MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9 / AUGUST 3-5, 2018
BRNO CIRCUIT/ OSTROVAICE, CZECH REPUBLIC
P56
Dovi was in front, Marquez
third, and at the end of it Loren-
zo fourth ahead of Crutchlow,
Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac
Ducati) and Johann Zarco
(Monster Yamaha).
Dovi stayed in front as there
was some minor shuffling:
Lorenzo to third, Petrucci past
Crutchlow for a couple of laps
only, and then on lap seven
Rossi through from second to
steal inside Dovi on the right-
hander before the stadium
section.
He stayed there for three
laps, but Rossi admitted, "I
wasn't fast enough to fight with
the Ducatis or Marquez. I didn't
future but for sure they are one op-
tion, so we follow it. But I don't have
a clear vision about the future. But
hybrid power? I think it is too expen-
sive for this world at the moment."
Other delegates to the conference,
including Yamaha and KTM, said
they were working already in the
electric bike area, but eschewed
the potential of a hybrid future.
KTM's Sebastian Risse expanded:
"Perhaps in 10 years we need to talk
about an alternative to MotoGP—but
in a motorcycle, simplicity is impor-
tant, and we need to keep that, so I
don't think there is a case for hybrid
power."
MARTIN'S TITLE BLOW
Moto3 Championship leader Jorge
Martin's season took a serious
knock in the first free practice at
Brno, the Del Conca Honda rider
suffering a broken arm that ruled
him out of this race, and very likely
at least one more. With the Austrian
GP next weekend and Martin flying
home to Spain for surgery to repair
his broken radius bone, the chances
of speedy recovery are clearly slen-
der. "It was not a big crash, but the
landing on my hand was very heavy,"
he said. Martin has won five of the
first nine races, but also no-scored
three times with race crashes, two
Briefly...
Johann Zarco was looking
good in the early stages but
couldn't run with the top five.
