OldRider MotoGP – The standings on round 9, following the German Sachsenring 2018 series. On the second half of the 2018 racing season closes with the German series. A struggle for Ducati, Yamaha (Valentino Rossi), and Honda (except Marc Marquez) team. The development of their bikes should be improved for the second half of season. Because the three top teams aren’t perform like the last year, or could Marc make a new speed standard?. 2018 MotoGP riders championship standings after Round 9
On the previous series (Netherlands), Marc led by a distance of 41 with Valentino Rossi on the second place. And the distance between Rossi and Marc are 6 points. While the distance between Vinales with Zarco are 12 points. What about the German Series 2018?
On the German Series, Marc is still firmly on the top of the standings with 165 points. While on the second place is Valentino Rossi with 110 points, and the calculated difference is 46 points. If it’s compared with his previous performance, Marc getting better because of the increase. On the second place is Rossi, with the difference from Vinales are 10 points. Though his finish better than yesterday (able to take a place on podium). But on the rank points he isn’t performing well than yesterday or in the other meaning he’s unable to cut more points. Then on the third place is Vinales versus Zarco, where on yesterday their difference are 12 points. Now Zarco shifted by Dovizioso with a further difference of 21 points away.
With German Series, it can be seen that Yamaha Team start to loose after on yesterday they able to besieged Marquez (Honda). The declining performance of Johann Zarco (Yamaha) is allegedly the impact of his move to KTM next year.
2018 MotoGP Riders Championship Standings After Round 9
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
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1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | SPA | 165 |
2 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | ITA | 119 |
3 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | SPA | 109 |
4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | ITA | 88 |
5 | Johann ZARCO | Yamaha | FRA | 88 |
6 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati | SPA | 85 |
7 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | ITA | 84 |
8 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Honda | GBR | 79 |
9 | Andrea IANNONE | Suzuki | ITA | 75 |
10 | Jack MILLER | Ducati | AUS | 57 |
11 | Alex RINS | Suzuki | SPA | 53 |
12 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 49 |
13 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | SPA | 44 |
14 | Pol ESPARGARO | KTM | SPA | 32 |
15 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | SPA | 30 |
16 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Yamaha | MAL | 22 |
17 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Honda | ITA | 19 |
18 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia | SPA | 16 |
19 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | GBR | 13 |
20 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | GBR | 12 |
21 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | JPN | 10 |
22 | Mika KALLIO | KTM | FIN | 6 |
23 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | CZE | 4 |
24 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | SWI | |
25 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | GER | |
26 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | BEL |