ROUND 12/SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT/EAST MIDLANDS, ENGLAND
MOTOGP
P44
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Marquez (93) took the lead in the
closing laps, but Lorenzo (99)
was able to strike back. Pedrosa,
meanwhile, fought hard to close in
on the lead duo but had nothing left
once he got there.
class of the field, overshadowing even Valentino Rossi, whose
satisfaction was yet another bestof-the-rest fourth, the second
factory Yamaha rider obliged to
fight hard and long with Alvaro
Bautista, whose Go & Fun Honda was less than two tenths adrift
over the line.
If there was a down side for the
fans – almost 74,000 packing the
stands – it was that Crutchlow
could manage no better than
a lonely seventh, well behind
Stefan Bradl and his LCR Honda. The Monster Yamaha rider,
bruised and battered after three
crashes, and furthermore short
of set-up time as he seeks the
key to getting the best from the
revised-weight fuel tank he's had
for the last three-in-a-row races,
soldiered on, lacking the physical
strength to attack, and saying afterwards: "Honestly, I'm pleased
the weekend is over. I'm really
pissed off. In the race I couldn't
brake, because I bashed my right
arm up pretty bad."
Lorenzo made a second superb start from the second row
of the grid to lead into the first
corner of the 20-lap race. Mar-
