The driver of the Honda cal Crutchlow unexpectedly won the Grand Prix of Australia.
The newly world champion Marc Marquez at the start without any problems yesterday confirmed his victory in qualifying. The Spaniard from the first circles began to break away, played with him a cruel joke – on the tenth round, Marquez fell down and distance.
Leadership went to Crutchlow, ahead of his closest competitor by 2.4 seconds. Meanwhile, Rossi starting from the 15th position slipped into second place, while Lorenzo was seventh.
Crutchlow get to the finish line and scored the second win of the season. Rossi was second, and the last place on the podium left behind viñales.
Race results:
1. Cal Crutchlow (“LCR Honda”)
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +4.218
3. Maverick Vinales (Suzuki) +5.309
4. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +9.157
5. Paul Espargaro (“Tech 3 Yamaha”) +14.299
6. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) +20.125
7. Scott Redding (“PRAMAC Ducati”) +28.369
8. Bradley Smith (“Tech 3 Yamaha”) +28.781
9. Danilo Petrucci (“PRAMAC Ducati”) +28.792
10. Jack Miller (“Marc VDS Honda”) +28.815
For the two races to the end of the season Valentino Russia has actually secured the second place in the championship – the Italian ahead of Jorge Lorenzo on 24 points. In Malaysia, Valencia and Lorenzo will have to defend his third place from the persistent Maverick Viñales.
