different fate and got a ride through for a jump start.
Petrucci caught the group before too long as Dovizioso took over
at the front, and the Pramac rider then pounced on Viñales after a small
mistake to follow ‘DesmoDovi’. Then it was holding station as the gaps
grew and then shrunk, before the factory Ducati in the lead gained a
small gap - and every member of the Borgo Panigale team held their
breath as Viñales took over in second, only a few laps remaining and the
Championship leader with his head down.
Closing in and then falling back, the pendulum swung between the
two men until the last lap dawned – and ‘DesmoDovi’ kept it inch-perfect
around every corner to take his third ever Grand Prix victory, and the
first for a red machine at Mugello since Casey Stoner won in 2009.
Viñales took second to increase his Championship lead once again,
with Petrucci putting in the dry-weather ride of his life to complete
the podium after staying clear of Rossi over the last couple of laps.
The ‘Doctor’, who suffered a motocross crash in training the week before
the event, pushed hard through the pain barrier at home and just missed
the podium but took good points – as always, putting on a great show.
Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) took a big scalp as he
caught and passed reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to
complete the top five, with Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) coming
home in P7 behind Marquez
Lorenzo, after his early duel for the lead, suffered grip issues
later in the race and crossed the line in eighth, beating Ducati test
rider Michele Pirro over the line. Iannone’s heroics following his
illness saw him complete the top ten at home.
The late drama a little further off the front saw a tough day for
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) conclude in a crash as the ‘Baby
Samurai’ slid out, unfortunately collecting LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow on
the final lap.
Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) took P11, with the top fifteen
completed by Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing), Jonas Folger (Monster
Yamaha Tech 3), Hector Barbera (Reale Avintia Racing) and Jack Miller
(EG 0,0 Marc VDS).
Now the paddock packs up and heads for Barcelona, as the Catalan
GP turns the home tables for many on the grid – sure to result in
another spectacular, spectacular.
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