By alley - May 3, 2015, 9:31 AM ET

MotoGP: Lorenzo storms to victory at Jerez

Jorge Lorenzo revitalized his MotoGP title bid by dominating the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.

The Yamaha rider had been quickest in three of the first three practice sessions, took a straightforward pole, and carried that commanding form into the race.

Lorenzo fended off Marc Marquez through the opening laps and then had little trouble extending a four-second lead that he nursed to the finish to earn a first win since last October's Japanese GP.

Despite needing surgery on a fractured finger following a motocross crash just eight days ago, Marquez was able to claim second for Honda.

Valentino Rossi picked his way through to third but could not catch Marquez, although the result still gave him a record 200th podium at grand prix level.

Cal Crutchlow emerged from an early battle with Pol Espargaro to claim fourth for LCR Honda.

Ducati expected Jerez to be a tough circuit and its factory riders made life harder for themselves with mistakes.

Andrea Iannone tumbled down the order with a poor start from the front row, while Andrea Dovizioso ended up last when he slid through the gravel on lap one.

Iannone recovered to sixth, catching Espargaro at the end, and Dovizioso battled back to ninth.

Aleix Espargaro resisted pressure from Bradley Smith to take seventh for Suzuki.

The best battle of the race was a five-way scrap between the Pramac Ducatis of Danilo Petrucci and Yonny Hernandez, Maverick Vinales' Suzuki, Scott Redding's Marc VDS Honda and Hector Barbera's Avintia Ducati for 10th.

Hernandez fought his way to the front of the queue by the end to complete the top 10.

RESULTS

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Yamaha	27	44m 57.246s	-
2	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	27	45m 02.822s	5.576s
3	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	27	45m 08.832s	11.586s
4	Cal Crutchlow	LCR	Honda	27	45m 19.973s	22.727s
5	Pol Espargaro	Tech 3	Yamaha	27	45m 23.866s	26.620s
6	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	Ducati	27	45m 24.267s	27.021s
7	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	Suzuki	27	45m 32.691s	35.445s
8	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Yamaha	27	45m 33.542s	36.296s
9	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	27	45m 39.179s	41.933s
10	Yonny Hernandez	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	45m 48.318s	51.072s
11	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	Suzuki	27	45m 48.920s	51.674s
12	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	45m 49.667s	52.421s
13	Scott Redding	Marc VDS	Honda	27	45m 50.298s	53.052s
14	Hector Barbera	Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	45m 50.446s	53.200s
15	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	27	45m 54.590s	57.344s
16	Stefan Bradl	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	27	45m 56.264s	59.018s
17	Nicky Hayden	Aspar	Honda	27	45m 58.752s	1m 01.506s
18	Eugene Laverty	Aspar	Honda	27	46m 00.409s	1m 03.163s
19	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	27	46m 04.141s	1m 06.895s
20	Jack Miller	LCR	Honda	27	46m 11.428s	1m 14.182s
21	Alex de Angelis	IodaRacing Project	ART/Aprilia	27	46m 24.078s	1m 26.832s
22	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	26	45m 28.537s	1 Lap
-	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	Honda	14	23m 47.434s	Retirement
-	Loris Baz	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	8	13m 40.421s	Retirement
-	Karel Abraham	AB Motoracing	Honda	3	5m 14.679s	Retirement

POINTS

Pos	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	82
2	Andrea Dovizioso	67
3	Jorge Lorenzo	62
4	Marc Marquez	56
5	Andrea Iannone	50
6	Cal Crutchlow	47
7	Bradley Smith	36
8	Aleix Espargaro	31
9	Pol Espargaro	26
10	Maverick Vinales	20
11	Danilo Petrucci	19
12	Scott Redding	13
13	Yonny Hernandez	12
14	Daniel Pedrosa	10
15	Hector Barbera	10
16	Jack Miller	6
17	Hiroshi Aoyama	5
18	Nicky Hayden	3
19	Loris Baz	2
20	Alvaro Bautista	2
21	Stefan Bradl	1