The 2014 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and last round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 9 November 2014.
In the MotoGP class, Valentino Rossi took his first pole position since the 2010 French Grand Prix. However, it was Marc Márquez who won the race, taking his thirteenth victory of the season, surpassing the previous premier class record of twelve wins set by Mick Doohan in . Rossi crossed the line in second place to take the runner-up spot in the championship, while the podium was completed by Dani Pedrosa. Further down the order, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone decided to swap bikes – on lap 20 – as light rain fell. Both riders struggled to get the bike stopped in the uncertain conditions and dropped down the order; Iannone finished 22nd, while Lorenzo retired from the race. The Suzuki MotoGP team returned to the series in a wildcard appearance, ahead of a full-season entry in . Utilising the new Suzuki GSX-RR, Randy de Puniet retired from the race before the halfway mark. Drive M7 Aspar rider, Hiroshi Aoyama, rode an Open-specification Honda RC213V-RS and finished in fifteenth place. The race was also the Gresini team's last race with Honda bikes ahead of their switch to Aprilia in 2015. It was also the final race for the PBM chassis, as their team will switch to the British Superbike Championship from 2015.
In the Moto2 race, Thomas Lüthi took his second victory of the season, after capitalising on a mistake by the world champion, Esteve Rabat, on the final lap to take the spoils. Rabat had been leading the race before missing a gear coming out of the final corner, and Lüthi was able to prevail by 0.133 seconds at the line. Rabat's second place did however, seal a record number of points scored for an intermediate class season. Johann Zarco completed the podium in third place, his fourth podium of the season. Aside from the race honours, the runner-up position in the final championship standings was decided by virtue of a collision between the two competitors battling for the position. Rabat's teammate Mika Kallio and Maverick Viñales both retired from the race, thus giving Kallio the position by 15 points.
The world title was decided in the final Moto3 race of the season, with a third-place finish for Álex Márquez enough to give him his first world title by two points, despite his title rival Jack Miller winning the race. In the process, he and his brother Marc Márquez became the first brothers to win world motorcycle racing titles. Splitting the title rivals in the finishing order was Isaac Viñales, taking his third podium of the season.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:39.627 5 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 +3.516 1 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +14.040 3 16 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 30 +16.705 9 13 5 35 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 30 +16.773 8 11 6 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +37.884 6 10 7 41 Aleix Espargaró NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 30 +38.168 11 9 8 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +41.803 10 8 9 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 30 +45.710 12 7 10 45 Scott Redding Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 30 +51.191 14 6 11 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 30 +56.512 17 5 12 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo IodaRacing Team ART 30 +57.000 21 4 13 69 Nicky Hayden Drive M7 Aspar Honda 30 +57.262 16 3 14 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +57.517 7 2 15 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 30 +58.775 18 1 16 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 30 +58.864 13 17 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 30 +1:02.389 23 18 15 Alex de Angelis NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 30 +1:15.795 19 19 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 30 +1:26.309 22 20 23 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 30 +1:37.212 24 21 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia 29 +1 lap 25 22 29 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 29 +1 lap 2 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 Retirement 4 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 12 Retirement 20 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 9 Retirement 15 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 27 43:08.366 4 25 2 53 Esteve Rabat Kalex 27 +0.133 1 20 3 5 Johann Zarco Caterham Suter 27 +10.728 2 16 4 39 Luis Salom Kalex 27 +13.014 10 13 5 19 Xavier Siméon Suter 27 +13.689 5 11 6 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 27 +14.706 11 10 7 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 27 +18.825 14 9 8 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 27 +30.185 6 8 9 95 Anthony West Speed Up 27 +30.227 23 7 10 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Suter 27 +30.604 17 6 11 81 Jordi Torres Suter 27 +30.615 25 5 12 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 27 +33.422 20 4 13 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 27 +33.594 7 3 14 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 27 +33.997 22 2 15 96 Louis Rossi Kalex 27 +34.007 15 1 16 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 27 +35.578 19 17 70 Robin Mulhauser Suter 27 +35.691 26 18 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 27 +46.996 29 19 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Caterham Suter 27 +50.650 28 20 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 27 +51.877 30 21 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 27 +52.808 3 22 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 27 +53.428 21 23 20 Florian Marino Kalex 27 +53.435 27 24 8 Gino Rea Suter 27 +1:07.704 32 25 97 Román Ramos Speed Up 27 +1:13.613 33 26 45 Tetsuta Nagashima NTS 27 +1:14.977 35 27 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 27 +1:15.138 34 28 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 25 +2 laps 31 Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 7 Retirement 18 Ret 90 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 4 Accident 24 Ret 60 Julián Simón Kalex 2 Accident 12 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 2 Accident 13 Ret 40 Maverick Viñales Kalex 2 Retirement 8 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 0 Accident 9 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 0 Accident 16OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Jack Miller KTM 24 40:10.983 2 25 2 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 24 +0.155 4 20 3 12 Álex Márquez Honda 24 +0.955 3 16 4 52 Danny Kent Husqvarna 24 +1.572 11 13 5 42 Álex Rins Honda 24 +2.251 5 11 6 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 24 +2.508 9 10 7 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 24 +3.620 1 9 8 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 24 +4.216 17 8 9 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 24 +4.248 16 7 10 98 Karel Hanika KTM 24 +4.363 6 6 11 33 Enea Bastianini KTM 24 +5.462 21 5 12 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 24 +5.780 15 4 13 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 24 +5.959 12 3 14 5 Romano Fenati KTM 24 +6.209 14 2 15 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Kalex KTM 24 +6.726 10 1 16 21 Francesco Bagnaia KTM 24 +11.775 20 17 17 John McPhee Honda 24 +16.663 8 18 16 Andrea Migno Mahindra 24 +24.919 13 19 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Honda 24 +28.038 26 20 13 Jasper Iwema Mahindra 24 +28.404 23 21 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 24 +28.490 19 22 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 24 +40.773 28 23 38 Hafiq Azmi KTM 24 +40.784 24 24 4 Gabriel Ramos Kalex KTM 24 +49.329 34 25 3 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 24 +49.355 27 26 55 Andrea Locatelli Mahindra 24 +52.862 30 27 6 María Herrera Honda 24 +52.879 31 28 14 Albert Arenas KTM 24 +1:29.792 22 Ret 31 Niklas Ajo Husqvarna 20 Accident 7 Ret 99 Jorge Navarro Kalex KTM 9 Accident 18 Ret 9 Scott Deroue Kalex KTM 8 Retirement 33 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Mahindra 7 Accident 29 Ret 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 1 Accident 25 Ret 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 1 Accident 32 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 362 2 Valentino Rossi 295 3 Jorge Lorenzo 263 4 Dani Pedrosa 246 5 Andrea Dovizioso 187
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 409 2 Yamaha 354 3 Ducati 211 4 Forward Yamaha 138 5 ART 17
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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