ROUND 5/JUNE 2, 2013
MUGELLO CIRCUIT/MUGELLO, ITALY
MOTOGP
P76
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Nicky Hayden had
another solid ride, the
Kentuckian in the mix
with Bradl and Dovizioso
until encountering a bad
chatter problem late in
the race that dropped
him to sixth.
Valentino Rossi had
lap: Danilo had a solid ride to 12th,
a Mugello to forget.
narrowly ahead of an up-and-down
The Italian legend was
Andrea Iannone. Colin Edward sand
knocked down on the
opening lap in a clash
Karel Abraham took the last points.
with Alvaro Bautista.
Pedrosa's points lead shrank
He later went to the
from 17 to 12 points, with 103 to Lopodium to talk to his
renzo's 91. The non-scoring Marfans with thousands of
quez has 77, Crutchlow 71, Dovizio- fans chanting his name.
so 50, Rossi 47 and Hayden 45.
Takaaki Nakagami took a flying
start in the Moto2 Grand Prix and held a narrow lead from
pole starter Scott Redding for the first three laps. Then both
Redding and Nico Terol got by, and on lap six the Japanese
rider crashed out for a second race in a row.
This promoted Johan Zarco to third, still close to the
leaders and chased by Jerez winner Esteve Rabat until the
Spaniard ran off, rejoining in 29th place.
Simone Corsi was with them for a while as Terol and Zarco swapped places to and fro as the race approached half
