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Marquez Extends MotoGP Lead with Win at Aragon MotoGP

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Marc Marquez is still the man to beat in the MotoGP race…

The 20-year-old Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer extended his points lead on Sunday by winning the Aragon MotoGP, although his victory came only after he played a part in the crash of Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa.

Marc Marquez

Marquez grazed the back of Pedrosa’s bike when he was trying to pass him with 18 laps to go, causing Pedrosa to lose control and slide down the track with sparks flying.

“I touched him a little with the front of my bike, and they tell me I may have broken a cable and that’s why he fell,” said Marquez. “It was very unlucky. That doesn’t usually happen.”

Marquez went on to overtake defending champion Jorge Lorenzo, who had jumped ahead with a great start on his Yamaha.

Marquez finished the race at the 5-kilometer (3.15-miles) MotorLand Aragon circuit in 42 minutes, 3.4 seconds. Lorenzo ended up 1.3 seconds behind.

“We knew before the race that it was going to be tough,” said Lorenzo. “We had a lot of difficulties this weekend. The bike was unstable. But there are no excuses. Marc was faster and he deserved to win.”

Valentino Rossi finished third, more than 12 seconds back on his Yamaha, ending a run of four straight fourth-place finishes.

Marquez’s sixth win of the season gave him one more than Lorenzo and broke his closest challenger’s run of winning the previous two races.

Marquez is aiming to become the first rookie to win the championship since American Kenny Roberts in 1978.

Marquez leads Lorenzo by 39 points with four races left. Pedrosa came in level on points with Lorenzo in second place but now trails Marquez by 59.

Pedrosa, who won here last year, had to be carried off the track by the medical crew. He later said that he was fine except for some pain in his pelvis.

Lorenzo Edges Past Marc Marquez to Win the San Marino Grand Prix

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Jorge Lorenzo apparently owns the track at the San Marino Grand Prix…

The 26-year-old Spanish professional motorcycle road racer, the race’s defending champion, claimed a second consecutive MotoGP victory after leading almost from start to finish at the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday.

Jorge Lorenzo

Lorenzo, who has now won his last three races at Misano, finished 3.379 seconds ahead of championship leader Marc Marquez.

Dani Pedrosa finished in third place, completing an all-Spanish podium.

Lorenzo started behind Marquez but swiftly took the lead and built an advantage of two seconds over the opening two laps.

Lorenzo, who won the British GP at the beginning of the month, now moves joint second in the standings, level with Pedrosa and 34 points behind Marquez.

Marquez is aiming to become the first rookie to win the championship since American Kenny Roberts in 1978.

Lorenzo Ends Marquez’s MotoGP Hot Streak at the British MotoGP

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Jorge Lorenzo has stopped his fellow countryman’s record-setting hot streak…

The 26-year-old Spanish professional motorcycle road racer won the British MotoGP at Silverstone on Sunday despite being overtaken by championship leader Marc Marquez during the final lap.

Jorge Lorenzo

Honda rider Marquez, who started the race in pole position, dislocated his left shoulder in the warm-up and was overtaken early in the race by Lorenzo.

The 20-year-old regained the lead in the last lap but Yamaha rider Lorenzo said “he opened up a little space and I said ‘now or never.’ ”

Defending champion Lorenzo’s victory ends Marquez’s four-race winning streak. But Marquez still remains atop the standings of the Moto GP.

Lorenzo finished 0.081 of a second ahead of Marquez. Dani Pedrosa, also of Honda, finished third and Valentino Rossi came in fourth.

Márquez Wins Czech MotoGP, His Record Fourth Straight Win

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There seems to be no stopping Marc Márquez…

The 20-year-old Spanish rookie Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle rider edged out his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa to win the Czech MotoGP on Sunday for his fourth straight victory.

Marc Márquez

Márquez’s win stretches his lead in the overall MotoGP standings.

Márquez covered 22 laps of the 3.358-mile Brno circuit in 42 minutes, 50.729 seconds to become the youngest rider to claim four consecutive races.

In his maiden MotoGP season, Marquez leads the standings with 213 points, followed by Pedrosa with 187. Jorge Lorenzo is third with 169 with seven races to go.

Pedrosa, who won in Brno last year, was 0.313 seconds behind while Lorenzo finished third on a Yamaha, 2.277 behind Marquez.

Starting third on the grid, Marquez chased defending world champion Lorenzo until he made the decisive pass with seven laps to go and stayed ahead for his fifth victory of the season.

With the win in Brno, Marquez broke Kenny Roberts‘ single-season rookie record set in 1978.

Seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi finished in fourth place, 10.101 seconds off Marquez’s pace.

Márquez Makes History in Winning the Indianapolis Grand Prix

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It’s the power of three for Marc Márquez …

The 20-year-old rookie Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle rider, who’d already broken a record at Indianapolis Grand Prix a day earlier, took the lead on Sunday with a smart inside pass midway through the race, saved his wobbly bike two turns later and then pulled away from the pack for a 3.495-second victory over Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa.

Marc Márquez

In the process, Márquez became only the third rider in MotoGP history, and the first rookie, to win three races in one country in the same season. Marquez’s fourth win of the season also tied Kenny Roberts‘ single-season rookie record, set in 1978, and gave Marquez his fifth straight win on U.S. soil.

“It will be my second country,” he said after dousing himself with the traditional champagne. “We had the perfect weekend.”

For the Spanish star with the increasingly impressive resume, Sunday’s victory was another major milestone.

Marquez has now won three straight races, the longest overall streak by a rookie since Roberts. He joined two-time world champions Jorge Lorenzo, of Spain, and Casey Stoner, of Australia, as the only riders in series history to pull off a three-race season sweep in one nation.

Marquez extended his lead to 21 points over Pedrosa, who is still trying to recover from a broken collarbone he sustained earlier this season.

Marquez came into the race a heavy favorite after posting the fastest times in both practice rounds Friday and Saturday and becoming the first MotoGP rider to break the 1 minute, 38-second barrier with his record pole-winning run Saturday.

“I feel good in the USA, I won the three races here,” he said. “Now we go back to Europe and try to do the same thing.”

Márquez Makes History at the Indianapolis Grand Prix

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He may be a newbie, but Marc Márquez is already making sports history in his rookie season…

The 20-year-old Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle rider dominated the Indianapolis Grand Prix, winning the pole Saturday with a fast lap of 1 minute, 37.958 seconds, easily besting Jorge Lorenzo’s time of  1:38.471 and shredding Dani Pedrosa‘s year-old record of 1:38.813.

Marc Márquez

In the process, Marquez became the first MotoGP rider to crack the 1:38 mark on Indy’s 2.621-mile, 16-turn road course, outdueling a two-time world champion and the only two-time Indy winner in the process.

“(Sunday) will be a tough race because everybody is struggling quite a lot at the end of the race with the tire,” Marquez said. “I think we have a good base. We are ready for to fight for the win.”

In April, at Texas, Marquez became the youngest winner in series history. In July, at Laguna Seca, Marquez became the youngest rider to win back-to-back races in series history. He’s the first MotoGP rider since 1978 to win more than two races as a rookie, and he came to Indianapolis leading the points chase.

Marquez led both practice sessions Friday, both practice sessions Saturday and took the early lead in qualifying. Then, with three minutes left in the 15-0 minute qualifying session, he finally broke Pedrosa’s record.

Spain wound up taking each of the top three starting spots. Lorenzo, the 2009 Indy winner who competes for Yamaha Factory Racing, finished second. Pedrosa, the defending Indy champ and Marquez’s teammate with Repsol Honda, was third in 1:38.485.

Márquez Rewrites History with U.S. Grand Prix Victory

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Marc Márquez is having a high-speed rookie season…

The 20-year-old Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer registered a win for Honda in the U.S. Grand Prix at California’s Laguna Seca track, which helped him increase his lead in the MotoGP standings to 16 points.

Marc Márquez

The victory, following his win last weekend in the German Grand Prix, made Márquez, the youngest-ever rider to win back-to-back races in his first season.

U.S. racer “Fast” Freddie Spencer was 21 when he took the first two contests of the 1983 season.

Stefan Bradl, who began Sunday’s race in pole position, ended up in second place, followed by Italy’s Valentino Rossi, a seven-time world champion.

The defending MotoGP champ, Alvaro Bautista, had to settle for the fourth spot.

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“At that circuit I expected to be struggling a little bit but in the end we take 25 points. I am so happy,” said Márquez after the race.

The outcome leaves him with 163 points in the battle for the MotoGP title, while countryman and Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa has 147 points.

Márquez is the 2010 125cc World Champion and the 2012 Moto2 World Champion. Márquez made history by being the youngest ever MotoGP pole sitter & winner in history at the 2013 Grand Prix of the Americas.