MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4/MAY 4, 2014
CIRCUIT DE JEREZ/JEREZ, SPAIN
P48
A very happy top three: Rossi, Marquez and Pedrosa celebrate under the Spanish sun.
Pramac Ducati's Yonny Her-
nandez was a lonely 14th. Some
way behind Colin Edwards had
held 15th for most of the race be-
fore losing the last points-scoring
position to Hector Barbera on lap
22.
Worse followed, when the en-
gine died on the final lap.
"It was a nightmare," the Texan
said. "I just can't turn this bike.
There are 13 turns on this track,
and I had to take it in a series of
straight lines. From what I under-
stand, the engine problem was
the same as in Texas: When the
fuel gets hot it stops feeding cor-
rectly."
This left the PBM pair Michael
Laverty and Broc Parkes to take
a distant and lonely 16th and 17
th
,
respectively.
Ducati's Cal Crutchlow was
back after missing Argentina in-
jured, and wished he hadn't both-
ered with the pain from his right
finger when he lost his brakes,
dropping back over the first four
laps, then retiring very disgrun-
tled.
Ducati riders Michele Pirro and
Andrea Iannone both crashed out,
as did Karel Abraham, also com-
plaining of front brake problems.
Marquez now has more than
a one-race advantage over Pe-
drosa on points, 100- 72; Rossi
closed slightly on 61. Dovizioso
is fourth with 45 points, 10 more
than Lorenzo. CN
MotoGP
1. Marc Marquez (Honda)
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
5. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
6. Alvaro Bautista (Honda)
7. Aleix Espargaro (Yamaha)
8. Bradley Smith (Yamaha)
9. Pol Espargaro (Yamaha)
10. Stefan Bradl (Honda)
