Marc Marquez dominates in Honda one-two
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Updated 12/07/2015 at 14:43 GMT
Marc Marquez finally took his second win of the 2015 MotoGP season by dominating the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring for Honda.
Repsol Honda Team MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain celebrates with trophy after winning the German Grand Prix MotoGP
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Reigning champion Marquez had won from pole at the track every year since his 125cc title-winning campaign in 2010, and that streak looked safe when he topped every practice session and claimed pole this weekend.
It wasn't totally straightforward for Marquez, who was jumped by Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa at the lights and ended up in third as Jorge Lorenzo swept around the outside of them both on his Yamaha.
Honda made a unique choice of standard hard front Bridgestones on a day when everyone else chose the softer 'Sachsenring special' asymmetric front, potentially setting up a battle of tyre strategies.
In the event, the Hondas were simply faster in the race as they had been for much of the weekend.
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Repsol Honda Team MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain competes to win the German Grand Prix MotoGP
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Marquez quickly demoted Pedrosa to third and by the end of lap five he was through on Lorenzo into the lead.
From there Marquez quickly escaped, leaving the Yamahas to fight over second.
It took repeated attempts before Rossi was able to overtake Lorenzo, and even once clear he did not have the pace to keep up with Marquez.
Instead he had to focus on Pedrosa, who also passed Lorenzo and then made it a Honda one-two by passing Rossi at half-distance.
Rossi clung on behind Pedrosa until the final laps before settling for third, which still increased his championship lead to 13 points as Lorenzo drifted away in fourth.
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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi celebrates with trophy after finishing third in the German Grand Prix
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Andrea Iannone completed the top five after a lonely race on the best of the Ducatis.
His team-mate Andrea Dovizioso crashed out of eighth, while underdog qualifying star Yonny Hernandez tumbled back from fifth to 12th on the Pramac Ducati.
Britons Bradley Smith and Cal Crutchlow were sixth and seventh.
The biggest dice of the race was over eighth place, a battle involving six bikes in the middle stages.
Pol Espargaro eventually won it ahead of Danilo Petrucci.
The Suzukis were left squabbling over 10th place, a battle Aleix Espargaro by just 0.021 seconds over Maverick Vinales at the line.
RESULTS - 30 LAPS:
1. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 41:01.087
2. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 41:03.313
3. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 41:06.695
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 41:11.015
5. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 41:21.872
6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 41:24.302
7. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Honda 41:30.968
8. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 41:36.040
9. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 41:36.962
10. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 41:38.340
11. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 41:38.361
12. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 41:43.168
13. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 41:49.698
14. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 41:51.774
15. Jack Miller (Australia) Honda 41:54.856
RIDERS' STANDINGS:
1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 179
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 166
3. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 118
4. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 114
5. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 87
6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 87
7. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 67
8. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Honda 66
9. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 64
10. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 57
11. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 51
12. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 44
13. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 32
14. Scott Redding (Britain) Honda 30
15. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 19
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