Jorge Lorenzo has taken his fourth victory of the season, after his last win was at Catalunya in June. The regning World champion won an incredible Silverstone GP in a nail biting race and last lap thriller that saw a crocked Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa complete the podium.
Jorge Lorenzo got the holeshot from pole sitter Marc Marquez ,who had dislocated his shoulder just hours before during the warm-up practice. The Yamaha and Repsol Honda rookie were immediately head and shoulders from the rest of the field as after just one lap they already had a 1.4/% second margin over the rest of the riders.
The two riders were riding separated by just a few tenths, as Dani Pedrosa had an unusually bad start dropping to sixth, but the Spaniard was a man on a mission. In just two laps he had already put behind him Alvaro Bautista, Valentino Rossi and Stefan Bradl behind him and in just three more - and more than two seconds behind - caught the two front runners and began following them.
One or twice Marquez would try to get his nose ahead of Lorenzo, but with just three laps left, the rookie pushed ahead of Lorenzo at the Brooklands, but the Yamaha rider retorted and put himself back in the lead trying to push to the limit, but Marquez wasn’t allowing it as he came back at him, but the Yamaha rider desperately wanted the win as he returned the favour - and the two touched - at the Luffield, as Lorenzo would come out ahead and win by 0.081s!
Dani Pedrosa made a stunning comeback, but it wasn’t enough to enter the real battle between the two in front him, as he had burned out his rear tire.
Valentino Rossi took another fourth place as he and Alvaro Bautista battled for the position, swapping the position, to the joy of the English crowd, with the Italian crossing over the finish line ahead of the Gresini rider with a 0.065s advantage, while Stefan Bradl would once again ride to a lonely sixth.
Three crashes, a swollen arm and abrasions, strongly conditioned Cal Crutchlow’s home race. The Yamaha Tech3 rider dropped to third to seventh at the start and he kept that position up to the finish line. Nicky Hayden finished in 8th after team mate Andrea Dovizioso crashed out in the final lap, giving Bradley Smith the 9th spot, while Aleix Espargaro with his fractured pinky finger closed out the top ten ahead of Pramac Ducati riders Andrea Iannone and Michele Pirro.
2013 MotoGP 2013 Silverstone Race Results:
01- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – 20 laps in 40’52.515
02- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.081
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 1.551
04- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 13.233
05- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 13.298
06- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 20.227
07- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 26.299
08- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 35.993
09- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 36.119
10- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 53.196
02- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.081
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 1.551
04- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 13.233
05- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 13.298
06- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 20.227
07- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 26.299
08- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 35.993
09- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 36.119
10- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP13 – + 53.196
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