MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5/MAY 18, 2014
CIRCUIT BUGATTI/LE MANS, FRANCE
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Rossi too had been hoping
at least to put up a bit of a fight.
"Unfortunately I braked a little too
deep and let him past," he said.
"It was my only mistake the whole
race, but at a critical moment."
Laughing, he added: "I hoped he
might wait for me, but he didn't."
For a third time this year, he
had to be content to be best of
the rest.
Nothing could faze Repsol
Honda's youngest-ever World
Champion. Far from being dis-
mayed at having to fight through
from 10th, he relished the rare
chance of plenty of close combat.
"On the first lap I was too
calm," he explained. "I knew
my rhythm was good, but may-
be I had too much confidence,
