Jorge Lorenzo Tastes His First Victory of 2014 as Marquez, and Rossi Crashes at Aragon

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo finally get to taste the victory, as he won the 14th round of the 2014 MotoGP season on Sunday, Sept 28th at Aragon. With NGM Forward Racing’s Aleix Espargaro and Ducati Team’s Cal Crutchlow finishing second and third respectively to step on the podium for the first time in the season. Jorge took the victory by 10 seconds margin by making a wise decision of switching to wet-setup bike before others, when just four laps were left in the rain-effected race.

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Lorenzo was pretty ecstatic over the victory, as the chaotic race saw too many crashes. Valentino Rossi and Andrea Iannone were one of these riders, as they went down in the early stages of the race when it was dry. Then in the final stages of the race, when rain started to pour down Repsol Honda pair Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa suffered crashes.

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Fortunately, both Marc and Dani were able to re-join the raceand they managed to finish in the 13th and 14th place after eventually switching to their wet bikes. The duo went down because they took the risk of sticking with the slick tyres in wet condition. Marquez and Dani’s crash paved the way for Lorenzo’s victory as there was no one left to give in a tough fight.

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However, MotoGP get to saw a great battle between British rider Crutchlow and Spain’s Espargaro. That battle was won by Aleix, as he managed to outstrip Cal in the last few moments of the race by crossing the chequered flag in second place. The fourth place was gained by LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl, whilst the fifth position was occupied by Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Bradley Smith.

Smith got hold of the fifth place after a tough fight with his teammate Pol Espargaro. Bradley crossed the finish line just 0.203s before Pol to round the top five. The remaining five positions were seized by GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista, Drive M7 Aspar’s Hiroshi Aoyama and Nicky Hayden and GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s Scott Redding.

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Crutchlow’s teammate Andrea Dovizioso, who was performing consistently during this season, also suffered a crash at Aragon before he could switch his dry-setup bike with the wet one. Dovizioso was then taken to a hospital in order to check hip trauma. The rain forced riders to switch to wet-setup machines as it started to come down heavily in the final stages of the competition.

Rossi was also taken to the medical centre after the crash, as he suffered a concussion. However, a CT scan of his skull ruled out any chances of bleeding in the brain. In fact, now there is nothing to worry about as the MotoGP medical director Michele Zasa said in a statement that Valentino has recovered well.

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