2014 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

2014 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the; 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 October 2014
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.801 km (2.983 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:44.502
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:45.350 on lap 8
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Marc Márquez
Third	Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Esteve Rabat
Time	1:50.854
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	1:50.866 on lap 19
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Maverick Viñales
Third	Esteve Rabat
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Danny Kent
Time	1:56.555
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Márquez
Time	1:57.112 on lap 4
Podium
First	Álex Márquez
Second	Efrén Vázquez
Third	Brad Binder

The 2014 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 12 October 2014.

In the MotoGP class, Andrea Dovizioso took his first pole position since the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix. However, Jorge Lorenzo won his second successive race,^[4] but a second-place finish for Marc Márquez was good enough for his second consecutive premier class world championship, and his fourth world title in total.^[5] The podium placings were completed by Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place.^[4] In the supporting categories, Thomas Lüthi took his first victory since 2012 by winning the Moto2 race,^[6] while in the Moto3 race, Álex Márquez took advantage of a collision between Ajo Motorsport teammates Jack Miller and Danny Kent,^[7] to take his third victory of 2014.

Classification edit

MotoGP edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	42:21.259	5	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+1.638	4	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+2.602	2	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+3.157	3	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+14.353	1	11
6	29	Andrea Iannone	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+16.653	6	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+19.531	9	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+19.815	7	8
9	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+23.575	10	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Go&Fun Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+35.687	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	24	+40.668	11	5
12	21	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamalube Racing Team with YSP	Yamaha	24	+51.027	17	4
13	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	24	+51.093	18	3
14	69	Nicky Hayden	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	24	+55.792	14	2
15	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	24	+59.089	16	1
16	45	Scott Redding	Go&Fun Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+59.508	15
17	15	Alex de Angelis	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	24	+1:16.547	20
18	70	Michael Laverty	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	24	+1:28.021	22
19	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Avintia	24	+1:29.470	23
20	23	Broc Parkes	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	24	+1:33.253	24
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	23	Accident	13
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	14	Accident	19
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo IodaRacing Team	ART	4	Retirement	21
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Ducati Team	Ducati	1	Accident	8
Sources: ^[8]^[9]^[10]

Moto2 edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	23	42:50.219	2	25
2	40	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	23	+1.209	4	20
3	53	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	23	+3.631	1	16
4	5	Johann Zarco	Caterham Suter	23	+7.797	3	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	23	+8.472	5	11
6	60	Julián Simón	Kalex	23	+8.881	7	10
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	23	+11.203	8	9
8	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	23	+17.509	17	8
9	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	23	+18.424	18	7
10	19	Xavier Siméon	Suter	23	+21.192	13	6
11	81	Jordi Torres	Suter	23	+22.646	14	5
12	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	23	+23.303	15	4
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	23	+26.077	6	3
14	8	Gino Rea	Suter	23	+26.708	23	2
15	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	23	+28.921	25	1
16	96	Louis Rossi	Kalex	23	+29.312	20
17	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Suter	23	+31.192	21
18	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	23	+33.956	16
19	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Caterham Suter	23	+41.606	22
20	20	Florian Marino	Kalex	23	+42.031	28
21	4	Randy Krummenacher	Suter	23	+42.133	30
22	18	Nicolás Terol	Suter	23	+44.568	26
23	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	NTS	23	+45.571	27
24	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	23	+51.944	33
25	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	23	+52.398	32
26	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	23	+53.160	24
27	97	Román Ramos	Speed Up	23	+58.088	36
28	70	Robin Mulhauser	Suter	23	+1:06.689	31
29	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	23	+1:15.937	10
30	65	Chalermpol Polamai	Tech 3	23	+1:22.685	34
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	17	Accident	9
Ret	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	13	Retirement	29
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	11	Retirement	19
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	7	Accident	11
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	3	Accident	12
Ret	84	Riccardo Russo	Suter	0	Accident	35
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Álex Márquez	Honda	20	39:26.830	7	25
2	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	20	+0.357	14	20
3	41	Brad Binder	Mahindra	20	+0.484	8	16
4	17	John McPhee	Honda	20	+0.672	3	13
5	8	Jack Miller	KTM	20	+1.161	5	11
6	52	Danny Kent	Husqvarna	20	+1.796	1	10
7	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	20	+5.927	17	9
8	33	Enea Bastianini	KTM	20	+6.025	15	8
9	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	20	+6.527	2	7
10	42	Álex Rins	Honda	20	+6.686	9	6
11	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	20	+6.988	6	5
12	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	20	+18.713	23	4
13	21	Francesco Bagnaia	KTM	20	+18.757	18	3
14	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Honda	20	+19.242	19	2
15	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	20	+19.664	12	1
16	57	Eric Granado	KTM	20	+24.788	21
17	65	Philipp Öttl	Kalex KTM	20	+40.080	33
18	38	Hafiq Azmi	KTM	20	+40.154	29
19	95	Jules Danilo	Mahindra	20	+40.888	27
20	13	Jasper Iwema	Mahindra	20	+41.011	28
21	43	Luca Grünwald	Kalex KTM	20	+1:00.736	25
22	4	Gabriel Ramos	Kalex KTM	20	+1:01.752	34
23	55	Andrea Locatelli	Mahindra	20	+1:10.995	32
24	3	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	19	+1 lap	24
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Mahindra	11	Accident	4
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Kalex KTM	9	Accident	10
Ret	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	9	Accident	13
Ret	99	Jorge Navarro	Kalex KTM	9	Accident	16
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	7	Retirement	20
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	Husqvarna	0	Accident	11
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Mahindra	0	Accident	22
Ret	83	Hikari Okubo	Honda	0	Accident	26
Ret	9	Scott Deroue	Kalex KTM	0	Accident	30
Ret	81	Sena Yamada	Honda	0	Accident	31
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.^[11]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	312
2	Valentino Rossi	230
3	Dani Pedrosa	230
4	Jorge Lorenzo	227
5	Andrea Dovizioso	153

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	349
2	Yamaha	289
3	Ducati	176
4	Forward Yamaha	122
5	ART	9

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

References edit

^ "2014 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2014 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Brilliant Marquez retains MotoGP crown in second as Lorenzo wins Motegi race". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "Marc Marquez wins MotoGP championship for second time". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ Lewis, Lisa (12 October 2014). "Luthi holds off Vinales charge in Japan". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "Marquez takes victory in tense Motegi contest". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^ "2014 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2014". www.motogp.com.
^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2014.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

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[1] "2014 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "2014 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[3] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[Race-4] "Brilliant Marquez retains MotoGP crown in second as Lorenzo wins Motegi race". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[5] "Marc Marquez wins MotoGP championship for second time". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[6] Lewis, Lisa (12 October 2014). "Luthi holds off Vinales charge in Japan". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[7] "Marquez takes victory in tense Motegi contest". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[8] "2014 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[9] "motogp.com · MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2014". www.motogp.com.

[10] "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2014.

[11] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

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