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Jorge Lorenzo took victory in a chaotic dry-wet race at Aragon, ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow on the podium.

Jorge Lorenzo took victory in a chaotic dry-wet race at Aragon, ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow on the podium. The race saw drama as Italians Valentino Rossi and Andrea Iannone both suffered big crashes in the dry before Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa went down after the rain began to fall.

Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took victory by over 10 seconds as he judged the conditions better than his rivals, changing bikes with four laps to go, with Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) just beating Crutchlow (Ducati Team) to the line to complete the podium.

The riders were forced to change to wet set-ups in the final stages after the rain began to fall heavily – having started the race on a drying track.

The tricky conditions caused Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) to crash out before swapping to his wet bike and he was taken to the medical centre for checks on a hip trauma. Repsol Honda teammates Pedrosa and Marquez took a risk staying out in the wet on slick tyres in the final laps.

Pedrosa fell and remounted to take 14th with Marquez crashing later and finishing 13th after eventually swapping to his wet bike too.

The top five was completed by Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) and Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) as they took advantage of the crashes ahead of them. Smith just beat his teammate Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) to the line by 0.203s.

The top 10 was completed by Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Hiroshi Aoyama (Drive M7 Aspar), Nicky Hayden (Drive M7 Aspar) and Scott Redding (GO&FUN Honda Gresini).

A lap down in 18th position was Australia’s lone premier class campaigner Broc Parkes, missing out on a points opportunity riding his PBM.

Before the rain had fallen Iannone (Pramac Racing) crashed as he ran wide having led for the opening laps. He looked as though he might stay upright but wet grass sent him skyward.

Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a similar incident, running wide and touching the grass resulting in a vicious highside. He was taken to the medical center but deemed ok, before being taken to hospital for precautionary head scans.

Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) retired with a mechanical problem early in the race.

2014 MotoGP World Championship
Round 14 – Aragon, Spain

MotoGP race results:
1. Jorge LORENZO
2. Aleix ESPARGARO +10.295s
3. Cal CRUTCHLOW +10.312s
4. Stefan BRADL +11.718s
5. Bradley SMITH +29.483s
6. Pol ESPARGARO +29.686s
7. Alvaro BAUTISTA +29.763s
8. Hiroshi AOYAMA +37.841s
9. Nicky HAYDEN +42.957s
10. Scott REDDING +53.937s
11. Danilo PETRUCCI +59.824s
12. Alex DE ANGELIS +1m00.718
13. Marc MARQUEZ +1m15.227
14. Dani PEDROSA +1m24.526
15. Yonny HERNANDEZ +1m38.255
16. Michael LAVERTY +1 Lap
17. Mike DI MEGLIO +1 Lap
18. Broc PARKES (AUS) +1 Lap
19. Hector BARBERA +1 Lap

MotoGP championship standings:
1. Marc MARQUEZ 292
2. Dani PEDROSA 217
3. Valentino ROSSI 214
4. Jorge LORENZO 202
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO 142
6. Aleix ESPARGARO 112
7. Pol ESPARGARO 108
8. Andrea IANNONE 92
9. Stefan BRADL 87
10. Bradley SMITH 85
11. Alvaro BAUTISTA 73
12. Cal CRUTCHLOW 63
13. Scott REDDING 60
14. Hiroshi AOYAMA 51
15. Yonny HERNANDEZ 39
16. Nicky HAYDEN 36
17. Karel ABRAHAM 33
18. Colin EDWARDS 11
19. Michele PIRRO 11
20. Danilo PETRUCCI 9
21. Broc PARKES (AUS) 7

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