order with what he says was an
underperforming rear tire. He
would run wide at turn four with
12 laps remaining, and in a very
similar incident to the one where
he collided with Johann Zarco
in Brno, Espargaro pulled back
onto the racing line only to have
fellow KTM rider Miguel Oliveira
there. The resultant contact sent
both crashing into the gravel trap
in a disaster for the home KTM
brand.
Alex Rins (Ecstar Suzuki)
crashed out while challenging
for the lead with 10 laps remain-
ing, and Dovizioso, meanwhile,
had taken control of the race
from Miller, who was slowing on
a soft front/soft rear tire choice.
That's the way it would stay until
the final corner of the last lap,
IIIMY OWN RACE:
like a win! I'm so happy to get second.
I want to say a big thank you to all
the team members who are here and
working so hard to give me the best
bike possible, and also to the crew who
are at home and helping me. We've
been through bad moments together
and this great result is for all of them."
73 ALEX MARQUEZ
13TH MOTOGP
"More points from the weekend is
good, but the race wasn't what we
wanted," Marquez said. "In the first
race I had a good feeling and we made
a good start so I was able to make up
some posi ons but then the red flag
came out. For the restart of the second
race, I was strong on the start again,
but the feeling wasn't the same and I
struggled to keep up because the feel-
ing with the new res wasn't the same.
Again, I had a lot of front pushing with
the new res. I'm looking forward to
coming back again next week, in Jerez
we improved a lot for the second race.
It was a big crash between Zarco and
Morbidelli, I hope everyone who fell
today is okay. Whenever you see a
crash like that you get very worried."
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When you see the
split-second gap that
Morbidelli's machine
slid through at over
150 mph, it makes it all
the more amazing that
no one was seriously
injured or even killed.
