FINAL ROUND/NOVEMBER 10, 2013
RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT/VALENCIA, SPAIN
MOTOGP
P46
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
battle, so that Valentino Rossi or
some other ally might push Marquez below fourth. But, as he
observed as he looked over his
shoulder, "the others weren't fast
enough."
Marquez did everything he
had to do - mainly to stay calm,
resist the temptation to attack,
to avoid risks and ignore the red
mist. He finished third. He set
another record.
After being the youngest to set
pole position, the youngest to
win a race, the youngest to win
two, then three and then four in a
row. And the fastest ever to crash
a MotoGP bike, at more than
210 mph in Italy. Now he is the
youngest-ever World Champion.
Twenty years old, and already a
history man.
The grand finale of a fascinating 2013 season was the first
time since 2006 the premierclass title had come to the final
round. It was not only MotoGP.
An even tenser situation prevailed in Moto3, with three potential winners.
In both classes, all of them
were Spanish.
No surprise then, in a country
