VOLUME 56 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 27, 2019 P73
lap, Rins was through on the Su-
zuki. Soon the leading two had
pulled out better than a second
on the Yamaha, even while Vina-
les was closing from behind.
They continued like this
enough, and the back stayed
compressed.
Ahead of this drama, Marquez
was leading away. The first lap,
he was pursued by Rossi to the
fans' delight, but by the second
who had qualified third. Miller
had employed Ducati's holeshot
device, which compresses the
rear suspension, and should re-
lease when the rider brakes. But
the braking was clearly not hard
SPEEDY SYLVAIN
Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli fell
foul of the British police on Saturday
at Silverstone. He was stopped on
the way into the circuit after he was
trapped at an alleged 124 mph on
the A43 approach road in his white
McLaren 570S. This was well below
the supercar's potential top end of
more than 192 mph, round about the
same as his Suzuki MotoGP bike, but
likely to be enough to earn a driv-
ing ban for the Britain-based French
former World Superbike Champion.
The speed limit on dual-carriageway
sections of the road is 70 mph.
OLD BOYS BACK
The mercy of Old Father Time was in
evidence at Silverstone, with not only
former multi-champion Jim Redman
(87) on hand to present pole-position
Tissot watches on Saturday but also
91-year-old former 125 Champion and
TT winner Cecil Sandford.
WHO CARES? DUCATI
DOES
Here's one for the "who cares?"
brigade: the factory Ducatis added a
"2 million" legend to the fairing flanks
of Dovizioso's and Petrucci's bikes
on Sunday. This celebrates that @
ducatimotor has reached two million
Instagram followers.
Briefly...
A dejected Fabio Quartararo makes
his way back to the pits.
