ROAD RACE
MOTOGP / FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JULY 13-15, 2018
SACHSENRING / HOHENSTEIN-ERNSTTHAL, GERMANY
P60
off into the gravel trap when Pol
Espargaro (Red Bull KTM, and a
surprise leader of morning warm-up)
had crashed into Alex Rins (Ecstar
Suzuki) on only the third corner.
Marquez goes to the short sum-
mer break with a handsome cham-
pionship lead, 165 points to Rossi's
119. Vinales (109) is third, ahead of
Dovizioso and Zarco (both 88).
Moto2
Dunlop decreed that in the heat the
soft option would not be safe for
race distance, so all riders were on
identical rubber, with no tactics to be
played, and endurance even of the
hard open to question.
Early drama upset the form book,
and left a classic first win for 2016
Moto3 Champion, South African Brad
Binder (Red Bull KTM), in his second
season in Moto2.
(Above) Bradley Smith (38) had a
strong ride to 10th. (Below) Jorge
Lorenzo (99) led for half the race
but lost out to fading rear grip
and finished sixth.
