Minggu, 20/10/2013 12:47 WIB
MotoGP Australia
Lorenzo Menang, Marquez Didiskualifikasi
Mohammad Resha Pratama - detikSport
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Phillip Island - Jorge Lorenzo memelihara peluangnya menjadi juara MotoGP usai memenangi balapan di Australia. Sementara itu nasib sial dialami Marc Marquez yang harus didiskualifikasi dari balapan.

Pada balapan yang dihelat di sirkuit Phillip Island, Minggu (20/10/2013) siang WIB, Lorenzo yang start terdepan sukses menjaga posisinya hingga akhir balapan dengan keunggulan 6,936 detik dari Pedrosa yang finis di posisi kedua.

Sementara Marquez yang selama balapan berada di posisi ketiga pada akhirnya harus menuntaskan balapan lebih cepat karena kibaran Black Flag untuknya di lap ke-14 alias didiskualifikasi.

Ini sebagai hukuman karena pebalap Repsol Honda itu telat memasuki pitlane yang mana diharuskan maksimal seluruh pebalap melakukannya di lap ke-10.

Valentino Rossi akhirnya mampu memenangi pertarungan untuk duduk di podium ketiga.
Melengkapi posisi lima besar adalah Cal Crutchlow dan Alvaro Bautista. Di posisi ke-6 sampai 10 ada Bradley Smith, Nicky Hayden, Andrea Iannone, Andrea Dovizioso, dan Randy de Puniet.

Dengan tambahan 25 poin ini, Lorenzo memangkas selisih dengan Marquez di klasemen pebalap menjadi hanya tinggal 18 dan balapan musim ini menyisakan dua seri lagi, Jepang dan Valencia.

Lorenzo yang punya 280 poin masih berpeluang mempertahankan gelar juara dunianya, karena perolehan poin Marquez bertahan di 298. Pedrosa masih di posisi ketiga dengan 264 poin dan secara matematis masih bisa menyalip dua rivalnya itu.

Hasil balapan MotoGP Australia

1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 29:07.155
2. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 29:14.091
3. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 29:19.499
4. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Yamaha 29:19.615
5. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Honda 29:19.668
6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 29:35.418
7. Nicky Hayden (U.S.) Ducati 29:40.108
8. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 29:42.217
9. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 29:42.259
10. Randy de Puniet (France) Aprilia 29:44.581
11. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia 29:53.254
12. Colin Edwards (U.S.) FTR 29:55.304
13. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Aprilia 29:57.066
14. Hector Barbera (Spain) FTR 29:57.153
15. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ioda 30:05.873
(mrp/raw)

Sumbernya [url]http://sport.detik..com/read/2013/10/20/124717/2390321/81/lorenzo-menang-marquez-didiskualifikasi?s99220269[/url]

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Australian MotoGP: Lorenzo: 'Crazy' race transforms title chances
20 October 2013
“Before the race our [championship] options were maybe 2-3%. Now they are 20-30%” - Jorge Lorenzo.

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Lorenzo: 'Crazy' race transforms title chances
Australian MotoGP: Lorenzo: 'Crazy' race transforms title chances
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo feels his 2013 title chances have increased ten-fold following Sunday's incident packed Australian Grand Prix.

The first ever dry MotoGP race to feature mandatory pit stops, due to tyre overheating fears, Lorenzo bolted away from pole position at Phillip Island - but couldn't shake off title leader Marc Marquez and the second Repsol Honda of Dani Pedrosa.

A near fall from his Yamaha put Marquez and Pedrosa right on Lorenzo's rear wheel by the time Pedrosa peeled into the pits on lap 9 of 19. Lorenzo followed on lap 10, but rookie Marquez amazingly missed the ten-lap deadline due to a mix-up and was later black flagged.

All of which meant Lorenzo, who could have lost his title to Marquez on Sunday, instead gained 25 points and is now 18 behind with two rounds remaining.

“It was a crazy, chaotic race,” said Lorenzo, after his sixth victory of the year. “It was the first time we had changed bikes in a dry race. It was difficult for everyone.

“We practiced changing the bike a lot, which was one of the keys of our victory.

“After the warm-up we changed strategy. I watched my [bike swap] on the video and also Marc's. He was really smart. They had the fastest possible way. We were slow, losing almost two seconds to them. So I tried to copy his style. I practiced before the race and improved a lot.

“At the start of the race we were running low 1m 28s. It was amazing, close to pole position, but also Dani and Marc were just as fast so I couldn't open a gap. Then I almost crashed in one corner and Marc was on my wheel again.”

After Marquez's late pit stop, he emerged back on track just as race leader Lorenzo was entering turn one. Contact between the followed.

“I braked too late, so I was out of the line, and I think he also entered very fast. I think we both have some fault for this collision,” said Lorenzo.

Sumbernya http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/197...e_chances.html