The 2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 28 September 2014.
The MotoGP race started in dry conditions, but as the race progressed, the conditions closed in and rain started to fall. Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo pitted earlier than his rivals, and as conditions continued to deteriorate, Lorenzo proved to be the quickest rider on track. Accordingly, Lorenzo went on to win the race – his first victory of the season – by over 10 seconds from Forward Racing rider Aleix Espargaró. Espargaró's result was the first instance of an Open class competitor finishing on the podium. He only just held off Cal Crutchlow at the finish, by a margin of 0.017 seconds; Crutchlow recorded his first podium finish for Ducati. Repsol Honda riders Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa initially tried to stay out on dry tyres, but both riders crashed. They eventually remounted, swapped bikes, and ultimately finished the race 13th and 14th. Valentino Rossi had been making progress up the order, from sixth on the grid, when he ran wide onto the grass – damp due to the wet conditions – and crashed heavily. He lost consciousness briefly after the crash, and was transferred to a hospital in Alcañiz for a precautionary CT scan.
In the supporting categories, Maverick Viñales took his second victory of the 2014 Moto2 season, leading home championship leader Esteve Rabat, while Johann Zarco completed the podium for the second race in succession. In Moto3, Romano Fenati won his fourth race of the season, beating Álex Márquez – who took the championship lead in the process – and Danny Kent to the line in a close finish. The championship leader going into the round, Jack Miller, could only finish 27th, after colliding with Márquez. Both riders met with race directors after the race in regard to the incident, but no further action was warranted.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23 44:20.406 7 25 2 41 Aleix Espargaró NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 23 +10.295 10 20 3 35 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 23 +10.312 5 16 4 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 23 +11.718 8 13 5 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +29.483 11 11 6 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +29.686 4 10 7 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 23 +29.763 15 9 8 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 23 +37.841 14 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Drive M7 Aspar Honda 23 +42.957 18 7 10 45 Scott Redding Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 23 +53.937 16 6 11 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo IodaRacing Team ART 23 +59.824 20 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 23 +1:00.718 19 4 13 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +1:15.227 1 3 14 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +1:24.526 2 2 15 68 Yonny Hernández Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 23 +1:38.255 13 1 16 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 +1 lap 21 17 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia 22 +1 lap 23 18 23 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 +1 lap 22 19 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +1 lap 12 Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 18 Accident 9 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 Accident 6 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 1 Accident 3 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 1 Retirement 17 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Maverick Viñales Kalex 21 40:16.321 1 25 2 53 Esteve Rabat Kalex 21 +1.285 5 20 3 5 Johann Zarco Caterham Suter 21 +4.876 2 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 21 +5.033 6 13 5 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 21 +5.960 4 11 6 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 21 +6.405 8 10 7 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 21 +6.525 3 9 8 81 Jordi Torres Suter 21 +17.313 13 8 9 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 21 +18.148 20 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 21 +19.693 10 6 11 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 21 +20.948 17 5 12 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 21 +21.110 9 4 13 39 Luis Salom Kalex 21 +22.665 15 3 14 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 21 +24.403 19 2 15 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 21 +24.465 7 1 16 60 Julián Simón Kalex 21 +27.402 11 17 8 Gino Rea Suter 21 +39.660 24 18 97 Román Ramos Speed Up 21 +39.862 29 19 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 21 +40.073 32 20 96 Louis Rossi Kalex 21 +40.185 21 21 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 21 +40.751 16 22 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Caterham Suter 21 +41.064 27 23 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 21 +41.258 12 24 84 Riccardo Russo Suter 21 +42.181 30 25 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Suter 21 +42.275 25 26 70 Robin Mulhauser Suter 21 +42.410 28 27 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 21 +44.360 31 28 20 Florian Marino Kalex 21 +47.565 26 29 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 21 +49.743 22 30 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 21 +1:05.670 33 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 12 Accident 18 Ret 9 Kenny Noyes TSR 6 Retirement 34 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Suter 4 Retirement 14 Ret 95 Anthony West Speed Up 4 Retirement 23OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Romano Fenati KTM 20 40:52.209 13 25 2 12 Álex Márquez Honda 20 +0.057 5 20 3 52 Danny Kent Husqvarna 20 +0.283 2 16 4 42 Álex Rins Honda 20 +11.631 1 13 5 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 20 +18.382 12 11 6 33 Enea Bastianini KTM 20 +19.259 6 10 7 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 20 +23.706 20 9 8 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 20 +24.773 15 8 9 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 20 +37.023 9 7 10 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 20 +39.044 16 6 11 50 Hiroki Ono Honda 20 +39.584 19 5 12 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 20 +1:02.015 7 4 13 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 20 +1:02.061 10 3 14 95 Jules Danilo Mahindra 20 +1:02.238 25 2 15 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Honda 20 +1:05.268 18 1 16 13 Jasper Iwema Mahindra 20 +1:05.282 31 17 57 Eric Granado KTM 20 +1:06.486 21 18 55 Andrea Locatelli Mahindra 20 +1:12.074 30 19 38 Hafiq Azmi KTM 20 +1:21.830 28 20 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 20 +1:25.126 29 21 4 Gabriel Ramos Kalex KTM 20 +1:25.242 35 22 22 Ana Carrasco Kalex KTM 20 +1:35.044 32 23 98 Karel Hanika KTM 20 +1:37.368 17 24 21 Francesco Bagnaia KTM 19 +1 lap 22 25 31 Niklas Ajo Husqvarna 19 +1 lap 26 26 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 18 +2 laps 33 27 8 Jack Miller KTM 17 +3 laps 4 Ret 17 John McPhee Honda 12 Accident 8 Ret 16 Andrea Migno Mahindra 9 Accident 14 Ret 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 8 Accident 34 Ret 99 Jorge Navarro Kalex KTM 5 Accident 11 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 5 Accident 23 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Kalex KTM 3 Accident 3 Ret 9 Scott Deroue Kalex KTM 2 Accident 27 Ret 3 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 0 Accident 24 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 292 2 Dani Pedrosa 217 3 Valentino Rossi 214 4 Jorge Lorenzo 202 5 Andrea Dovizioso 142
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 329 2 Yamaha 264 3 Ducati 165 4 Forward Yamaha 117 5 ART 9
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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