2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 2014 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 17 August 2014.

In MotoGP, Marc Márquez was defeated for the first time in the 2014 season, as he could only finish fourth in the race.^[4] Instead, it was his Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa that took the victory, ahead of the Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.^[5] In Moto2, championship leader Esteve Rabat took his fifth victory of the season, leading home Marc VDS Racing Team teammate Mika Kallio, while the podium was completed by Sandro Cortese, taking his first podium in the class.^[6]

The Moto3 race was closely fought, with the points-scoring positions – from the winner to 15th place – covered by just 1.838 seconds at the finish, a record for all Grand Prix races.^[7] The race was won by category veteran Alexis Masbou for his first Grand Prix win.^[8] Enea Bastianini took his first podium finish in second place, with the podium completed by Danny Kent, his first podium since returning to Moto3. Álex Rins finished down in ninth position, having prematurely celebrated what he thought was a race victory.^{[8] [9]}

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	42:47.800	5	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+0.410	6	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+5.259	7	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+10.454	1	13
5	29	Andrea Iannone	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+17.639	3	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+17.834	2	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+23.819	8	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	22	+29.621	10	8
9	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+30.364	4	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Go&Fun Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+37.639	14	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Go&Fun Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+55.604	15	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+56.727	13	4
13	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	22	+56.908	16	3
14	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	22	+1:04.135	17	2
15	2	Leon Camier	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	22	+1:04.902	18	1
16	15	Alex de Angelis	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	22	+1:20.666	20
17	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Avintia	22	+1:24.282	21
18	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Avintia	22	+1:27.436	24
19	23	Broc Parkes	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	22	+1:38.867	23
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo IodaRacing Team	ART	20	Retirement	19
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Ducati Team	Ducati	7	Retirement	11
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	6	Accident	9
Ret	70	Michael Laverty	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	6	Accident	22
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	5	Retirement	12
Sources: [10] [11] [12]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	53	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	20	41:05.058	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	20	+3.274	6	20
3	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	20	+6.227	3	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	20	+8.083	2	13
5	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	20	+8.145	7	11
6	40	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	20	+9.392	17	10
7	60	Julián Simón	Kalex	20	+10.669	11	9
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	20	+14.561	10	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Caterham Suter	20	+15.242	12	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	20	+17.170	8	6
11	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	20	+21.328	15	5
12	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	20	+21.534	5	4
13	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	20	+21.686	21	3
14	19	Xavier Siméon	Suter	20	+21.985	20	2
15	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	20	+22.144	9	1
16	96	Louis Rossi	Kalex	20	+23.588	18
17	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	20	+23.865	13
18	81	Jordi Torres	Suter	20	+23.960	19
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	20	+25.367	22
20	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	20	+25.719	16
21	2	Josh Herrin	Caterham Suter	20	+33.473	33
22	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	20	+33.890	28
23	84	Riccardo Russo	Suter	20	+34.152	26
24	4	Randy Krummenacher	Suter	20	+34.307	25
25	18	Nicolás Terol	Suter	20	+34.575	29
26	8	Gino Rea	Suter	20	+36.821	27
27	97	Román Ramos	Speed Up	20	+50.747	31
28	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	20	+1:01.646	32
29	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	20	+1:01.765	36
30	70	Robin Mulhauser	Suter	20	+1:39.362	30
31	90	Lucas Mahias	TransFIORmers	20	+2:00.810	23
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	15	Accident	14
Ret	59	Miroslav Popov	Suter	8	Accident	35
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	7	Retirement	4
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	TSR	3	Accident	34
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Suter	0	Accident	24
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	19	40:59.759	7	25
2	33	Enea Bastianini	KTM	19	+0.157	9	20
3	52	Danny Kent	Husqvarna	19	+0.187	12	16
4	12	Álex Márquez	Honda	19	+0.200	1	13
5	8	Jack Miller	KTM	19	+0.217	6	11
6	41	Brad Binder	Mahindra	19	+0.310	14	10
7	44	Miguel Oliveira	Mahindra	19	+0.470	5	9
8	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	19	+0.549	8	8
9	42	Álex Rins	Honda	19	+0.910	4	7
10	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	19	+1.009	2	6
11	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	19	+1.042	10	5
12	31	Niklas Ajo	Husqvarna	19	+1.061	16	4
13	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	19	+1.191	3	3
14	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	19	+1.809	13	2
15	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	19	+1.838	17	1
16	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Kalex KTM	19	+1.944	18
17	21	Francesco Bagnaia	KTM	19	+12.764	20
18	95	Jules Danilo	Mahindra	19	+14.759	29
19	9	Scott Deroue	Kalex KTM	19	+15.179	25
20	3	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	19	+15.193	26
21	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	19	+15.258	15
22	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Honda	19	+21.659	22
23	51	Bryan Schouten	Mahindra	19	+21.721	30
24	65	Philipp Öttl	Kalex KTM	19	+26.792	32
25	55	Andrea Locatelli	Mahindra	19	+26.828	23
26	61	Arthur Sissis	Mahindra	19	+27.033	31
27	57	Eric Granado	KTM	19	+36.752	21
28	38	Hafiq Azmi	KTM	19	+1:04.397	24
29	4	Gabriel Ramos	Kalex KTM	19	+1:06.287	34
Ret	43	Luca Grünwald	Kalex KTM	12	Accident	28
Ret	22	Ana Carrasco	Kalex KTM	12	Retirement	33
Ret	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	11	Accident	27
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	1	Accident	11
Ret	99	Jorge Navarro	Kalex KTM	1	Accident	19
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.^[13]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	263
2	Dani Pedrosa	186
3	Valentino Rossi	173
4	Jorge Lorenzo	137
5	Andrea Dovizioso	118

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	275
2	Yamaha	194
3	Ducati	125
4	Forward Yamaha	88
5	PBM	8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 Czech MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 24 May 2018.
2. Web site: 2014 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
3. Web site: Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 24 May 2018.
4. News: Pedrosa victorious, Marquez only fourth in Brno. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2014.
5. News: Dani Pedrosa wins as Marc Marquez's streak ends. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2014.
6. News: Untouchable Rabat eases to victory. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2014. Lisa. Lewis.
7. News: First career victory for Masbou in hard fought Brno contest. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2014.
8. News: Masbou takes first win in thrilling race. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2014. Lisa. Lewis.
9. News: Moto3 rider Alex Rins lives every racer's worst nightmare by celebrating a win one lap too soon. William. Dale. Fox Sports. Fox Sports Pty Limited. 18 August 2014. 28 December 2014.
10. Web site: 2014 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
11. Web site: motogp.com · bwin GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY · MotoGP Race Classification 2014. www.motogp.com.
12. Web site: Classification . 2014 . resources.motogp.com . PDF.
13. Web site: Standings . 2014. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-26.