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Marquez record run ends as Pedrosa wins Czech GP
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MARC Marquez’s hopes of setting a record 11 straight MotoGP wins ended yesterday as Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa of Spain won the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno.
Pedrosa, who won at Brno in 2012, finished the 22 laps on the dry 5.4-kilometer circuit in 42 minutes, 47.800 seconds, ahead of Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, with Marquez finishing fourth.
Marquez was looking to become the first premier class rider ever to win the 11 opening races of a season. Italian Giacomo Agostini won the opening 10 races of the premier class season in 1968, 1969 and 1970 at a time when he dominated the sport. However, no one has ever won the first 11 — in part because Agostini’s perfect season in 1968 comprised only 10 events.
Marquez, who failed to make it to the podium for the first time since Australia last year, now tops the championship with 263 points, 77 ahead of Pedrosa and 90 ahead of Rossi.
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