MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 25, 2020
MOTORL AND ARAGON / TERUEL, SPAIN
P98
Meanwhile, Morbidelli suddenly was
the new leader with a long 23 laps still to
go. The Yamaha rider didn't let constant
pressure by last week's winner Alex Rins
deter him. Morbidelli eventually opened
up a small lead and went on to take the
victory 2.205 seconds ahead of Rins.
Joan Mir made it a Suzuki double po-
dium for the second week in a row by fin-
ishing third a little more than three seconds
behind his Suzuki Ecstar teammate, Rins.
The win moves the Italian, Morbidelli,
up to fourth in the championship, and he
is now 25 points behind leader Mir.
IIIMY OWN RACE:
12 MAVERICK VINALES
7TH MOTOGP
"I'm sure that for us the so -so re op-
on was the right one," Maverick Vinales
said. "We saw in the last race that Fabio
chose the medium front and the pressure
was too high, so he lost a lot of posi ons.
We preferred to ride with the so re
which was, let's say, the safer op on.
With the so re I can normally ride real-
ly well, so I thought for me this wouldn't
be a problem, except today I had no grip
on the res, only in the first three laps.
Then I had a big drop in both res and
cha er, so I couldn't do anything."
41 ALEIX ESPARGARO
DNF MOTOGP
Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro was having an
excellent ride when he suddenly coasted
to a stop. Before then, he had muscled
his way into the top 10 and was pressur-
ing Quartararo and Vinales for seventh
when things went sour. "We greatly
improved the setup compared to last
week," Aleix Espargaro said. "Yesterday in
qualifying, I was extremely fast and today
in the race I also gave it my all. I made
some good passes with a top-five pace
and a few laps from the end I had easily
caught up with Quartararo and Viñales.
Just as I was about to a ack Fabio, the
engine stopped and there was nothing I
could do. It's a hard pill to swallow."
Aragon 1 winner Alex
Rins didn't press
the point when his
tires started going
away while chasing
Morbidelli, instead
riding smart and
settling for another
podium.
Despite having not won
a race so far this year,
Joan Mir extended his
points lead over Fabio
Quartararo with another
podium. It was the
second double podium
in a row for Suzuki.
