MotoGP United States 2013: Marc Márquez wins and goes on vacation even more leader
MotoGP United States 2013: Marc Márquez wins and goes on vacation even more leader

Video: MotoGP United States 2013: Marc Márquez wins and goes on vacation even more leader

Video: MotoGP United States 2013: Marc Márquez wins and goes on vacation even more leader
Video: 2013 #ValenciaGP | Vintage MotoGP™ 2024, March
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This is how I responded Valentino rossi to the press last week when asked if he expected the Laguna Seca circuit to be difficult for Marc Márquez. And as if it were an omen, Marc Márquez has become the first rookie to win in this mythical route, with authority and in a spectacular way.

Stefan bradl He held out like a wild boar but had to settle for second place while Valentino rossi he was third, receiving his own medicine in the "corkscrew" and for whom he could not be other than the winner of the race. At the end you have a gallery of photos of the moment. But let's see what the race gave of itself.

The traffic light went out and Stefan Bradl was very good, keeping the first position. TO Marc Márquez his motorcycle skidded a bit and he lost second position in favor of Valentino rossi. Behind, Alvaro Bautista lost the position with Jorge Lorenzo, which started very well and in a spectacular way got inside at the second apex of the Mario Andretti corner. Dani pedrosa I was sixth and Cal crutchlow seventh, with a weekend to forget.

After the first step through the goal, Jorge Lorenzo entered open in the same curve in which he had made Álvaro Bautista inside and was overtaken by him. S Tefan Bradl earned a few tenths advantage and Valentino Rossi was not able to hunt him down. He had also separated from Marc Márquez but the Honda man was recovering the ground by leaps and bounds and trying to stop the German from escaping too much.

Stefan bradl
Stefan bradl

With 31 laps still to go, the epic moment came again in the corkscrew, like that in 2008 between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi. The Italian protagonist again but it was he who was now being put on the ropes.

Marc Márquez He was facing the climb on the right, putting his Honda parallel to the Yamaha. Valentino Rossi defended overtaking as he did five years ago with the Australian. So much so that even on the way down he was stepping outside the piano. And if he stepped off the piano on a left-hand corner, where was Marc Márquez going on the outside? Well beyond the gutter, a couple of meters off piste.

Like this He completed the overtaking and gave Valentino Rossi his own medicine, placing second and embarking on the hunt on Stefan Bradl who was rolling a second ahead.

With so much emotion we saw fleetingly the abandonment of Randy de Puniet and Bradley Smith due to breakdown and Aléix Espargaró by fall entering goal. The CRT leader had had a lot of front wheel problems all weekend, minimized on the soft tire. But today, with so much heat, he had to put on the hard rubber and it ended up on the floor.

21 laps to go, Marc Márquez had already caught up with Stefan Bradhim and studied him carefully. Dani pedrosa, after being close to Jorge Lorenzo from the start of the race, he surpassed the Majorcan and went on the hunt for Álvaro Bautista who in turn was trying to hunt down Valentino Rossi. He would end up chasing him with 15 laps to go but the Spaniard couldn't find a way to put his Honda.

One lap later at turn eleven, entering the finish line, Marc Márquez overtook Stefan Bradl and began to put land in the middle, straight to victory. But it would not be easy as they began to catch up with the bent ones who did not make it easy at all in overtaking.

Valentino rossi
Valentino rossi

With nine laps to go, Marc Márquez's lead was already above second. Stefan Bradl was filming in no man's land and Valentino Rossi kept noticing Álvaro Bautista's breath although finally the one from Talavera could not overtake the Italian and finished fourth.

Meritorious fifth place for Dani Pedrosa as well as sixth place for Jorge Lorenzo. Thus they minimize the bleeding of points that Marc Márquez could have made them in the face of the championship. With this victory, Marc Márquez continues to lead with 163 points to Dani Pedrosa's 147 and Jorge Lorenzo's 137. Valentino Rossi jumps to fourth place with 117 points after beating Cal Crutchlow.

By the way, as best CRT We have had a new face Hector Barberá. He had exhibited a very good pace all weekend and as a just reward, he reached the finish line as the best classified after fighting the whole race with Alex de Angelis (Ignite Pramac Racing substitute for Andrea Iannone) and Colin Edwards.

Hector Barberá
Hector Barberá

Finally, several notes. First, pathetic the retransmission of the first two laps by Nico Abad. Screams and more screams was the only thing that could be heard coming out of the speakers. I think if I was able to tune in to Italian television, I could have continued to listen to it because no sound absorbing material would have been able to minimize such pathetic and total hooligan behavior.

The second, the signs of mourning for the sad death of the Supersport driver, Andrea Antonelli, hours before the start of the race. Third, what the overtaking of Marc Márquez was to be investigated because when drawing off the asphalt, it must be shown that he did not take advantage of it.

Fourth, the Ducati instant. The Italians do not raise their heads and even their own pilots collide with each other in the middle of the straight. Andrea Dovizioso stood parallel to Nicky Hayden and in a small zigzag, he played with the American who after regaining his head, went long in turn two (the end of the straight). Again he was overtaken by the Italian who apologized to him while he fought with the clutch lever to put it on.

Finally, the moment in the "corralito". Valentino Rossi grabbed Marc Márquez by the neck and laughing, he called him "bastard" again like last week, for making his own overtaking.

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