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.
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.
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.
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.
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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