Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) has taken his second win of the season in incredible style in the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky as a three-way fight for the win raged between the 04, his Ducati teammate Jorge Lorenzo and reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team). By the flag it was a Lorenzo vs Marquez classic on the final lap to decide the podium positions, with the ‘Spartan’ taking second and Marquez, on his 100th MotoGP™ start, forced to settle for third – nevertheless marginally extending his Championship lead. It was also an anniversary for ‘DesmoDovi’ as the Italian celebrated his 100th race for Ducati with the win.
It was Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) who took the holeshot from second on the grid, with polesitter Dovizioso just losing out and shuffled back a place as Marquez retained his P3 through the first corner. Lorenzo wasn’t able to make a move from the second row and settled into fourth, with drama then hitting the early stages as a multi-rider incident saw Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and wildcard Stefan Bradl (HRC Honda Team) crash out.
At the front ‘DesmoDovi’ was quick to strike for the lead and he and Rossi dueled it out, but it was the 04 Ducati ahead over the line. Marquez then began to attack Rossi, before Lorenzo struck instead and picked the pocket of the number 93. Dovi led Rossi led Lorenzo led Marquez and it seemed it could be in for another Dutch GP battle royal – but that wasn’t to become the story of the race.
It first became a long train with Dovizioso at the front and squabbles breaking out throughout, with Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) vs Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing) vs both and the fight at the front stretching all the way from Dovi through Rossi, Marquez, Petrucci, Crutchlow, Zarco, Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins and Andrea Iannone and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team).
With ten laps to go, however, a group of six had begun to emerge, including those who would fight for the win. Dovizioso, Marquez, Rossi, Crutchlow, Lorenzo and Petrucci had pulled out a gap, and the final showdown would be whittled down further. With expected race pace within the 1:56s and no one putting that in, it was a game of high speed chess – before five laps to go saw Lorenzo take Crutchlow to put Marquez in the middle of the Ducati duo at the front. The pin was soon to be pulled.
A lap later and the laptimes dropped – with Dovizioso, Marquez and Lorenzo all bolting in unison to suddenly pull out a gap on Crutchlow and Rossi on the chase. The trio slammed down into the 1:56s and showed their hand, setting up the Czech GP for an incredible final few laps.
Lorenzo was the first to make a serious move, attacking Marquez on the inside of Turn 14 and carrying the momentum up the inside of Dovizioso at the final corner in a stunning almost-double overtake…but it didn’t stick. ‘DesmoDovi’ took it back as Lorenzo headed a bit wide and was forced back into second, but the gloves were off. On the penultimate lap Lorenzo attacked for the lead again but again headed wide, with Dovi slicing back through before Marquez tried it near the end of the lap against Lorenzo. It was, however, as-you-were over the line for the final lap.
Marquez attacked Lorenzo at Turn 4 as the duel began, but the ‘Spartan’ hit back with a stunner into Turn 6 that sat up the reigning Champion. With Dovizioso then with a bit of margin at the front, the number 99 Ducati threw everything at it to chase down his teammate – but through the final corner neither was just close enough for that final attack. That made it an impressive second win of the season for Dovizioso and his first at Brno, with Lorenzo second and Marquez completing the podium on his 100th MotoGP™ start.
The fight wasn’t over, however. Just behind the breathless battle for the lead, another duel was lighting up the final lap, and it was Rossi who was able to pick the pocket of Crutchlow and beat the Brit to the line by just hundredths – taking the rider from Tavullia over the 6000 career points mark 22 years after his first ever GP win taken at Brno. Petrucci took sixth ahead of Zarco, with Pedrosa pouncing on the Suzuki riders to take eighth by the end. Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Team) was also able to move forward and took ninth in his 150th premier class race, with Iannone beating Rins to the honour of completing the top ten.
Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) was P12 ahead of top rookie Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) back from injury, with fellow debutant Hafizh Syahrin (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) for pretty close company in fourteenth. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini), also returning from injury, completed the points scorers.
MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY
MotoGP Race Classification 2018.
| Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 165.5 | 41’07.728 |
| 2 | 20 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 165.5 | +0.178 |
| 3 | 16 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 165.4 | +0.368 |
| 4 | 13 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 165.3 | +2.902 |
| 5 | 11 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 165.3 | +2.958 |
| 6 | 10 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 165.2 | +3.768 |
| 7 | 9 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 165.1 | +6.159 |
| 8 | 8 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 165.0 | +7.479 |
| 9 | 7 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 165.0 | +7.575 |
| 10 | 6 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 164.9 | +8.326 |
| 11 | 5 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 164.9 | +8.653 |
| 12 | 4 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 164.4 | +16.549 |
| 13 | 3 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 164.2 | +19.603 |
| 14 | 2 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 164.1 | +21.381 |
| 15 | 1 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 163.9 | +23.159 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 163.6 | +27.673 | |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 163.6 | +28.311 | |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 162.8 | +41.172 | |
| 19 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | FRA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 162.7 | +42.411 | |
| 20 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 162.1 | +50.941 | |
| Not Classified | ||||||||
| 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 164.2 | 13 Laps | ||
| 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 162.1 | 16 Laps | ||
| 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 36.7 | 20 Laps | ||
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||||||
| 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0 Lap | |||
| 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | HRC Honda Team | Honda | 0 Lap | |||
MotoGP World Standing 2018.
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | SPA | 181 |
| 2 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | ITA | 132 |
| 3 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | ITA | 113 |
| 4 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | SPA | 109 |
| 5 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati | SPA | 105 |
| 6 | Johann ZARCO | Yamaha | FRA | 97 |
| 7 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | ITA | 94 |
| 8 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Honda | GBR | 90 |
| 9 | Andrea IANNONE | Suzuki | ITA | 81 |
| 10 | Jack MILLER | Ducati | AUS | 61 |
| 11 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | SPA | 58 |
| 12 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 57 |
| 13 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | SPA | 51 |
| 14 | Pol ESPARGARO | KTM | SPA | 32 |
| 15 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | SPA | 30 |
| 16 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Yamaha | MAL | 24 |
| 17 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Honda | ITA | 22 |
| 18 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia | SPA | 17 |
| 19 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | GBR | 13 |
| 20 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | GBR | 12 |
| 21 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | JPN | 10 |
| 22 | Mika KALLIO | KTM | FIN | 6 |
| 23 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | CZE | 4 |
| 24 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | SWI | |
| 25 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | GER | |
| 26 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | BEL | |
| 27 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | FRA |
Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com
Check Out Our Instagram Feed
Check Out Our Facebook Feed
The Launch of the Malaysian round of the 2025 Autobacs SUPER GT Series yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Come and catch some of the coolest racing machine this 26th - 28th June 2025. The race which will be the third round of the Series scheduled for 26-28 June 2025, will be held at the PETRONAS Sepang International Circuit and will feature the tops manufacturers and drivers from Japan competing in the GT500 and GT300 Classes. #japangt #petronassic #AUTOBACS
NAZA Automotive Group just launched Malaysia’s first flagship Suzuki Cars showroom in Petaling Jaya! 🎉 Located beside the iconic NAZA Auto Mall. ![]()
@nazamotors @suzukicarsmy ![]()
#NAZA #SuzukiMalaysia #AutoNews #CarLaunch #PetalingJaya
🏎️🇲🇾 Exciting news for racing fans in Malaysia! Introducing the GR86 Cup Malaysia Series 2025, featuring the sleek Toyota GR86 sports coupe. Get ready for adrenaline-pumping action with support races at iconic Sepang Circuit. Don’t miss out on the thrills! 🚦🏁 #GR86Cup #MalaysiaRacing #SepangCircuit #ToyotaGR86 #トヨタ #MotorBugs
トヨタ GAZOO Racing![]()
![]()
The opening round of the year saw a total of 36 racers, including one from Thailand and Singapore, competing in three individual classes of racing: Super Sporting for professional drivers; Sporting for amateurs; and Rookie for young drivers under Toyota GAZOO Racing Malaysia’s Young Talent Development Program.![]()
![]()
The 2025 edition of the Toyota VIOS Challenge kicks off with an adrenaline-packed season featuring 4 rounds of racing across 3 distinct categories:![]()
![]()
Super Sporting Class (Gold Championship for professionals),![]()
Sporting Class (Gold Championship for amateurs), and the![]()
Rookie Class (for selected young talents development program)![]()
![]()
#TGR #ToyotaGazooRacing2025 #ViosChallenge #Motorbugs
