lnt' Cirtuir
chino
MOTOGP
Round
a
Moy 14, 2OO5
Wonld
Championship
Road Race
Series
race, droppin8
from a first-lap fourth
to
an eventual
lfth.
"ln
the end I started to lose
grip
at the
Iront
as well, and actually lost the
front com-
pletely
at one
point," Nakano said.
"lt
lvas
then
that I decided
I had a big enouSh
gap
orer
ffonil
Elias and
that riding for the
Points
might be $e best
plan."
The
Eap
to Elias was
a second and a half,
with Elias
well in front
of Kawasaki's Rand
de
Puniet, who had
liftle rear
grip.
"lf
I had
pushed
ary harder then I would
hav€ crashed,"
dle FrEnchrmn said.
lGnny Robers
Jr.
said much
the sam€,
though
for differert reasorE.
"Fundamentally
we're down both
ends
on
grip,"
he said,
"We
have that new chassis
comirE that should
Eive
us a dire
