MotoGP 2015 - Lorenzo dominates in Jerez

After being largely oblivious and overshadowed by his Yamaha team mate, Jorge Lorenzo took his first win since Aragon 2014 with a dominant win in Jerez, beating Honda's Marc Marquez (who had an injured finger) and Valentino Rossi. Lorenzo had not had a great start to the 2015 season and was clearly not enjoying himself but at Jerez he dominated the practice and qualifying sessions and lead every lap of the race to claim a superb win. Sadly though, the race was not the thriller of Argentina or Qatar.

The only real bit of excitement came when Rossi started to close on Marquez for 2nd place, people sliding to the edge of their seats in the hope it would pave the way for a great battle between the two riders, however, Marquez then started to pull away again, having kept plenty of pace in reserve to keep the Yamaha behind him

It was a great ride from Marquez who had been suffering with his finger all weekend, having had to have a metal plate inserted into it. It is hard to tell though whether he would have had the pace to challenge Lorenzo had his finger been alright, but with the pain no doubt being better for Le Mans and Dani Pedrosa hopefully back on the other bike, things are looking better for the Repsol Honda team.

Ducati had said the Jerez race would not be a good one for them and they were right. Andrea Iannone qualified 3rd but selected a wet weather mapping setting by accident for the start, the subsequent bad start dropping him down the order and he finished the race in 6th place. Andrea Dovizioso didn't suffer much better, starting solidly but a mistake at the last corner dropped him right to the back of the pack. He had to settle for 9th place come the end of the race.

Cal Crutchlow put in a solid ride on his LCR Honda to claim fourth place, after a great dice with the Suzuki Aleix Espargaro and his brother Pol on the Tech3 Yamaha. LCR is Cal's third team in three years but he is looking more and more at ease with the Honda as the races go on, and no doubt is looking forward to Le Mans. Fellow Briton Bradley Smith finished in a solid 7th place, with Yonny Hernandez rounding off the top ten.

Sadly Jerez was not the best of races, but with Lorenzo seemingly finding his mojo again, and with Ducati's GP15 better suited to the upcoming tracks, the excitement will no doubt come back for the next round at Le Mans. A bit of me though feels that this year it will be a head to head between the old legend Valentino Rossi, and the new superstar Marc Marquez. Until next time folks. Ciao.