MotoGP Grand Prix of Czech Republic 2014 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

The king of MotoGP has finally been dethroned. Marc Marquez’s streak of 10 grand prix victories in a row came to an end at the Grand Prix of Czech Republic on Sunday, as Dani Pedrosa claimed the title with an excellent ride. 

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi finished second and third, respectively, with Marquez crossing the line in fourth on an off day for the Spaniard—as MotoGP revealed:

Here’s how they finished on an eventful day of racing in Brno:

Position	Rider	Nationality	Team	Time/Gap
1	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	42'47.800
2	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	+0.410
3	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	+5.259
4	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	+10.454
5	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Pramac Racing	+17.639
6	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	+17.834
7	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	+23.819
8	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	NGM Forward Racing	+29.621
9	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+30.364
10	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	+37.639
11	Scott REDDING	GBR	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	+55.604
12	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Ducati Team	+56.727
13	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	+56.908
14	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	+1'04.135
15	Leon CAMIER	GBR	Drive M7 Aspar	+1'04.902
16	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Forward Racing	+1'20.666
17	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	+1'24.282
18	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Avintia Racing	+1'27.436
19	Broc PARKES	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	+1'38.867

Though Marquez was starting at pole position in the Czech Republic, a shaky start saw his chances of performing his usual wire-to-wire victory blown out of the water.

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The Spanish sensation found himself in sixth after the first few turns with the Ducatis starting brightly and Lorenzo setting the early pace.

The two-time world champion simply flew around the course in the early stages, setting a new circuit record in the process—per MotoGP:

While Marquez managed to creep up to third place, that’s as good as it got for the 21-year-old, who finished over 10 seconds behind Pedrosa.

Patience was the name of the game for Pedrosa in Brno, and while Lorenzo was looking good at the front, the 28-year-old always looked in a good position to strike.

And that’s exactly what he did on Lap 5 of 22, going inside him on the corner to lead the pack.

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It was a lead that Pedrosa never surrendered after that, and while Lorenzo kept within touching distance of his countryman, there was little he could do as the Honda man put himself top of the podium.

While Marquez’s dominance of MotoGP is now over, the Honda team’s certainly isn’t, as they revealed via Twitter:

That dominance is echoed in the general classification standings, too, as victory for Pedrosa saw him keep his place in second behind Marquez, as we see below:

Position	Rider	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	263
2	Dani PEDROSA	186
3	Valentino ROSSI	173
4	Jorge LORENZO	137
5	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	118
6	Aleix ESPARGARO	85
7	Pol ESPARGARO	78
8	Andrea IANNONE	73
9	Stefan BRADL	65
10	Bradley SMITH	65
11	Alvaro BAUTISTA	56
12	Scott REDDING	45
13	Hiroshi AOYAMA	37
14	Cal CRUTCHLOW	36
15	Nicky HAYDEN	29
16	Yonny HERNANDEZ	27
17	Karel ABRAHAM	25
18	Colin EDWARDS	11
19	Michele PIRRO	11
20	Broc PARKES	7
21	Mike DI MEGLIO	4
22	Danilo PETRUCCI	4
23	Michael LAVERTY	2
24	Hector BARBERA	2
25	Leon CAMIER	1

How exactly Marquez will recover from not being on the podium will be on everyone’s lips as the British Grand Prix comes around in a fortnight, but you can guarantee that he’ll be more determined than ever to take his grand prix crown back.

Pedrosa’s victory showed that Marquez is indeed mortal, but with hunger and desire to be a champion once again, Silverstone may well be in trouble next time around.