ROUND 14/SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
MOTORLAND ARAGON/ALCANIZ, SPAIN
MOTOGP
P72
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Bradl and Bautista went back and
forth on the final lap, allowing Rossi
to escape.
not just back in front, but attacking and soon passing Bradl, and
then on lap 18 ahead of Rossi as
well, and even pulling a little gap.
But Rossi hasn't forgotten how
to race hard, and pushed ahead
again on the penultimate lap.
He was relieved of further pressure as Bradl started battling with
Bautista, getting ahead briefly,
but behind again over the line.
Crutchlow was a close spectator.
Some way back Monster Tech
3 Yamaha's Bradley Smith had
overtaken Andrea Dovizioso's
Ducati on the third lap, and the
pair stayed together until with
some five laps to go Dovi's pace
dropped as he had expected,
and he lost touch.
Marlboro
Ducati's
Nicky
Hayden had been obliged to
pass Aleix Espargaro's Power
Electronics ART after bogging
down off the start, and was never
quite in touch with his teammate.
He was sailing along alone, battling the usual poor braking and
vague steering, when he ran off
and lost 12 seconds, ending up
behind Espargaro once more. "I
was able to regain my position by
the end," he said; but it was another downbeat race.
Andrea Iannone also got past
