MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12/AUGUST 31, 2014
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT/NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND
P44
cation after the Brno hiccup.
"I expected a different race,"
he said (having qualified with an
advantage of .4 of a second).
"But Jorge was so much stron-
ger than I thought: I think both
Yamaha riders did a big step be-
cause the temperature was much
higher than practice."
For Lorenzo, second was a
good result too. Or at least "bet-
ter than I expected." He and
teammate Valentino Rossi had
come back from a bad start to
the weekend on Friday, failing
even to get into the top 10.
Rossi was third, his first Sil-
verstone rostrum, and achieved
The moment of truth:
Marquez (93) puts his
Honda where there's
barely room for one to pass
Lorenzo (99) late in the
race. Lorenzo was forced
to lift, allowing Marquez to
take the lead.
