The 2014 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 12 October 2014.
In the MotoGP class, Andrea Dovizioso took his first pole position since the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix. However, Jorge Lorenzo won his second successive race, but a second-place finish for Marc Márquez was good enough for his second consecutive premier class world championship, and his fourth world title in total. The podium placings were completed by Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place. In the supporting categories, Thomas Lüthi took his first victory since by winning the Moto2 race, while in the Moto3 race, Álex Márquez took advantage of a collision between Ajo Motorsport teammates Jack Miller and Danny Kent, to take his third victory of 2014.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 42:21.259 5 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1.638 4 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +2.602 2 16 4 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +3.157 3 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 24 +14.353 1 11 6 29 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +16.653 6 10 7 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 24 +19.531 9 9 8 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +19.815 7 8 9 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +23.575 10 7 10 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 24 +35.687 12 6 11 41 Aleix Espargaró NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 24 +40.668 11 5 12 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamalube Racing Team with YSP Yamaha 24 +51.027 17 4 13 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 24 +51.093 18 3 14 69 Nicky Hayden Drive M7 Aspar Honda 24 +55.792 14 2 15 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +59.089 16 1 16 45 Scott Redding Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 24 +59.508 15 17 15 Alex de Angelis NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 24 +1:16.547 20 18 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 24 +1:28.021 22 19 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia 24 +1:29.470 23 20 23 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 24 +1:33.253 24 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 23 Accident 13 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 14 Accident 19 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo IodaRacing Team ART 4 Retirement 21 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 1 Accident 8 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 23 42:50.219 2 25 2 40 Maverick Viñales Kalex 23 +1.209 4 20 3 53 Esteve Rabat Kalex 23 +3.631 1 16 4 5 Johann Zarco Caterham Suter 23 +7.797 3 13 5 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +8.472 5 11 6 60 Julián Simón Kalex 23 +8.881 7 10 7 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +11.203 8 9 8 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +17.509 17 8 9 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 23 +18.424 18 7 10 19 Xavier Siméon Suter 23 +21.192 13 6 11 81 Jordi Torres Suter 23 +22.646 14 5 12 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 23 +23.303 15 4 13 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +26.077 6 3 14 8 Gino Rea Suter 23 +26.708 23 2 15 39 Luis Salom Kalex 23 +28.921 25 1 16 96 Louis Rossi Kalex 23 +29.312 20 17 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Suter 23 +31.192 21 18 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 23 +33.956 16 19 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Caterham Suter 23 +41.606 22 20 20 Florian Marino Kalex 23 +42.031 28 21 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 23 +42.133 30 22 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 23 +44.568 26 23 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama NTS 23 +45.571 27 24 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 23 +51.944 33 25 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 23 +52.398 32 26 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 23 +53.160 24 27 97 Román Ramos Speed Up 23 +58.088 36 28 70 Robin Mulhauser Suter 23 +1:06.689 31 29 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 23 +1:15.937 10 30 65 Chalermpol Polamai Tech 3 23 +1:22.685 34 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 17 Accident 9 Ret 95 Anthony West Speed Up 13 Retirement 29 Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 11 Retirement 19 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 Accident 11 Ret 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 3 Accident 12 Ret 84 Riccardo Russo Suter 0 Accident 35OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Álex Márquez Honda 20 39:26.830 7 25 2 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 20 +0.357 14 20 3 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 20 +0.484 8 16 4 17 John McPhee Honda 20 +0.672 3 13 5 8 Jack Miller KTM 20 +1.161 5 11 6 52 Danny Kent Husqvarna 20 +1.796 1 10 7 5 Romano Fenati KTM 20 +5.927 17 9 8 33 Enea Bastianini KTM 20 +6.025 15 8 9 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 20 +6.527 2 7 10 42 Álex Rins Honda 20 +6.686 9 6 11 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 20 +6.988 6 5 12 98 Karel Hanika KTM 20 +18.713 23 4 13 21 Francesco Bagnaia KTM 20 +18.757 18 3 14 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Honda 20 +19.242 19 2 15 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 20 +19.664 12 1 16 57 Eric Granado KTM 20 +24.788 21 17 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 20 +40.080 33 18 38 Hafiq Azmi KTM 20 +40.154 29 19 95 Jules Danilo Mahindra 20 +40.888 27 20 13 Jasper Iwema Mahindra 20 +41.011 28 21 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 20 +1:00.736 25 22 4 Gabriel Ramos Kalex KTM 20 +1:01.752 34 23 55 Andrea Locatelli Mahindra 20 +1:10.995 32 24 3 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 19 +1 lap 24 Ret 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 11 Accident 4 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Kalex KTM 9 Accident 10 Ret 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 9 Accident 13 Ret 99 Jorge Navarro Kalex KTM 9 Accident 16 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 7 Retirement 20 Ret 31 Niklas Ajo Husqvarna 0 Accident 11 Ret 16 Andrea Migno Mahindra 0 Accident 22 Ret 83 Hikari Okubo Honda 0 Accident 26 Ret 9 Scott Deroue Kalex KTM 0 Accident 30 Ret 81 Sena Yamada Honda 0 Accident 31 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 312 2 Valentino Rossi 230 3 Dani Pedrosa 230 4 Jorge Lorenzo 227 5 Andrea Dovizioso 153
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 349 2 Yamaha 289 3 Ducati 176 4 Forward Yamaha 122 5 ART 9
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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