2014 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2014 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2014 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and last round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 9 November 2014.

In the MotoGP class, Valentino Rossi took his first pole position since the 2010 French Grand Prix. However, it was Marc Márquez who won the race, taking his thirteenth victory of the season, surpassing the previous premier class record of twelve wins set by Mick Doohan in 1997. Rossi crossed the line in second place to take the runner-up spot in the championship, while the podium was completed by Dani Pedrosa. Further down the order, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone took the decision to swap bikes – on lap 20 – as light rain fell. Both riders struggled to get the bike stopped in the uncertain conditions and dropped down the order; Iannone finished 22nd, while Lorenzo retired from the race. The Suzuki MotoGP team returned to the series in a wildcard appearance, ahead of a full-season entry in 2015. Utilising the new Suzuki GSX-RR, Randy de Puniet retired from the race before the halfway mark. Drive M7 Aspar rider, Hiroshi Aoyama, rode an Open-specification Honda RC213V-RS and finished in fifteenth place. The race was also the Gresini team's last race with Honda bikes ahead of their switch to Aprilia in 2015. It was also the final race for the PBM chassis, as their team will switch to the British Superbike Championship from 2015.

In the Moto2 race, Thomas Lüthi took his second victory of the season, after capitalising on a mistake by the world champion, Esteve Rabat, on the final lap to take the spoils. Rabat had been leading the race before missing a gear coming out of the final corner, and Lüthi was able to prevail by 0.133 seconds at the line. Rabat's second place did however, seal a record number of points scored for an intermediate class season. Johann Zarco completed the podium in third place, his fourth podium of the season. Aside from the race honours, the runner-up position in the final championship standings was decided by virtue of a collision between the two competitors battling for the position. Rabat's teammate Mika Kallio and Maverick Viñales both retired from the race, thus giving Kallio the position by 15 points.

The world title was decided in the final Moto3 race of the season, with a third-place finish for Álex Márquez enough to give him his first world title by two points, despite his title rival Jack Miller winning the race. In the process, he and his brother Marc Márquez became the first brothers to win world motorcycle racing titles. Splitting the title rivals in the finishing order was Isaac Viñales, taking his third podium of the season.

## Classification

### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | 46:39.627 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 30 | +3.516 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +14.040 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +16.705 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +16.773 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +37.884 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 30 | +38.168 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +41.803 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +45.710 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott Redding | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +51.191 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 30 | +56.512 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 30 | +57.000 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 30 | +57.262 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +57.517 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 30 | +58.775 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +58.864 | 13 | |
| 17 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 30 | +1:02.389 | 23 | |
| 18 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 30 | +1:15.795 | 19 | |
| 19 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 30 | +1:26.309 | 22 | |
| 20 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 30 | +1:37.212 | 24 | |
| 21 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 29 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 22 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 29 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 24 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 9 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Sources: |||||||||

### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 27 | 43:08.366 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 53 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 27 | +0.133 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Caterham Suter | 27 | +10.728 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 27 | +13.014 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Suter | 27 | +13.689 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 27 | +14.706 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 27 | +18.825 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 27 | +30.185 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 27 | +30.227 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Suter | 27 | +30.604 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 27 | +30.615 | 25 | 5 |
| 12 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Tech 3 | 27 | +33.422 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 27 | +33.594 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 27 | +33.997 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Kalex | 27 | +34.007 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 27 | +35.578 | 19 | |
| 17 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Suter | 27 | +35.691 | 26 | |
| 18 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 27 | +46.996 | 29 | |
| 19 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Caterham Suter | 27 | +50.650 | 28 | |
| 20 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 27 | +51.877 | 30 | |
| 21 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 27 | +52.808 | 3 | |
| 22 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 27 | +53.428 | 21 | |
| 23 | 20 | Florian Marino | Kalex | 27 | +53.435 | 27 | |
| 24 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 27 | +1:07.704 | 32 | |
| 25 | 97 | Román Ramos | Speed Up | 27 | +1:13.613 | 33 | |
| 26 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | NTS | 27 | +1:14.977 | 35 | |
| 27 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 27 | +1:15.138 | 34 | |
| 28 | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 25 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 7 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 90 | Lucas Mahias | TransFIORmers | 4 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 40 | Maverick Viñales | Kalex | 2 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | Jack Miller | KTM | 24 | 40:10.983 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 24 | +0.155 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 24 | +0.955 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 52 | Danny Kent | Husqvarna | 24 | +1.572 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 24 | +2.251 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 24 | +2.508 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 24 | +3.620 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Mahindra | 24 | +4.216 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Brad Binder | Mahindra | 24 | +4.248 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 24 | +4.363 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | KTM | 24 | +5.462 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 24 | +5.780 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 24 | +5.959 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 24 | +6.209 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Kalex KTM | 24 | +6.726 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | KTM | 24 | +11.775 | 20 | |
| 17 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 24 | +16.663 | 8 | |
| 18 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Mahindra | 24 | +24.919 | 13 | |
| 19 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Honda | 24 | +28.038 | 26 | |
| 20 | 13 | Jasper Iwema | Mahindra | 24 | +28.404 | 23 | |
| 21 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 24 | +28.490 | 19 | |
| 22 | 43 | Luca Grünwald | Kalex KTM | 24 | +40.773 | 28 | |
| 23 | 38 | Hafiq Azmi | KTM | 24 | +40.784 | 24 | |
| 24 | 4 | Gabriel Ramos | Kalex KTM | 24 | +49.329 | 34 | |
| 25 | 3 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 24 | +49.355 | 27 | |
| 26 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Mahindra | 24 | +52.862 | 30 | |
| 27 | 6 | María Herrera | Honda | 24 | +52.879 | 31 | |
| 28 | 14 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 24 | +1:29.792 | 22 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Husqvarna | 20 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex KTM | 9 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 9 | Scott Deroue | Kalex KTM | 8 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Mahindra | 7 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 1 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 65 | Philipp Öttl | Kalex KTM | 1 | Accident | 32 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marc Márquez | 362 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 295 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 263 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 246 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 187 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 409 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 354 |
| 3 | Ducati | 211 |
| 4 | Forward Yamaha | 138 |
| 5 | ART | 17 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
