MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / JULY 5-9, 2019
SACHSENRING/ OBERLUNGWITZ, GERMANY
P72
Sasaki (Petronas Honda) and
Jakub Kornfeil (Redox KTM),
completing the top 10, all over
the line in less than a second;
and 11th-placed Sergio Garcia
(EG Honda) barely a tenth adrift.
Dalla Porta's win followed four
second places and lifted him
to the top of the title chart, 125
points to Canet's 123. Antonelli
has 87, then Ramirez 78, and
Arbolini 77.
MotoE
The first MotoE race came to a
premature end after five of eight
laps, after a crash punctured
the air fence and brought out
the red flags.
of the race out of the points was
Canet (Sterilgarda KTM), and
the Spaniard seized the lead on
the last lap.
But at the bottom of the plunge
down the Waterfall, "I made one
mistake, to not close the door."
The two Hondas pushed through,
and it was all Canet could do
to hold a third one at bay, as
early race leader Romano Fenati
(Snipers Honda) crossed the line
almost alongside.
Almost as close behind, Raul
Fernandez (Sama KTM), briefly
leading John McPhee (Petronas
Honda), Ai Ogura (Team Asia
Honda), Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58
Honda), pole starter Ayumu
Racing's Lorenzo Dalla Porta,
after a desperate Moto3 final lap
concluded an equally desperate
Moto3 race.
Second Leopard Honda rider
Marcos Ramirez followed him
over the line, the pair ducking
inside erstwhile championship
leader Aron Canet into the pen-
ultimate corner.
The tight turns had kept the
field packed up tight, with 21
within just over three seconds
at half distance. After that, there
was a breakaway group of sev-
en, but they had been pegged
back again by the finish.
Coming through at the end,
from 22nd on the grid and most
Lorenzo Dalla Porta finally broke through for a win in 2019.
