Pedrosa, Marquez in 1-2 win for Repsol Honda in MotoGP Spain

Dani Pedrosa  and Marc Marquez  of Repsol Honda Team scored a grand and historic one-two result in the Spanish Grand Prix held on May 07, 2017. Pedrosa took the victory in his home Gran Premio Red Bull de España, storming away from his first pole position.  Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) came in third to share the podium with the Honda racers.

Not only was this the 3000th Grand Prix race since World Championship racing began in June 1949, it was also the Repsol Honda Team’s 100th victory since the advent of the four-stroke premier class in 2002, according to a Honda release.

Pedrosa’s 25-point haul puts the top four riders in the championship within ten points of each other after four of 18 races, with Marquez in third place, just four points behind leader Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), who could only manage tenth place on the final day. Pedrosa is fourth overall, six points down on Marquez.

Spaniards Pedrosa and Marquez dominated their home Grand Prix weekend from the outset, with Pedrosa topping the first three practice sessions, Marquez the fourth and Pedrosa taking pole position in qualifying. Sunday’s race also gave Pedrosa his first win since last September’s San Marino GP.

Pedrosa’s ride to his 30th MotoGP victory was pure perfection. The 31-year-old led from the start, set the fastest lap of the race on lap three and was never headed. But he spent the entire 27 laps under huge pressure from Marquez, who won last time out in the USA. By one-third distance Pedrosa had squeezed a 1.5 second advantage over his fellow RC213V rider, but the pair had chosen different rear tyres, Pedrosa using the medium option, despite being the hottest day of the event. Meanwhile Marquez, who weighs more than his team-mate, chose the hard option rear.

In the last half of the race 24-year-old Marquez began to chip away at the leader’s advantage, until he was less than a second behind with a few laps remaining. But then the reigning champion had a couple of moments which convinced him to settle for second place and 20 points.