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Cycle News 2021 Issue 35 August 31

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rookie Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) to eighth by mere thousandths, with American Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) completing the top 10 for a solid haul of points after a weekend further up the field. Cameron Beaubier (American Racing Team Kalex) failed to finish. In the championship, Gardner leads on 231 to Fernandez's 187 with Bezzecchi third on 179. Moto3 It was vintage Romano Fenati (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) at Silverstone. Leading from lights out and initially shadowed by Niccolo Antonelli (Avintia VR46 Academy), the number 55 was then able to pull away in the final few laps to take a rare breakaway ROUND 12 / AUGUST 27-29, 2021 SILVERSTONE / NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM P84 MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP the Italian revealed his father Fabio's paddock pass was rescinded two weeks ago over a disagreement. However, both sides disputed the reasons for this. After finishing third in Austria, Foggia said it was due to revenge. He was formerly managed on a personal level by the team, but switched managers before the summer and was speaking to Moto2 teams. "My dad [had to] stay out of the paddock, an unfair decision," he said after finishing third in Austria. "Next year, I want to move to Moto2, even if there are contracts and they say I have to stay. I don't want to stay in this class and with this team, so I'll try to make the move." THE YAMAHA SHUFFLE Yamaha confirmed its separation with Maverick Vinales on the Friday before the British GP, meaning it, once again, had to shuffle its pack with Franco Morbidelli's continued absence in mind. Cal Crutchlow, who was deputized to ride in place of the Italian in Austria, was moved to the factory team alongside Fabio Quartararo for this weekend. Mean- while, English hotshot Jake Dixon was promoted to Petronas SRT Yamaha from his usual Moto2 seat for the weekend. Thrown in at the deep end, Dixon impressed on his first day aboard a MotoGP machine. "It's like anything, you know," he said. "Generally speaking, if you get in something fast like a car, it feels fast for the first couple of times but then your brain is a powerful thing and it's incredible what it can do and how it adjusts itself." Dixon finished the race in 19th and last, 21 seconds behind next best rider Valentino Rossi. Briefly... Pol Espargaro pulls the switchback on Jack Miller with three corners to go to seal Aprilia's first MotoGP four- stroke podium.

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