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Czech GP

2016 MotoGP Czech GP

Czech Republic
Aug 19, 2016 to Aug 21, 2016
Brno Circuit, CZ
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MotoGP Czech GP

Brno MotoGP - Race

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Well, that brings a close to our live coverage of a pulsating Czech Grand Prix. We'll leave you with our full recap of an incredible race.

We'll see you again in two weeks' time for the next round of the season at Silverstone.

Thanks for joining us.
Cal Crutchlow, Team LCR Honda
Cal Crutchlow, Team LCR Honda

Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography

 

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Crutchlow: "I expected a different feeling, the best feeling of my life was a couple of weeks ago when I had my first child with Lucy. But I'm really pleased. I took a gamble, I don't know if anyone else did, as far as I'm concerned their all wimps!

"I smashed the bike yesterday, the team didn't leave the circuit until midnight last night, so that was a good way to repay them."
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Rossi: "At the beginning I was desperate, but lap by lap the hard rear came better, you always have to stay concentrated. It was a great race, and I'm happy for these 20 points and to be second in the championship. We made the right choice."
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Marquez: "Honestly, today I did the wrong strategy. I thought maybe it would be a flag-to-flag race and I went out with soft tyres. So I had to manage the tyre, which was really hard especially with Valentino on the hard rear.

"In the end we lose only four points to Valentino, big advantage over Jorge, so really happy with the result."
Rossi goes second in the points ahead of Lorenzo, 53 behind Marquez.
It's also the second win by a satellite rider in the space of two months, after a wait of nearly 10 years before that.
Crutchlow back to parc fermé, where he greets his ecstatic LCR crew. It's the Monegasque team's first ever win, too.
Breathless stuff. Another new race winner to add to Jack Miller and Andrea Iannone in the last three Grands Prix.
Crutchlow becomes the first British rider to win a premier class Grand Prix since Barry Sheene in 1981 - 35 years ago, appropriately.
Hernandez, Pedrosa (where was he all race?) Pol Espargaro, Bradl, Redding, Bautista and Lorenzo round off the list of finishers. Wow.
Petrucci got Iannone for seventh on the last lap, Vinales is ninth and Rabat 10th.
Rossi is second, Marquez third, Baz a sensational fourth.

Barbera and Laverty complete your top six.
Chequered Flag
And Cal Crutchlow WINS THE CZECH GRAND PRIX!
All three men on the podium will have very good reason to smile after this one.
Final few corners now for Crutchlow...
Tito Rabat now up to 10th amid all the mayhem!
He's 6.5s up on Rossi, who in turn is five seconds up the road from Marquez.
What a crazy race this has been - and now Crutchlow starts his final lap.
Baz goes through Barbera to take fourth!
In fact, Iannone has dropped behind a charging Baz, who is now fifth and right with teammate Barbera!
Barbera now back ahead of Iannone, who is clearly struggling badly for grip.
Baz is up to sixth place now, Redding has dropped all the way back to 10th.
Two to go for Crutchlow out front, meanwhile.
Now Marquez around the outside of Iannone to go into third!
The Avintia man has another attempt, but gets shoved out wide by Iannone - letting Marquez through into fourth.
Barbera has a go at Iannone but runs wide, stays fourth.
Marquez right up with Barbera and Iannone, as a three-way fight for the final podium spot unfolds.
Hard to see Crutchlow being beaten now, barring utter disaster.
Rossi can't catch Crutchlow - the Briton is 6.2 seconds ahead with three laps to go.
Baz now up to seventh behind Redding, what a ride this has been from the Frenchman.
Barbera in fact hassling Iannone, and Marquez is pretty close behind the duo as well.
The gap between the pair stands at nearly five seconds though, Rossi lost a huge amount of time behind the Ducatis...
Through goes the Italian - so it's Crutchlow versus Rossi for the final four laps!
Rossi already on Iannone's tail now and looking for second place.
Crutchlow now two seconds clear out front, as Rossi takes third from Barbera.
Pit Stop
Lorenzo has been back into the pits, that gamble for slicks not working out. Another awful day for the Spaniard.
Pit Stop
Dovizioso meanwhile back in the pits again, day over.
Crutchlow now half a second to the good over Iannone, but it's Rossi that he's going to need to worry about.
Top 10 positions after 16 laps:

1. Crutchlow
2. Iannone
3. Barbera
4. Rossi
5. Marquez
6. Redding
7. Vinales
8. Baz
9. Petrucci
10. Laverty
We've already had one British winner today - John McPhee - are we about to get another? Six laps left to find out!
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