ROUND 9/JULY 21, 2013
MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA/MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
MOTOGP
P52
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Above) Nicky Hayden (69) beat
his teammate Andrea Doviziso (04)
after a race-long battle between the
two factory Ducati men.
(Below) Cal Crutchlow gives chase
en route to finishing seventh.
SAVE OF THE WEEKEND
Joint award to Jorge Lorenzo
and Dani Pedrosa, both of whom
saved at least a little something not
only of their championship chances, but also their prestige. Neither
could have stayed home had the
other one come, so in the end they
both did.
Both rode steadily and bravely;
neither succumbed to physical or
mental weakness.
Most importantly, neither
crashed. Not only did this mean
no further risk to their own injuries,
but also it preserved other riders
from the chance of being innocent
victims themselves.
This was the biggest save. By
not crashing, the pair saved racing
from having to take a serious look
at regulations that appear to let
riders out on track in questionable
physical condition.
the line by a couple of tenths, top
CRT finisher, with the frustrated
Edwards another second adrift.
The last points went to Danilo
Petrucci, the last rider on the
same lap; a distant Karel Abra-
ham, and Yonny Hernandez; with
Hiroshi Aoyama, Brian Staring
and Lukas Pesek spaced out behind.
Monster Tech 3 Yamaha Bradley Smith was an early retirement;
