Marquez and Pedrosa celebrate season finale with double podium finish

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Sunday, Nov 8th 2015

GP Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana MotoGP 2015   Round 18 Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have concluded the 2015 season with a second and third place finish in the Valencia GP. Starting from the front row behind Lorenzo, the three riders broke away opening up a five second gap to Dovizioso after just seven laps. Dani struggled at the beginning and spent the majority of the race adapting to the situation, at one point dropping down two seconds behind Lorenzo and Marc. However, with two laps to remaining Dani had closed the gap to 0.2 seconds and attempted a pass on Marc. He ran wide and Marc regained the place immediately and the two Honda riders lost contact slightly with race leader Lorenzo, finishing second and third behind the newly crowned 2015 World Champion. Today Dani celebrated his 100th MotoGP class podium, becoming just the second rider – along with Valentino Rossi – to reach this milestone. He also sealed fourth place in the World Standings behind his teammate Marc in third.

Marc Marquez  93 2nd  Final Championship Standing: 3rd "It was a very difficult race. I came out focused, as usual, and initially Jorge pushed strongly. I found it hard to follow him, and at that time Dani was two seconds off us. There were a few laps in which I was really on the limit, forcing the front tyre - which moved around a lot. With about six laps to go, I felt that we could win because I had caught up to Jorge. I did not expect Dani to come through so quickly, and when he passed me he ran wide. I used that to pass him back but Jorge had escaped by half a second making it impossible to recover the gap, even though I rode the last lap and the entire race at 100%."

Dani Pedrosa  26 3rd  Final Championship Standing: 4th "I'm very happy and I enjoyed the race - especially in the final part! I was a little bit distant from the battle in third. I couldn't find the way to go faster because I had problems when braking and cornering; it's been hard for us to find a good setup for the bike this weekend and I was able to be up at the front but without a good feeling. During the race I tried to counter this, but it was difficult. In the end I found the way to be faster and I was able to ride better and recover ground. When I caught up I saw that there were two laps remaining and I tried to attack, but when I overtook Marc I ran wide and he returned the pass. I am happy because what I can take from here - as well as the third place in the race and fourth in the Championship - is the attitude and the progress we have made in the final part of the season. We've been very strong and I hope that we can continue that this winter and next year."

Shuhei Nakamoto HRC Executive Vice President "This is not the atmosphere we wanted to experience at the end of an unforgettable championship. We understand that it’s been a very difficult day for Valentino, after leading the championship for 17 races and losing by just five points in the final race must be very disappointing. However, on the other side we cannot accept the strong accusations he has directed against our rider and Honda in the past weeks and in today's post race press conference. Together with the allegation he made after Phillip Island, there is no evidence to support these accusations, only the fact that Marc took five points away from Valentino’s competitor in the championship, Jorge. Today Valentino has alleged that Marc never attempted to pass Jorge, who has clearly had a very good pace all weekend which he demonstrated by taking a strong pole position in qualifying. Marc was struggling to stay behind him during the race and both him and Dani have done a great job to not lose too much distance to Jorge. Marc’s plan was to attack in the last lap, as we have seen many times in the past if the opportunity presents itself, he will try. Dani’s pace increased at the end of the race and he overtook Marc but ran wide and Marc was able to immediately pass him back, but this is racing. We are sorry that Valentino doesn’t believe this is the case, but we are certain both Marc and Dani were pushing 100% to achieve the best result for the Repsol Honda Team and all our partners as always. We cannot accept that these accusations continue to surface time after time, as this is the perception of one person - which we respect - but it is not the reality. Valentino is a great champion and clearly an intelligent individual so we truly hope that in time, once the dust settles, he can reevaluate what has happened and accept this was another great race from a wonderful season, and it’s a shame to spoil it. Marc and Dani have taken points away from both Valentino and Jorge this year, this is the nature of racing."

Results Session Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 25 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 45'59.364 2 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 20 Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.263 3 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 16 Repsol Honda Team Honda +0.654 4 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 13 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +19.789 5 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 11 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +26.004 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +28.835 7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 9 Ducati Team Ducati +28.886 8 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 8 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +34.222 9 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 7 LCR Honda Honda +35.924 10 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 6 Pramac Racing Ducati +39.579 11 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +39.746 12 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 4 Ducati Team Ducati +47.053 13 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 3 Pramac Racing Ducati +54.081 14 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 2 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +56.646 15 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 1 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +57.278 16 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 0 Avintia Racing Ducati +57.363 17 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 0 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +58.742 18 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 0 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +59.086 19 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +1'04.339 20 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +1'04.413 21 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 0 LCR Honda Honda +1'05.212 22 WEST Anthony 13 AUS 0 AB Motoracing Honda +1'27.281 23 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing Ducati DNF 24 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 0 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda DNF 25 PARKES Broc 23 AUS 0 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART DNF 26 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 0 Ducati Team Ducati DNF

Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 330 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 325 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 242 Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 206 Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 188 Ducati Team Ducati 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 181 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 162 Ducati Team Ducati 8 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 125 LCR Honda Honda 9 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 114 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 10 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 113 Pramac Racing Ducati 11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 105 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 97 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 84 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 14 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 56 Pramac Racing Ducati 15 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 33 Avintia Racing Ducati 16 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 31 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 17 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 28 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 18 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 17 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 19 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 17 LCR Honda Honda 20 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 16 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 21 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 12 Ducati Team Ducati 22 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 9 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 23 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki 21 JPN 8 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 24 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 8 Avintia Racing Ducati 25 AOYAMA Hiroshi 7 JPN 5 AB Motoracing Honda 26 TAKAHASHI Takumi 72 JPN 4 Team HRC with NISSIN Honda 27 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA 2 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 28 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 2 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART

Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 655 2 Repsol Honda Team 453 3 Ducati Team 350 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 295 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 202 6 Pramac Racing 169 7 LCR Honda 142 8 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 84 9 Avintia Racing 41 10 Athina Forward Racing 39 11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 39 12 Aspar MotoGP Team 25 13 Team HRC with NISSIN 4 14 E-Motion IodaRacing Team 2 15 AB Motoracing 0

Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Yamaha 407 2 Honda 355 3 Ducati 256 4 Suzuki 137 5 Aprilia 36 6 Forward Yamaha 35 7 ART 2

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Location Information The Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana was completed in 1999 and held rounds of the MotoGP and Spanish Motorcycle Championships in the same year. The Cheste track has several layouts, running anti-clockwise with varying lengths. MotoGP events are held on a 4km track comprising of five right handed corners, eight… read more.

Length 4.005 kilometres / 2.489 miles Width 12 metres Left corners 9 Right corners 5 Longest straight 0.876 kilometres / 0.544 miles Constructed 1999 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 30.011s (160.1km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2015) Race Lap 1m 31.367s (157.8km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2015) Race Time 45m 59.364s (156.7 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2015) 2015 Race Winner Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) Circuito de la Comunidad Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain –  View in Google Maps www.circuitvalencia.com

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