Valentino Rossi won the Catalan GP after an excellent battle with Marc Marquez over the closing laps, as Jorge Lorenzo crashes out.<\/p>\n
Anticipation for the MotoGP\u2122 World Championship race at the circuit de Barcelona \u2013 Catalunya continued to grow as the riders sat on the grid, hiding from the scorching sun beneath their umbrellas. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was on pole position, but both Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) seemed to have found something on the new layout in Warm Up. High track temperatures had riders cautious about tyre life, everyone\u00a0except for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 riders, Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and Tito Rabat (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) lined up with hard tyres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n