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Lorenzo claims crown with victory at Valencia GP
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JORGE Lorenzo won his third MotoGP title with a victory at the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix yesterday as Valentino Rossi failed to make up enough ground on his Yamaha teammate from the back of the grid.
Lorenzo entered the race trailing Rossi by seven points but the veteran Italian couldn’t manage more than a fourth-place finish. Rossi, who needed to finish at least second, started last on the grid because of a penalty for kicking Honda’s Marc Marquez in the previous race.
Lorenzo ended with 330 points, five more than Rossi, who was trying to win his eighth world title and the first since 2009.
Lorenzo added to his MotoGP triumphs in 2010 and 2012. The 28-year-old Spaniard started from pole position and stayed in front at the Ricardo Tormo circuit outside of Valencia.
Lorenzo grabbed Spain’s flag and rode with it around the track in his victory lap.
Marquez, the winner of the last two MotoGP championships, finished the race right behind Lorenzo in second, but never tried to make a significant move for the lead. Honda’s Dani Pedrosa, winner of two of the last three races, was third to close out the all-Spanish podium.
There was extra interest in the Valencia GP after Rossi had a role in Marquez’s crash in Malaysia two weeks ago and also accused him of trying to favor his fellow Spaniard in the title race. Rossi appealed his penalty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but his request was denied a day before the first practice session in Valencia on Friday.
Rossi needed a second-place finish to secure the title without depending on Lorenzo’s result.
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