Marc Marquez Wins Third Straight MotoGP Race in a Row

The current MotoGP World Champion and Repsol Honda Team star rider Marc Marquez wins his third consecutive race in a row after an enthralling competition at Argentina circuit. With this win Marquez has gained another 19 points for his team to keep them at the top of the standings in 2014 season. However, unlike Circuits of The Americas (COTA), things were not one sided at de la Republica Argentina, as Marquez did not get a perfect start. The reigning World Champion got stuck in the crowd right in the very first lap when the race kicked off. That forced him to fall back to sixth in the second lap.

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The 21-year old Honda rider, however, did not give in and patiently picked off his rivals, which enabled him to achieve second position. Right behind Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Jorge Lorenzo, who at that point in time was leading the herd. The skirmish between Lorenzo and Marquez remained interesting, as the Movistar Yamaha rider gave Marc a good run. However, with just eight laps to go the young Spaniard made the winning move and left Lorenzo behind. After which Marc did not look back and went on to win his third straight race in 41:39.821s that was 1.827s before his teammate DaniPedrosa crossed the chequered flag.

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Marquez admitted after the race that the first lap was tough for him, as he lost ground, but with great focus he managed to bonus back in the race. Marc also said that he won this race because he was able to manage the tyres well, particularly the rear tyre. According to him, his riding style puts a lot of pressure on the rear tyre, so he tried his best to save tyres till the end. Adding to it the Spanish rider said that he knows that they still have to go a long way as season has just started, but he will try his best to win in Jerez too, but one never knows what will happen next.

Appreciating, his teammate Marquez said that Dani showed a solid performance and he is just 19 points behind him and now they are going to circuit which he really likes. Alike Marquez, Pedrosa also struggled at the start of the race, but eventually he managed to outstrip the herd to reach behind Lorenzo, who was going strong at second. Dani, then surpassed Lorenzo in the penultimate lap and finished second.

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Talking about his performance, Pedrosa said that he was unlucky that he failed to show pace at the start of the race, as he got caught by the group, but at end he managed to pull forward because it took him some time to gain the rhythm. Dani said that he enjoyed the race but hated it too as he spend a lot of time alone in third during much part of the race. Nevertheless, Pedrosa said he is pleased with the result and next week they going to his favourite track.

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On the other hand, Jorge’s teammate and Movistar Yamaha star rider Valentino Rossi missed the podium once again, as he ran wide on two occasions and fall back at seventh. Before he gained the momentum and fought his way back up to finish fourth.LCR Honda MotoGP’sStefan Bradl also showed a solid performance as he finished fifth, while Pramac Racing’s Andrea Iannoneremained fifth. The two riders were just 15 and 19 seconds respectivelybehind Marquez.

Monster Yamaha Tech3 team’s Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro were also able to end up in the top ten, as they finished seventh and eighth. While, Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso, who was third in Austin, finished ninth in Argentina and Drive M7 Aspar’sHiroshi Aoyama achieved tenth by crossing the finish line 0.73s before his teammate Nicky Hayden.

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Suzuki All Set to Make a Comeback in MotoGP 2015 as Kevin Schwantz Test its Machine

After withdrawing from the competition at the end of the 2011 MotoGP season, Suzuki is now looking to return in the Grand Prix. The confirmation came from none other than the Manager of Suzuki MotoGP Test Team, Davide Brivio himself, who said that the house of Hamamatsu is making a comeback in 2015 season of MotoGP, as Factory team. In fact, Suzuki team has already involved in testing its machine along with current Grand Prix teams on different circuits like Sepang, Brno, Aragon and Catalunya in the last 12 months. Now the next circuit where Suzuki was planning to test their machine was Austin, Texas. So finally on Tuesday, April 15th they got500cc world champion of 1993 season, Kevin Schwantz, who rode the MotoGP machine of Suzuki at the Circuit of the Americas for his first laps. 

According to RoadRacingWorld.com during the test session best lap time that 49-year old Schwantz managed to achieve was 2m 12.7s. That is 9.2s more than MotoGP’s fastest race lap record that was set by Marc Marquez and 4.1s more than Broc Parkes record that set the slowest race lap time. The Suzuki MotoGP Test Team will continue testing on Wednesday as well, as it’s a two-day test that is a part of their preparation for 2015 season comeback. Therefore, Schwantz has another chance to improve his time, but on Wednesday full time development riders of Suzuki Nobuatsu Aoki and Randy de Puniet will also be present on the track. Schwantz, who previously had legal differences with the Austin circuit, has now settled the issue with COTA and now he is an ambassador of the facility. 

Brivio already mentioned in a recent interview to MotoGP.com that they will focus on the upgrades of their internally developed electronics software in the next test sessions. The reason for testing the upgrades is that Suzuki’s Test Team has adapted up to date standard championship ECU hardware. Therefore, in the upcoming test sessions the team will ensure that the new hardware works fine. It is anticipated that Suzuki can make a wild-card entry in the last round of the season in Valencia, whereas start rider of Crescent Suzuki WSBKEugene Laverty will also get the opportunity to ride the MotoGP bike in the coming days.

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On the other hand, Repsol Honda Team’s Marquez is leading the standings with most points, while his teammate Dani Pedrosa is right behind him on the charts. However, Valentino Rossi of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, who finished second in Qatar failed to reach the podium in COTA, as he had a technical issue with his bike during race. As a result, now Rossi is number in overall standings. Now remains to be seen whether the Italian rider will be able to bounce back in the next round of the Grand Prix.

Riders Looking to Catch Marc Marquez as Next Round of MotoGP Draws Near

The first round of the MotoGP remained quite thrilling for the fans, as Repsol Honda Team’s rider Marc Marquez and Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi showed some great skills in Qatar. Now MotoGP fans are hoping to see another intense battle between the Spanish and Italian rider, when they will come face to faceagain at the Circuits of The Americas on this weekend.Marquez has already said in his recent interview that this year he is feeling more confident before going on to the circuits, as now he has a good one year experience behind him. On top of it, winning the title has boosted his confidence sky high. This can be judged from the fact that the 21 year old Repsol Honda Team rider had won the opening Grand Prix race despite breaking his leg just seven weeks before the start of first round of the 2014 season.

Though, Marquez looked in great shape after injury and it was at Circuits of The Americas (COTA) where he achieved his first victory during last season, but this does not mean that Rossi has no chance of reaching the top step of the podium. The Italian rider has already made it clear that he is looking to renew his contract with Yamaha in 2015, as he is satisfied with his performance in the opening race. There is no doubt that Rossi has made an brilliant effort in the first round, as the 35 year old rider managed to lead all the racers after he improved his pace from number ten position. In fact, Rossi gave Marquez a goodtough time till the second last lap of the race, so it is likely that the veteran rider will look to even the scores with his arch rival in the next round.

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On the other hand, Marquez’s teammate DaniPedrosa, who finished third in Qatar, is hoping to further improve his performance in the upcoming round, as the track in Austin had favoured Honda during last year. Also, the 28 year old Respol Honda rider had some good memories of the track because he was pretty close to outstrip Marquez at the circuit in the previous season. In contrast to Pedrosa, Rossi’s colleague Jorge Lorenzo did not have pretty good memories of the opening race, as he crashed out after leading the riders for a short while. However, now he will be looking to make up for the crash, as Lorenzo’s unusual mistake in the last race will only fire him up to do well at COTA. MotoGP fans can find superior collection of motorcycle clothing and accessories at JS Accessories that is one of the best motorcycle stores when it comes to offering high quality and low price.

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Aside from these riders,MotoGP fans in America will also get to see some other exciting talent at the circuit, who have the potential to give Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa and Lorenzo a good run. These sensational riders are Alvaro Bautista of GO&FUN Honda Gresini, Stefan Bradl of LCR Honda MotoGP and Bradley Smith of Monster Yamaha Tech3. It is anticipated that if these factory riders were able to maintain their respective pace during the contest, they can become serious threat for the front-runners.

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Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow are two other talented riders, who will represent Ducati Team in the next round that has tremendously improved its race-pace and looking to go further up in the ranks when they will compete on the US soil. Nevertheless, American fans will most probably be cheering for very own riders Nicky Hayden of Drive M7 Aspar and Colin Edwardsof NGM Forward Racing, who managed to end the first round with solid 8th and 9th positions and are now looking to enhance their performance in the upcoming challenge.