ROUND 13/SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI/MISANO, ITALY
MOTOGP
P50
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Two wins in a row for
Lorenzo and he is
starting to creep back
into championship
contention.
ners," he said. "But we showed a
lot of fighting qualities this weekend."
Fun & Go Honda's Alvaro
Bautista was seventh, alone for
almost the whole race, neither
passing nor being passed by anybody.
A long way back – almost 12
seconds at the end – the Ducati
cup was decided in favor of Andrea Dovizioso. He had been
battling with Marlboro teammate
Nicky Hayden, regaining a small
advantage until on lap 20 Hayden
suddenly lost a couple of seconds. "I lost the rear under braking and ran off," he said.
Ignite Pramac Ducati rider Mi-
chele Pirro had been
with them for the first
third of the race, but
lost touch thereafter
to come under pressure from Bradley
Smith on the second
Tech 3 Yamaha.
Both
factory
Ducati riders said
their starts had been
spoiled by Aleix Espargaro, who had
put the CRT Power
Electronics
ART
Aprilia on row two,
then jumped the gun,
disturbing their concentration and also
getting in the way of
Rossi. The Spaniard
took a ride-through penalty then
came charging through from the
back, getting all the way through
to 13th, but still five seconds off
Colin Edwards, whose NGM Forward FTR-Kawasaki was top CRT
bike in 12th after another steadfast effort.
Hiro Aoyama was 14th, with
Danilo Petrucci taking the last
point.
Marquez extended his points
lead to 34, though Lorenzo is
closing slowly, five points a time
over the last two races. He is
now equal with Pedrosa on 219,
but ahead on the table because
of his five wins to Pedrosa's two.
Rossi is a distant fourth on 169,
Briefly...
Red Bull Ajo team running factory
KTMs – a reward for his neversay-die attempts over the past two
years on out-powered Hondas. "It's
great. In my opinion, it's the best
team in Moto3," he said. It remains
to be seen whether his old friend
and sparring partner Arthur Sissis
will remain with the team. The team
currently leads the championship
with Luis Salom, who is heading for
Moto2 next year, where he will join
his old and current rival Maverick
Vinales, also moving up a class,
in the Tuenti HP40 team owned
by former 250cc World Champion
Sito Pons.
Pons's current riders Pol Espargaro
and Esteve Rabat are both bound
for pastures new, the former to join
Monster Yamaha in MotoGP; and
Rabat to the Marc VDS team, to
replace MotoGP-bound Scott Redding. Also announced at Misano,
Isaac Vinales (cousin to Maverick)
joins the Go & Fun Gresini Moto3
team next year.
then comes Crutchlow (146) and
Bradl (124).
CN
San Marino Grand Prix
1. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
2. Marc Marquez (Honda)
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
4. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
5. Stefan Bradl (Honda)
6. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha)
7. Alvaro Bautista (Honda)
8. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
9. Nicky Hayden (Ducati)
10. Michele Pirro (Ducati)
