MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 15 / SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2019
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI / RIMINI, SAN MARINO
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IIIMY OWN RACE:
9 DANILO PETRUCCI
10TH MOTOGP
"For sure it was a very hard race for
me," Danilo Petrucci said. "Yesterday
my qualifying was very difficult, and
so today I had a lot of posi ons to
make up. I really did my maximum
today, but unfortunately the lack of
grip didn't allow me to be very quick.
In the end I managed to finish in 10th
place, and the only posi ve aspect of
the weekend is that I'm back in third
place in the overall standings ahead
of Rins."
21 FRANCO MORBIDELLI
5TH MOTOGP
"I'm very happy about the result,"
Franco Morbidelli said. "We were very
fast all weekend and had a good feel-
ing with the bike, but unfortunately
in the race, the track temperature
made the grip a li le bit worse than
in prac ce, and I had to slow down a
li le to bring it home safely. All the
Yamahas were fast in Misano, but it
wasn't like that last year, so it seems
like we've improved and hopefully
we can carry that mojo forward to
next weekend too. To take a top five
in front of this huge home crowd was
something very special, and it was a
pleasant coincidence that it was my
100th Grand Prix, too."
that he could win at his rival's
home circuit, where fourth-placed
Valentino missed the podium for
a ninth race in a row, but also that
Rossi is not the top Yamaha YZR-
M1 rider.
"You can see from following the
Yamahas that Fabio is riding the
Yamaha in a very good way—very
He was referring to an on-track
clash with Valentino Rossi, after
which his old rival accused him of
deliberately baulking him.
"Usually I think just about the
championship, but sometimes
you have to show something. I
am only human," Marquez said.
What he underlined was not only
