The Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya produced another brilliant race on Sunday, with Marc Marquez securing the victory on the final lap ahead of Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa.

Marquez crossed the line half a second in front of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Rossi, surviving a late scare as Pedrosa touched his rear wheel in the final stages, the latter almost crashing and having to settle for third.

The win is the 100th for Honda in the modern MotoGP four-stroke era and the triumph for Marquez was also historic as it came on the same day as an earlier Moto3™ victory for his brother Alex Marquez – the first time 65 years of world championship competition that siblings have won grand prix races on the same day.

Rossi led for much of the race with the Repsol Honda duo chasing him down in the final stages, with Pedrosa returning to form following his recent arm pump surgery and subsequent problems – only to make that late mistake. The threat of rain lingered for the duration of the race, though a light shower was short-lived.

Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) followed the front three throughout the race but was never quite close enough to join the podium fight. He eventually crossed the finishing line 2.7s behind Pedrosa.

Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) rode a lonely race to fifth, staying in position despite running wide early on, whilst Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) finished just under two seconds in front of his brother Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) in sixth.

The top 10 was completed by Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3).

Australia’s Broc Parkes was particularly strong across the weekend for Paul Bird Motorsports, marginally missing out on points in 16th behind Hiroshi Aoyama on the production Honda.

Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) crashed out early on, with Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) falling mid-race, the yellow flags caused by the Frenchman’s flag initially distracting the front runners in their intense battle at the front.

Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) and Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) both retired due to technical issues.

2014 MotoGP World Championship
Round seven – Catalunya, Spain

MotoGP race results:
1. Marc Marquez
2. Valentino Rossi
3. Dani Pedrosa
4. Jorge Lorenzo
5. Stefan Bradl
6. Aleix Espargaro
7. Pol Espargaro
8. Andrea Dovizioso
9. Andrea Iannone
10. Bradley Smith
11. Yonny Hernandez
12. Scott Redding
13. Nicky Hayden
14. Michele Pirro
15. Hiroshi Aoyama
16. Broc Parkes (AUS)
17. Michael Laverty
18. Colin Edwards
19. Hector Barbera
20. Michel Fabrizio

MotoGP championship standings:
1. Marc Marquez 150
2. Valentino Rossi 97
3. Dani Pedrosa 96
4. Jorge Lorenzo 65
5. Andrea Dovizioso 63
6. Pol Espargaro 49
7. Aleix Espargaro 44
8. Stefan Bradl 39
9. Bradley Smith 34
10. Andrea Iannone 34
11. Alvaro Bautista 34
12. Hiroshi Aoyama 23
13. Nicky Hayden 23
14. Yonny Hernandez 22
15. Scott Redding 21
16. Cal Crutchlow 15
17. Karel Abraham 13
18. Colin Edwards 8
19. Michele Pirro 5
20. Hector Barbera 2
21. Danilo Petrucci 2
22. Broc Parkes (AUS) 1

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