MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 15 APRIL 15, 2014 P49
another 1.5 seconds away.
His last victim had been Drive
M7 Honda's Nicky Hayden, who
had finally prevailed in a three-
way fight with Go & Fun Honda's
Scott Redding and Pramac Duca-
ti's Yonny Hernandez. Redding
dropped back and then crashed
on the second-last lap, another
to suffer front tire problems.
Hayden's teammate Hiro Aoyama
had also passed Hernandez by
the end.
Cardion AB Honda's Karel
Abraham was a lone 14th; Avintia
Kawasaki's Hector Barbera took
the last point from a feisty Mi-
chael Laverty by a tenth.
The magnificence of Marquez
the Merciless keeps on grow-
ing. He's years short still of the
achievements of Doohan, and of
Rossi. But none of his major pre-
decessors except Kenny Rob-
erts in the 1970s had achieved so
much so soon.
Lorenzo's start to the champi-
onship has been disastrous. He
now lies 16th, between Hernan-
dez and Abraham, with just six
points. Marquez leads on a per-
fect 50; then Pedrosa (36), Rossi
(28), Dovizioso (27) and Aleix Es-
pargaro (20). CN
MotoGP
1. Marc Marquez (Honda)
2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
4. Stefan Bradl (Honda)
5. Bradley Smith (Yamaha)
6. Pol Espargaro (Yamaha)
7. Andrea Iannone (Ducati)
8. Valentino Rossi (Ducati)
9. Aleix Espargaro (Yamaha)
10. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
Bradley Smith (38) continued
his strong pace of 2014, the
young Brit finishing fifth in the
race after battling for third at
one point. Here he leads his
teammate Pol Espargaro (44),
the Moto2 World Champion
ending up sixth.
