Lorenzo cruises to first win of 2015 at Jerez

Jorge Lorenzo has cruised to his first win of the 2015 MotoGP season in front of a home crowd. The double world champion led from pole to chequered flag to win by five seconds from Marc Marquez and teammate Valentino Rossi.

“It was very difficulty to get that win, especially with the pace here so high at the start. Normally I struggle on the brakes, especially on a Sunday, but here I was never losing a tenth of a second anywhere, and was able to make the most of it!”

Marquez initially challenged Lorenzo for the lead in the opening stages of the race, but was soon left in his fellow Spaniard’s wake, and despite the best efforts of valentine Rossi to close him down in the second half of the race was able to hold off the Italian.

Rossi was unable to get away with the leading duo after an early battle with the Espargaro brothers and Cal Crutchlow, with the Brit able to hold on for fourth and best privateer bike.

Pol Espargaro was fifth on the Tech3 Yamaha, ahead of Andrea Iannone, brother Andrea on the Suzuki, and Bradley Smith on the second satellite Yamaha. Andrea Dovizioso and Yonny Hernandez rounded out the top ten.

Scott Redding was thirteenth, fighting with Maverick Vinales and Danilo Petrucci all race long, while Eugene Laverty finished eighteenth after running as high as P14 in the early stages of the race.