Marquez excels 1 point, 2019 MotoGP standings after the Spanish GP
Marc Marquez returned to the top of the 2019 MotoGP standings. (JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
The 2019 MotoGP standings changed after Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez defeated Suzuki rider Alex Rins at the Spanish MotoGP race at the Angel Nieto Jerez Circuit on Sunday (5/5).
Marquez won a convincing victory in the Spanish MotoGP. The rider nicknamed The Baby Alien was winning 1.654 seconds over Rins. Yamaha Maverick Vinales rider won the third podium with 2.443 seconds adrift.
The success of winning in the Spanish MotoGP made Marquez rise from fourth to the top of the 2019 MotoGP standings. With a score of 70 points Marquez was only one point ahead of Rins who rose to second place.
Pebalap Ducati Andrea Dovizioso who finished fourth lost the top of the standings and is in third place with 67 points. The fourth position is occupied by Valentino Rossi who dropped two positions after finishing sixth in the Spanish MotoGP 2019. Rossi is in fourth position with 61 points.
Marc Marquez was one point ahead of Alex Rins at the top of the 2019 MotoGP standings. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
The fifth position was occupied by Danilo Petrucci with 41 points, followed by Vinales with 30 points, Jack Miller with 29 points, and Takaaki Nakagami also with 29 points.
Until four series passed there were still two riders who still failed to win points in MotoGP 2019, namely Karel Abraham (Avintia Racing) and Hafizh Syahrin (Tech3).
2019 MotoGP standings after Marquez wins in Spain:
- Marc MARQUEZ 70
- Alex RINS 69
- Andrea DOVIZIOSO 67
- Valentino ROSSI 61
- Danilo PETRUCCI 41
- Maverick VIÑALES 30
- Jack MILLER 29
- Takaaki NAKAGAMI 29
- Cal CRUTCHLOW 27
- Franco MORBIDELLI 25
- Pol ESPARGARO 21
- Aleix ESPARGARO 18
- Fabio QUARTARARO 17
- Jorge LORENZO 11
- Francesco BAGNAIA 9
- Joan MIR 8
- Miguel OLIVEIRA 7
- Johann ZARCO 7
- Stefan BRADL 6
- Andrea IANNONE 6
- Tito RABAT 2 (har/bac)
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