MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 24 JUNE 17, 2014 P77
"I'm a little bit disappointed,"
he said. "We knew the others
were very strong. The pace was
not so bad because the track
was not very hot, but unfortu-
nately I could not open the gap
I wanted in the first lap. The bike
was working well in braking, but
in the last two corners where we
were very strong last year, we
weren't this year."
LCR Honda's Bradl was a
steadfast fifth, 10 seconds be-
hind; followed by the equally
lonely Aleix Espargaro and his
Forward Racing NGM Yamaha.
His brother Pol eventually pre-
vailed after a race-long battle
with Ducati's Dovizioso, joining
to make it a three-way fight at the
end by Pramac Ducati's Andrea
Iannone. Monster Tech 3 Yama-
ha's Bradley Smith completed the
top 10 after working his way past
and clear of Yonny Hernandez on
the second Pramac Ducati.
A production-Honda battle for
12th was resolved after the flag.
Go & Fun Honda's Scott Red-
ding had held off Nicky Hayden's
Drive M7 Honda by half a second
for most of the race, but after-
wards was penalized by race di-
