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Movistar Yamaha Make Mugello MagicMovistar Yamaha MotoGP‘s Jorge Lorenzo was unbeatable in Mugello today to claim a brilliant victory inthe Gran Premio d'Italia, his third consecutive MotoGP win of the season. Teammate Valentino Rossialso gave a stunning performance, to finish third, making it three double podiums for the Movistar

Yamaha MotoGP team in a row.

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SUNNY / HUMIDITY 48%

Grand Prix of ItalyRACE ­ Mugello, 31st May 2015

LOCAL TIME GMT+2 AIR 25°C / TRACK 48°C

1st JORGE LORENZO41'39.173 / 23 LAPS 3rd VALENTINO ROSSI

+6.661 / 23 LAPS

Barberino del Mugello (Italy), 31st May 2015

Thousands of home fans of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team gathered at the Autodromo del Mugello tosee their dreams come true today. Not only did Jorge Lorenzo claim a flawless victory for the Gran Premiod'Italia, Yamaha‘s fifth of the season, but their local hero Valentino Rossi also battled his way onto podium.He secured third in a hard fought race, making it his sixth consecutive podium.

After a flying start from second on the grid, Lorenzo tucked in behind Andrea Iannone and Andrea Doviziosoto quickly make his intentions clear. He moved up from third to lead the way when he crossed the line for thefirst time. With a clear track ahead of him, the race went exactly as he planned. As his pit board signaled rivalMarc Marquez‘s approach, he put the hammer down, setting a 1‘47.700, the fastest lap of race.

He gradually built a gap and remained untouchable for the rest of the race. Riding consistent laps in the low1‘48s the Spaniard finished his perfect performance at the team‘s home GP with a 5.563s advantage. This winis Lorenzo‘s third win at the Mugello circuit in four years‘ time.

Starting from eighth on the grid, teammate Rossi lost time when he got caught up in the pack and finished thefirst lap in ninth. He quickly made his way through the field, hunting for Cal Crutchlow riding in sixth andovertaking him on lap eight. It took The Doctor four laps to close down a 2.5s gap to the group battling forsecond place. He immediately passed Dovizioso for fifth and went on chasing Dani Pedrosa, Marquez andIannone.

Rossi had his mind set on the podium and, having watched Marquez crash out, he was quick to make a moveon Pedrosa for third. He pushed hard to close in on Iannone, setting a personal best of 1.48.173, but wasunable to catch his compatriot and secured the last podium place, 6.661s from his teammate, accomplishing athird consecutive double podium for Yamaha.

Lorenzo‘s 25 point score adds to his total of 112 points, keeping him in second position in the standings. He issix points behind teammate and championship leader Rossi, whose 16 points put him on 118 points.

JORGE LORENZO

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I‘m very happy, because I didn‘t expect to escape with such a big margin, but sometimes it happens thatyou feel great on the bike. Today the track was not so quick so everyone has been a bit slower than weexpected. I was the only rider to ride multiple 1‘47s, so luckily for me I was gaining six or seven­tenths perlap, this was key to the win of the race. If someone would have told me before Jerez that I would win threeraces in a row I wouldn‘t have believed it, but this is what happened. We are in a great shape; Valentino isgetting podiums in every race so that means he is strong and also the bike is working really well. It seemsthat this year could be our year, so we have to take advantage of it. It was a different situation when I was

twenty­nine points behind than now when it‘s down to six, but even like that it‘s difficult to close in onValentino in points because he is always on the podium. Today Iannone stayed in front of him so it‘s fourpoints more and as I said six points difference is much better than twenty­nine, but we can‘t relax and

neither can Yamaha. Our competitors are working really hard to fix the problems they seem to have withthe stability of their bikes and they will arrive at a point that they will win races, but until then we need to

make the most of our potential to improve the bike little by little.

PROFILE

VALENTINO ROSSIMugello was very busy, because I am very competitive and all the Italian fans expected a great race fromme. It‘s a bit of a shame that it wasn‘t a fantastic race. I wasn‘t strong enough but at the end of the race Iarrived on the podium after a great recovery and a hard race. To be on the podium with whole the crowd is

always magical with the track being full of people. I‘ve been suffering the whole weekend, I was neverstrong and didn‘t achieve a good level of speed. In the race I also suffered a lot, especially on the first lap. Ithink we have to improve, especially with Jorge being very strong, he is in a great shape and to match his

level we need to be more competitive.

PROFILE

MASSIMO MEREGALLITEAM DIRECTOR

To win anywhere is a fantastic result, but to win here in Mugello is even more special. It‘s an importantcircuit to dominate at so to have both riders on podium in front of thousands of Italian fans at our homerace is perfect. Jorge has again been very impressive and shown us all weekend his determination and

belief in his ability to win, it was a well deserved victory. Despite not having the best start position Vale alsoshowed his skill and race craft to fight his way through to a podium finish. I have to thank both the ridersand the whole team for their hard work and effort to deliver these results, they give us the motivation tocontinue like this. We leave here holding first and second in the championship having demonstrated that

we have the riders, bike and team capable of consistently fighting for victory every weekend.

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MOTOGP ROUND #6 ­ MUGELLO ­ RACERESULTS

1. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 41'39.173

2. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Ducati Team + 5.563

3. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP + 6.661

4. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team + 9.978

5. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 + 15.284

6. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 + 15.665

7. Maverick Viñales (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP + 23.805

8. Michele Pirro (ITA) Ducati Team + 29.152

9. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Pramac Racing + 32.008

10. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Pramac Racing + 34.571

11. Scott Redding (GBR) Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS + 38.553

12. Loris Baz (FRA) Athinà Forward Racing + 42.158

13. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing + 44.801

14. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini + 50.435

15. Eugene Laverty (IRL) Aspar Team MotoGP + 53.060

16. Mike Di Meglio (FRA) Avintia Racing + 1'15.265

17. Karel Abraham (CZE) AB Motoracing + 1'15.381

18. Marco Melandri (ITA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini + 1'41.840

19. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) CWM LCR Honda N.C. (3 laps)

20. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team N.C. (6 laps)

21. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team N.C. (10 laps)

22. Stefan Bradl (GER) Athinà Forward Racing N.C. (20 laps)

23. Nicky Hayden (USA) Aspar Team MotoGP N.C. (20 laps)

24. Aleix Espargarò (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP N.C. (21 laps)

25. Jack Miller (AUS) CWM LCR Honda N.C. (21 laps)

MOTOGP ROUND #6 ­ MUGELLO ­ RACERACE­GRAPH

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONRIDER

1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 118

2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 112

3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team 83

4. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Ducati Team 81

5. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 69

6. Bradley Smith (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech3 57

7. Cal Crutchlow (GBR) CWM LCR Honda 47

8. Pol Espargarò (SPA) Monster Yamaha Tech3 45

9. Maverick Viñales (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 36

10. Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Pramac Racing 32

11. Aleix Espargarò (SPA) Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP 31

12. Yonny Hernandez (COL) Pramac Racing 26

13. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 23

14. Scott Redding (GBR) Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 18

15. Hector Barbera (SPA) Avintia Racing 16

16. Loris Baz (FRA) Athinà Forward Racing 10

17. Nicky Hayden (USA) Aspar Team MotoGP 8

18. Michele Pirro (ITA) Ducati Team 8

19. Jack Miller (AUS) CWM LCR Honda 6

20. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 5

21. Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN) Repsol Honda Team 5

22. Eugene Laverty (IRL) Aspar Team MotoGP 3

23. Stefan Bradl (GER) Athinà Forward Racing 1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONCONSTRUCTOR

1. Yamaha 141

2. Ducati 106

3. Honda 98

4. Suzuki 47

5. Forward Yamaha 10