MotoGP: Márquez comes back from pit-lane start to make it nine on the trot
Monday, July 14, 2014 @ 10:38 AM
SPAIN'S Marc Márquez has made history once again with his ninth win out of nine races this season at the German Grand Prix - despite starting from the pit lane after a fall during Saturday's qualifier left him at the back of the queue.
Starting off on the Sachsenring circuit with wets, owing to the persistent drizzle, Márquez, 21, moved onto slicks for the warm-up lap - a tactic mirrored by most of his fellow competitors.
Honda rider Márquez, who became the youngest world champion last season in his rookie year, roared past Germany's Stefan Bradl on the fifth lap and stayed in the lead until the end, putting his team-mate and compatriot Dani Pedrosa second and 2012 champion, Mallorca-born Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) third.
Bradl (LCR Honda) had started third off the grid but took the lead immediately, but his tyre strategy - starting with slicks fitted in a rush to a wet set-up bike - cost him dearly and he finished 16th.
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