Moto GP ; Rossi triomphe à Termas de Río Hondo / Rossi wins in Argentina after clashing with Marquez

L’Italien a offert au public argentin une épique remontée pour revenir sur Marc Márquez et s’est imposé suite à la chute de l’Espagnol.

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) est parvenu à rattraper plus de quatre secondes de retard sur Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), qui avait pris le risque de partir sur pneu dur au lieu d’utiliser la gomme extra-dure, et semblait être définitivement passé devant l’Espagnol lorsque ce dernier est tombé en touchant la roue arrière de l’Italien à deux tours de l’arrivée.

Rossi confortait ainsi son statut de leader du classement MotoGP™ et finissait devant Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), deuxième pour la troisième course d'affilée, et Cal Crutchlow, qui signait son premier podium avec CWM LCR Honda après avoir ravi la troisième place à Andrea Iannone (Ducati) dans la dernière ligne droite. Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) complétait le Top 5.

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Valentino Rossi takes a sensational victory after a masterful ride at the Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina.

The sun had come out and track temperatures had risen to 37 degrees for the start of the MotoGP™ race at the Termas de Rio Hondo. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marquez, along with CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow, decided to switch to the hard rear tyre on the grid, unlike Rossi and Lorenzo who both decided to use the extra hard compound rear.

Aleix Espargaro led into the first corner, but Marquez passed the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR almost immediately and used his hard tyre to create a four-second gap at the front. At about mid-race distance Marquez’s tyres appeared to start to lose performance meaning that the chasing pack, led at this point by Valentino Rossi, started to close in on the leader. “The Doctor” had worked his way through the pack from 8th on the grid and could sense victory, as he was lapping almost a second quicker than Marquez.

The nine-time World Champion eventually caught Marquez with just 2 laps to go with the two riders touching, before Marquez clipped the back of Rossi’s bike and crashed out of the race. Rossi went on to take the race win by over 5 seconds ahead of Andrea Dovizioso in 2nd, with Cal Crutchlow stealing the final podium spot from Andrea Iannone on the very last corner.

Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished in 5th ahead of Bradley Smith on the Satellite Monster Yamaha Tech 3 bike. Aleix Espargaro ended the race in 7th, ahead of his brother Pol, with Scott Redding and Maverick Viñales completing the top ten.

CWN LCR Honda’s Jack Miller took the Open class victory as he finished in 12th, just 0.075s ahead of Hector Barbera on the Avintia Ducati.

Rossi now has a six-point lead over Dovizioso in the MotoGP™ World Championship standings, and is 30 points ahead of Marquez.

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WTCC ; Muller conclut victorieusement le week-end marocain / WTCC ace Muller to the front in Morocco

Yvan Muller résiste à l’intense pression exercée par son équipier Sébastien Loeb pour remporter la deuxième course de l’Eurodatacar WTCC Race of Morocco.

A l’issue d’une épreuve marquée par de nombreux accrochages et contacts avec le mur bordant la piste du Circuit Moulay el Hassan, le champion du monde en titre José María López complète le podium et devant Tom Chilton, victorieux dans le Trophée Yokohama.

Yvan Muller overcame an opening lap mistake to fend off Citroën team-mate Sébastien Loeb for his first victory of 2015 in the second Eurodatacar WTCC Race of Morocco.

Muller and Loeb, who both hail from the Alsace region of France, were inseparable for much of the 14-lap race with Muller coming out on top by 0.552s.

José María López broke his existing lap record as he charged through from 10^th to third with Tom Chilton scoring top Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy points in the leading Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 in fourth.

Hugo Valente took fifth after twice clashing with Mehdi Bennani, while Norbert Michelisz finished sixth, one place ahead of fellow Honda driver Gabriele Tarquini.

Stefano D’Aste completed a solid weekend with more points for ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport in eighth. Bennani finished ninth after an eventful 14 laps with James Thompson 10^th for LADA Sport Rosneft.

Frantic efforts from ROAL Motorsport to repair Tom Coronel’s damaged Chevrolet in time for the Dutchman to start race two from the front row of the grid proved in vain when he crashed out following a collision with Tiago Monteiro while dicing for position into the opening turn. Brake issues and a spin dropped Ma Qing Hua to 12^th behind John Filippi.

Grégoire Demoustier retired with a mechanical fault, while Rob Huff was eliminated in a first-lap clash with LADA team-mate Mikhail Kozlovskiy, which also led to the Russian’s exit.

Zarco décroche sa première victoire en Moto2™ en Argentine / Zarco takes maiden Moto2™ victory to lead Championship

Le Français a été l’auteur d’une course parfaite et a remporté une première victoire qu’il convoitait depuis longtemps.

Qualifié en pole position à Termas de Río Hondo, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) a concédé la première position pour les deux premiers tours d’une longue course qu’il a ensuite faite en solitaire une fois repassé en tête, en entretenant une avance de près de deux secondes sur ses poursuivants. L’ancien vice-Champion du Monde 125cc est maintenant en tête du Championnat du Monde Moto2™ pour la toute première fois.

Après avoir décroché son premier podium en Moto2™ dès sa seconde course, à Austin, où il avait fini derrière Sam Lowes (Speed Up Racing) et Zarco, le rookie espagnol Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40) a de nouveau impressionné et a fini par venir à bout de Lowes pour prendre la seconde place. Mika Kallio (Italtrans Racing Team), Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team) et Tom Lüthi (Derendinger Racing Interwetten) complétaient le Top 6 à l’arrivée.

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Johann Zarco cruises to a comfortable maiden Moto2™ win ahead of Sam Lowes and Alex Rins in Argentina to lead the Moto2™ World Championship.

Ajo Motorsport’s Johann Zarco claimed his first win of the 2015 season to take over the lead at the top of the Moto2™ World Championship standings.

Pole sitter Zarco didn't have the best of starts, but took the lead on the third lap and began to pull away immediately, extending his lead to over 2 seconds and managing the gap at the front perfectly to take the win.

At one point it looked like Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes might hunt down Zarco, but he didn't have quite have the pace and found himself coming under pressure from Rookie Alex Rins on the Paginas Amarillas HP40 machine towards the end of the race. Rins eventually overtaking the Brit with 2 laps to go to take second place as Lowes ran into some tyre issues, although the Brit managed to hang on to claim the final podium spot.

Last years Moto2™ runner-up Mika Kallio (Italtrans Racing Team) was in fourth, ahead of his Italian teammate Franco Morbidelli and Thomas Luthi on the Derendinger Racing Interwetten Kalex.

Dynavolt Intact GP’s Sandro Cortese finished in 7th, ahead of Lorenzo Baldassari (Athina Forward Racing), AGR Team’s Jonas Folger and Hafizh Syahrin on the Petronas Raceline Malaysia bike completing the top ten.

Reigning Moto2™ World Champion Tito Rabat took the hole shot into the first corner, but then ran wide after dicing with Zarco for the lead, and was forced to rejoined the track at the back of the field, eventually finishing in 12th.

Zarco now has a four-point lead in the Moto2™ World Championship standings over Rins after 3 races.

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