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Standing MotoGP after 10 of 18 races:


1)Marquez     154    gap
2)Vinales       140     -14
3)Dovizioso   133     -21
4)Rossi           132     -22   
5)Pedrosa      123     -31
   
6)Zarco         88    -66
7)Folger        77     -77
8 )Petrucci    75    -79
8 )Crutchlow 75    -79
10)Lorenzo    66    -88

Marquez has taken a good lead but potentially there are still 5 riders who can win this year.

Valentino Rossi made an incredible comeback coming fourth. He had to fight for the win but his team made a big mistake while waiting for too many laps. These lost points might be decisive.

I think they should have learned their lessons very well. And I'm sure that they will go back to the drawing boards and review everything so that they can avoid it. It was a costly mistake for Rossi and Yamaha.

On a wet track, Marquez was brought into the pits early to put on a softer tyre compound, and he was able to make massive gains on the rest of the field. Eventually he finished 15 seconds clear of team-mate Pedrosa in second place. The championship is still open for grabs but the victory may prove vital in what has been a tight MotoGP season, with him extending his lead to 14.

It was not only Yamaha fault, it was both Rossi and Yamaha fault. If Rossi would have gone in to change the tire at least 2 laps before he did, he would have had a chance to have a go at the win of the race. He has done this mistake a lot of times by not changing bike when needed, and this is the only minus in the career of "The Doctor".

He truly is.  He did it again change in the right moment and again won like last year.
Can't believe that Yamaha made same mistake again.

because marques the best in replace tire
after all rider pitstop and replace tire, marques leading with defeat 18 second, so very boring this race. without over take winner in brno

Today was a boring race at Circuit of Brno in Czech Republic. Rossi as always failed to go change the bike within the same time as his contender for the race. Fortune is with the bolds and this time I see this saying in practice. In my country we say "Gara bagnata, gara fortunate" which means "Wet race, luck race" but this time this saying for Rossi was "Gara bagnata, gara sfortunata" meaning "Wet race, unlucky race".

Still the championship is wide open with plenty more races to go.

Race results from the 2017 Czech Republic MotoGP at Brno, round 10 of 18.

Marc Marquez dominates the Czech Republic MotoGP at a drying Brno, after a clever switch to the soft wet rear and then early pit stop for slicks put the world championship leader into a 20-second lead. While Rossi made same mistake as he did last year shame he could take maybe win here or podium position.

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 44m 15.974s
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 44m 28.412s
3. Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 44m 34.109s
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 44m 36.440s
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 44m 36.866s
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 44m 39.233s
7. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac (Desmosedici GP17) 44m 40.053s
8. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 44m 46.533s
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 44m 46.728s
10. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 44m 49.210s
11. Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 44m 49.264s
12. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 44m 50.569s
13. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar (Desmosedici GP15) 44m 50.671s
14. Jack Miller AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 44m 54.036s
15. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 44m 56.074s
16. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac (Desmosedici GP16) 45m 0.350s
17. Tito Rabat ESP EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 45m 1.428s
18. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 45m 9.950s
19. Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 45m 39.320s
20. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia (Desmosedici GP16) +1 lap
Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) DNF
Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia (Desmosedici GP15) DNF
Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar (Desmosedici GP16) DNF

Who will win the gp of Brno?

Marquez   @2.75
Rossi         @4.00
Vinales      @4.50
Pedrosa   @10.00
Dovizioso @10.00
Lorenzo    @20.00

Finally after about 1 month the motogp starts again!
 It will be important for riders that wishing to win the world championship to start off at best.
It will be interesting to see if Lorenzo finally finds the feeling with his Ducati

He has a great willpower, having risked his life in an accident with serious problems in his hands, for him it is already a victory that he has proved to be able to ride at high levels in f1.
Another great pilot with great willpower is Alex Zanardi who, despite losing his leg, won gold medals at the Paralympic Games

I also want to see Kubica in F1 again. When he crashed his rally car in 2011, he was weeks away from starting his fifth full F1 season. He was regarded as one of the shining talents of his generation, a man whose ability could be regarded in the same bracket as superstar world champions Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. If he didn't got into accident I really think he could be a champion driver by now.

I cross my fingers for Kubica. I want to see him in F1 again. He made unbelievable 142 laps yesterday. But i dont think Wiliams give him a seat. Maybe Renault yes, but williams not.

This could be possible for n next season. I would like to see him driving once more. Also think that Kubica can make good competition cuz he is great driver.

@cicciobtc. He is slowly getting more and more visible in Formula 1 once again. I hope he gets a driving seat on 2018. I speculate Felipe Massa finally retires for good and Williams gives Robert the vacant seat.

In tests in Hungary, Robert Kubica(32 years old) made over 140 laps with the fourth best time.
He incredibly proved to be still a F1 pilot!

You are right he was happy so much almost if he won the race. This is something that team need to think about if they want to keep him.

I am happy to see Fernando Alonso got the fastest lap in the Hungarian grand prix. Finishing 6th and 10th place is not bad for them with all the problems they are having.

I hope Honda has already started to fix their problems in engine development and continue to improve.

this season sebastian vettel performance is very amazing
although ferari performance still under mercedes but can leading driver championship

Standings Drivers after 11 of 20 races:

Vettel          202    gap
Hamilton    188     -14
Bottas         169     -33
Ricciardo    117     -85
Raikkonen   116     -86
Verstappen   67   -135
Perez             56    -146
Ocon              45    -157
Sainz              35    -167
Hulkenberg    26    -176
Massa            23    -179



Standings Teams after 11 of 20 races:

Mercedes   357    gap
Ferrari         318   -39
Red Bull      184 
Force India 101
Williams       41
Toro Rosso  39
Haas             29 
Renault         26 
McLaren       11
Sauber            5 

Vettel has again a good advantage over Hamilton (+14).
The mercedes could  pay the mistake of bet on 2 riders instead of just Hamilton

I want to see him in Ferrari once again. I think he has still unfinished business with the Ferrari jersey. I think he has still want it takes to compete at high level, but because he is unlucky with his car, he was unable to do so. I think Ferrari would be a good option as I believed that they can offer him a chance to win again with the latest car that Ferrari has.