MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6/MAY 31, 2015
MUGELLO CIRCUIT/MUGELLO, ITALY
P82
Only Marquez, Smith and Her-
nandez also used the harder front.
Smith had only to fend off a
late challenge from his teammate
Espargaro to claim a year's best
fifth, continuing a run of strong
results at every race so far,
including three sixth places.
A career-best seventh for
second Suzuki rider Maverick
Vinales, after a strong ride saw
him catch, hound and then pass
Ducati wild card Michele Pirro.
Pramac Ducati's Danilo
Petrucci was ninth, eventually
escaping teammate Hernandez
by a couple of seconds; the pair
outdistancing a still struggling
Scott Redding on the Estrella
VDS Honda.
Forward Racing Yamaha's Lo-
ris Baz, Avintia Ducati's Hector
Barbera, Aprilia's Alvaro Bautista
and Aspar Honda's Eugene
Laverty straggled in for the rest
of the points.
Second-row starter Aleix
Espargaro on the other Team
Suzuki Ecstar, another injury
victim, crashed out after a col-
lision with a headlong Danilo
Petrucci. CWM LCR Honda's
Jack Miller crashed alone on lap
three; then Laverty's teammate
Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl
together one lap later.
Rossi still leads on points, but
the gap is shrinking rapidly. He
has 118, Lorenzo 112. No-score
Dovizioso has 83; Iannone up to
fourth on 81, with Marquez now
fifth, still on 69.CN
FINAL
1. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
2. Andrea Iannone (Ducati)
3. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
4. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
5. Bradley Smith (Yamaha)
6. Pol Espargaro (Yamaha)
7. Maverick Vinales (Suzuki)
8. Michele Pirro (Ducati)
9. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati)
10. Yonny Hernandez (Ducati)
It was also not
a great day at
the office for
American Nicky
Hayden (69), as
he too crashed
out of the race.
