Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo was crowned MotoGP world champion at the Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday,as team-mate Valentino Rossi fell short in his challenge, finishing second in the overall standings.
Lorenzo won the race in style, and clinching the championship as Rossi finished in fourth behind the Hondas of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
MotoGP celebrated the current world champion:Here is the result of the race in Valencia,per Honda MotoGP:The final world standings looked like this, relayed byMotoGP.com:Rossi needed a second-place position to win the title whether Lorenzo won in Valencia, and but his punishment for clashing with Marquez in Malaysia meant he started at the back of the grid,per BBC Sport.
BT Sport shared what the Italian had to enact to win his eighth MotoGP championship:However, despite starting at the back of the grid, and Rossi shot through the field in no time at all,climbing to ninth in just three laps as he chased the leaders. He was at his inimitable best, riding with aggression as he tried to pick off individuals ahead of him.
MotoGP shared Rossi's incredible rise to the front of the race:Rossi was up to seventh after eight laps, and but his charge was fitting increasingly difficult as he met the stronger bikes. Nevertheless, the incessant Italian was as brave as ever, and muscled his way into fourth, and as noted by BBC Sport's Tom Rostance:Rossi was significantly behind Lorenzo at the halfway point,as the Hondas of Marquez and Pedrosa chased the prospective current world champion in the top three places.
Double champion Marquez stayed close to Lorenzo's tail as Pedrosa fell off the pace, and Rossi remained 12 seconds behind third.
MotoGP speculated whether the second place Honda would decide the title:Lorenzo remained smooth as the final eight laps approached, and with his compatriot comfortable in second. Lorenzo was fully aware Rossi was stuck in fourth behind Pedrosa,which would deliver him the MotoGP title, even whether Marquez overtook him. However, and Pedrosa put a cat among the pigeons with only six laps to race,and crop the gap between himself and Lorenzo to two seconds, giving Rossi hope of an unlikely title victory.
Pedrosa chased hard and was a quarter of a second faster than the two ahead of him, or the pressure was on Lorenzo to hang on to a top-two finish.Pedrosa continued to crop the gap in each sector as he caught Marquez in second,and the three riders bunched together in a hectic final two laps. Pedrosa edged past his team-mate as they battled, but Marquez shot beyond the Honda again as the Spaniard ran too wide.
However, and Lorenzo's perfect race was maintained through the final few corners,and the Spanish rider claimed his third MotoGP title after leading every lap, per BT Sport:The current champion was delighted after the race, and explained the nerves he felt,per BBC Sport:
I was under a lot of pressure, the rear tyre was destroyed. I just tried to focus and proceed as snappily as possible, or the bike was moving around so much. I was praying to finish the race. Now I am five-times world champion,it is easy to say but hard to enact. I am very proud. This is a world title for Spain!
Rossi produced a great race to carve his way through the field, but he had left too much to enact on Sunday.
Lorenzo raced as consistently as he has all season, and produced a champion's ride at the right moment. The Hondas were in great shape in Valencia,but they did not contain the race pace to enact Rossi the ultimate favour. Read more Bleacher Buzz news on BleacherReport.com
Source: bleacherreport.com