MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo wins the Mugello GP

USPA NEWS - Jorge Lorenzo wins the Mugello GP by going immediately to the lead and for the pursuers there was nothing to do, Andrea Dovizioso came second and was the only one able to follow Jorge Lorenzo, but he could not get close. Valentino Rossi, on the other hand, made the Mugello public dream, making a hard battle with Andrea Iannone, Alex Rins and Danilo Petrucci (who arrived 4th, 5th and 7th). Danilo Petrucci is very disappointed because of a hard contact received by Marquez still a vote this behavior has not been sanctioned by the race commission. Marquez then apologized to Petrucci. At Mugello Marquez did not score points because he crashed, he got up but only 16th came to the finish line.

Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team #99)- 1° “I am very happy! Yesterday I said that winning at Mugello with Ducati was a dream for me and today this dream came true. It´s one of the most special wins of my entire career, probably on the same level as my first win in 125 in 2003 and in MotoGP in 2008. I´m really thrilled about it and pleased for the team, because it was fantastic to score this victory on Ducati´s home track after a very challenging weekend. This morning I realized that we could do it and, even though I was worried about the performance of the tyres, I decided to push right from the start, in my usual style, and everything went perfectly. I couldn´t ask for anything more and we will have to celebrate this win in a big way. I haven´t managed to win a race for a long time and I did it my way. I´ve been through some difficult moments but I´ve always believed I could do it, I could see that every time we were closer and closer and in the end we did it!“

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04)- 2° “To tell the truth I expected more than a second place today, but in the end we found that the conditions were hotter in the race than yesterday and so we had a few doubts about the choice of front tyre. Rossi and I made a cautionary selection, opting to fit the harder tyre, but unfortunately it didn´t work well. Valentino almost crashed a couple of times in front of me and when I tried to push to catch Jorge, I wasn´t fast enough in corner entry and as a result through the corners as well. In addition I used up the rear tyre and at the end of the race I also had to manage this problem. In any case we scored a good second place and reduced the gap to Marquez in the standings. I want to congratulate Jorge, who did a superb race and was very good and precise in managing the tyres to perfection.“

Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha Team #46)- 3° It was a very tough race because we had to start with the harder front tyre, which we knew wouldn“˜t provide a lot of grip, so the race was very difficult. I tried not to make any mistakes, which was hard, and I also tried not to lose contact with the podium contenders. In my group the guys were riding on the softer tyre, so I hoped I would have a little bit more grip than them at the end. In fact, it was exactly like this, so I“˜m very happy, because the podium was the target for me. It remained difficult to secure it until the very last lap, because Iannone didn“˜t give up, but at the end it“˜s a great feeling here in Mugello.

GP of Italy - Race Classification: 1. Jorge LORENZO Ducati Team 41'43.230 2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team +6.370 3. Valentino ROSS Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +6.629 4. Andrea IANNONE Team SUZUKI ECSTAR +7.885 5. Alex RINS Team SUZUKI ECSTAR +7.907 6. Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda CASTROL +9.120 7. Danilo PETRUCCI Alma Pramac Racing +10.898 8. Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +11.060 9. Alvaro BAUTISTA Angel Nieto Team +11.154 10. Johann ZARCO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +17.644 11. Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +20.256 12. Hafizh SYAHRIN Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +22.435 13. Tito RABAT Reale Avintia Racing +22.464 14. Bradley SMITH Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +22.495 15. Franco MORBIDELLI EG 0,0 Marc VDS +26.644 16. Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team +39.311 17. Xavier SIMEON Reale Avintia Racing +1'01.211 18. Takaaki NAKAGAMI LCR Honda IDEMITSU 5 Laps

MotoGP World Standings 2018: 1. Marc MARQUEZ Honda 95 2. Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 72 3. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 67 4. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 66 5. Johann ZARCO Yamaha 64 6. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 63 7. Andrea IANNONE Suzuki 60 8. Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 56 9. Jack MILLER Honda 49 10. Jorge LORENZO Ducati 41 11. Alex RINS Suzuki 33 12. Dani PEDROSA Honda 29 13. Tito RABAT Ducati 27 14. Pol ESPARGARO KTM 23 15. Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 19 16. Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha 17 17. Franco MORBIDELLI Honda 17 18. Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 13 19. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda 10 20. Bradley SMITH KTM 7 21. Mika KALLIO KTM 6 22. Scott REDDING Aprilia 5 23. Karel ABRAHAM Ducati 1 24. Thomas LUTHI Honda 25. Xavier SIMEON Ducati