Source: MotoGP.

Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo reclaimed the Circuito de Jerez as ‘Lorenzo Land’ as he proved to be simply untouchable on his way to his 55th world championship race victory.

The Spaniard has dominated throughout the weekend, and continued this during the race as he led from the lights to the flag.

His winning margin of 5.576s was an indication of just how much he was in control of the race, as he even had time to salute the fans on his final lap before crossing the line to take the chequered flag.

Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez rode valiantly with his broken finger and even managed to hold off a charging Valentino Rossi at the end of the race to claim second. Rossi was two seconds behind Marquez with 10 laps to go, and the Spaniard must have had a feeling of déjà vu when his pit board said Rossi had closed the gap to a second with only seven laps left.

Unlike in Argentina, he managed to respond to keep the Italian at bay with Rossi eventually crossing the line in third, a further six seconds back, to claim his 200th world championship podium.

CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow secured a rather lonely fourth place to finish as the leading satellite rider 3.8s ahead of Pol Espargaro on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 M1. Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone won a hard fought battle for sixth against Aleix Espargaro on the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR.

Bradley Smith finished in eighth, while Andrea Dovizioso in ninth had to ride through the field after running wide a twice during the opening laps and finding himself down in 25th.

Pramac Racing’s Yonny Hernandez completed the top 10 with Hector Barbera finishing as the top Open class rider in 14th, just ahead of Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista (15th) who claimed the final championship point.

CWM LCR Honda rookie Jack Miller had to settle for 20th position. For the third race in succession, the Australian managed to finish, but was less than satisfied with his performance over the weekend.

Rossi now has a 15-point advantage over Andrea Dovizioso in the MotoGP World Championship standings whilst Jorge Lorenzo has moved into third at the expense of Marquez.

AGR Team’s Jonas Folger took a controlled Moto2 victory ahead of Johann Zarco and Tito Rabat after a dramatic last corner clash in Jerez.

Folger took the lead from Rabat with 17 laps to go, and didn’t look back as he created a gap at the front of the pack, going on to take his second race win of the season by 1.931s, to add to his victory in Qatar.

As Folger was controlling the race at the front, the real action was taking place behind him in the battle for the last two podium places. Pole-sitter Rabat led the race throughout the early stages and looked nailed-on for a comfortable second with only a couple of laps to go.

The reigning Moto2 champion saw his tyres dramatically drop off at the end, and suddenly found himself falling into the grasp of Paginas Amarillas HP40’s Alex Rins and the charging Johann Zarco on the Ajo Motorsports Kalex, who had started from ninth on the grid and made his way up to fourth.

Rins and Zarco dramatically closed the gap on the last lap, and approaching turn 13, it was clear they would make a move on Rabat, who at this point was sliding all over the place. Rins attempted a move up the inside, before making contact with Rabat and falling into the gravel trap, eventually remounting to finish in 18th.

Zarco (+1.931s) saw his chance and snatched second from under his compatriots nose in the drag to the line (making contact in the process), while Rabat (+2.222s) had to settle for third and 16 championship points.

Derendinger Racing Interwetten’s Thomas Luthi (+6.833s) rode a strong race to finish in a lonely fourth, over four seconds ahead of Xavier Simeon on the Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex in fifth.

Johann Zarco now has a 16-point lead at the top of the Moto2 World Championship standings over Jonas Folger, with Alex Rins in third.

Queensland hopeful Anthony West overcame a bruising pre-race crash to claim a single point in 15th position for the QMMF Racing Team, now ranked 17th in the championship standings.

Leopard Racing’s Danny Kent became the first British rider to win three GPs in a row since Barry Sheene in 1977, after emerging victorious in a dramatic Moto3 race in Jerez to take a 31 point lead in the Moto3 World Championship.

Unlike in Austin and Argentina, Kent could not break away from the field despite numerous attempts, and found himself involved in a fight for the lead with Fabio Quartararo, Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder.

Coming into the final corner, it looked like 16-year-old Quartararo might take the victory, but he out-braked himself and had to stand up his Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda. He made contact with Kent and ran wide, leaving the Brit with just a short run to the line to claim his third win of the season.

Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Oliveira was right in the mix for the race win, actually leading for most of the final lap, but had to settle for second as he finished just 0.097s behind Kent in the drag to the line. Oliveira’s teammate Brad Binder (+0.296s) was the man to benefit from Quartararo’s last corner mistake in third.

CIP Moto Mahindra rider Remy Gardner rode to 25th in the race, 40.942s off the race win in what was his first European appearance with the team in his rookie season.

Kent now has a 31-point lead over his teammate Vazquez in the championship standings, with 16-year-old Fabio Quartararo in third.

2015 MotoGP World Championship
Round four – Jerez, Spain

MotoGP race results:
. Jorge Lorenzo
2. Marc Marquez
3. Valentino Rossi
4. Cal Crutchlow
5. Pol Espargaro
6. Andrea Iannone
7. Aleix Espargaro
8. Bradley Smith
9. Andrea Dovizioso
10. Yonny Hernandez
11. Maverick Viñales
12. Danilo Petrucci
13. Scott Redding
14. Hector Barbera
15. Alvaro Bautista
16. Stefan Bradl
17. Nicky Hayden
18. Eugene Laverty
19. Marco Melandri
20. Jack Miller (AUS)

MotoGP championship standings:
1. Valentino Rossi 82
2. Andrea Dovizioso 67
3. Jorge Lorenzo 62
4. Marc Marquez 56
5. Andrea Iannone 50
6. Cal Crutchlow 47
7. Bradley Smith 36
8. Aleix Espargaro 31
9. Pol Espargaro 26
10. Maverick Vinales 20
11. Danilo Petrucci 19
12. Scott Redding 13
13. Yonny Hernandez 12
14. Dani Pedrosa 10
15. Hector Barbera 10
16. Jack Miller (AUS) 6
17. Hiroshi Aoyama 5
18. Nicky Hayden 3
19. Alvaro Bautista 2
20. Loris Baz 2

Moto2 race results:
1. Jonas Folger
2. Johann Zarco
3. Tito Rabat
4. Thomas Luthi
5. Xavier Simeon
6. Franco Morbidelli
7. Luis Salom
8. Simone Corsi
9. Alex Marquez
10. Marcel Schrotter
15. Anthony West (AUS)

Moto2 championship standings:
1. Johann Zarco 73
2. Jonas Folger 57
3. Alex Rins 49
4. Thomas Luthi 43
5. Franco Morbidelli 43
6. Sam Lowes 41
7. Tito Rabat 33
8. Xavier Simeon 31
9. Mika Kallio 31
10. Hafizh Syahrin 24
17. Anthony West (AUS) 12

Moto3 race results:
1. Danny Kent
2. Miguel Oliveira
3. Brad Binder
4. Fabio Quartararo
5. Efren Vazquez
6. Romano Fenati
7. Francesco Bagnaia
8. Jorge Navarro
9. Enea Bastianini
10. John Mcphee
25. Remy Gardner (AUS)

Moto3 championship standings:
1. Danny Kent 91
2. Efren Vazquez 60
3. Fabio Quartararo 52
4. Enea Bastianini 47
5. Brad Binder 44
6. Isaac Vinales 38
7. Miguel Oliveira 33
8. John Mcphee 28
9. Alexis Masbou 26
10. Romano Fenati 26

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