ROUND 15/OCTOBER 13, 2013
SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT/SEPANG, MALAYSIA
MOTOGP
P58
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Petrucci to put him narrowly out
of the points. It was a good recovery: Barbera, Edwards and
PBM ART rider Michael Laverty
had all been given ride-through
for a jumped start. Laverty later
crashed out.
Pedrosa improved his title
chances, but they remain mainly mathematical, a deficit of 54
points with three rounds remaining – though Lorenzo is within
reach. Importantly for Marquez
he stretched his lead on Lorenzo. The points stand at 298, 255
and 244, respectively. Rossi has
The win was Pedrosa's third on
the year and made up in part
for the disappointment of the
Aragon Grand Prix.
198, Crutchlow 166, while Bautista and his 136 points took over
sixth from non-starter Bradl, the
German having suffered an ankle injury on Saturday.
CN
MotoGP
1. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
2. Marc Marquez (Honda)
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)|
4. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
5. Alvaro Bautista (Honda)
6. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha)
7. Bradley Smith (Yamaha)
8. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
9. Aleix Espargaro (ART)
10. Yonny Hernandez (GP13)
Briefly...
order goes: Andrea Dovizioso (201),
Dani Pedrosa (208), Randy de Puniet (248) and Valentino Rossi (290).
After weeks of wavering, it now
seems increasingly likely that Honda
has decided to fight fire with fire in
the Moto3 class, and mount an allout technical challenge to the dominant KTMs. On the verge of a virtual
withdrawal, following HRC vice-president Shuhei Nakamoto's many complaints about the high level of KTM
machines in supposedly a low-cost
class, there appears to have been a
change of heart. Corporate pride demands an all-out effort, no matter the
expense. This follows desertion of
Honda by (among others) the Gresini
team, long-standing allies of HRC.
Teammates Alex Rins and Alex Marquez are earmarked to spearhead
the campaign, but there has been
no official confirmation. Meanwhile,
the latest team to ditch the outpaced
Honda is CIP, next year following
Ambrogio Racing to Mahindra.
