VOL. 51 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 12, 2014 P51
He might have had to fight
harder. For the first 11 laps he'd
been tailing a lively battle be-
tween NGM Forward Yamaha's
Aleix Espargaro and LCR Hon-
da's Stefan Bradl. Increasingly
frustrated by the Spaniard's
braking and corner speed on
the slower Yamaha, Bradl had
launched at attack that ended in-
stead in a collision. He crashed;
Espargaro's bike had everything
behind the seat smashed, and he
was out.
Some way back, a most enter-
taining British battle for eighth,
between Cal Crutchlow on the
factory Marlboro Ducati and Scott
Redding's Open-class Go&Fun
RCV1000R Honda. Crutchlow
was getting on no better with the
Desmosedici than before; Red-
ding was on blazing form, "taking
more risks" as he realized he was
riding to prove himself worthy of a
factory Honda next year.
He got ahead time and again
through the turns, but Crutchlow
had the speed to pass him every
time again down the straight, in-
cluding the final time.
Two more production Hondas
were next: Drive M7 Aspar's Hi-
Colin Edwards
ended up 13
th
in the final U.S.
Grand Prix of
his career.
Ten in a row?
Why not?
Marquez
celebrates the
continuation
of his perfect
season.
