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Marlboro rider Andrea Dovizioso,
but also Pol Espargaro's Monster
Yamaha. It would take him until
the eighth of 28 laps of the tortu-
ous 2.62-mile circuit to get free,
by when any chances of joining
the front battle were long gone.
The front three laid on a hell of
a show, with Rossi clearly and ut-
terly determined.
"From yesterday we confirmed
that our bike is very strong here,
with a small advantage over the
Hondas," Rossi said. "And when
you see Marquez in a bit of dif-
ficulty it is extra motivation."
On laps two and three it was
Marquez versus Rossi; then on
lap four Rossi versus Lorenzo -
they changed places five times,
but by the end of it both Rossi
and Marquez were ahead, and
Lorenzo's fight was over.
"From the start I saw the hard
front was no good in braking,
Briefly...
"Uccio" Salucci. "It is a shame," said
Rossi. "But we did not agree with Vit-
toriano about the technical direction
for the future. We have had good re-
lations for a long time, and I have a
good relation with him still." Former
World Superbike racer Guareschi
left a senior post at Ducati to join
Rossi's new-this-year team, fielding
Romano Fenati and Francesco Ba-
gnaia.
Two weeks after Randy Mamola's
son Dakota made his GP debut at
Silverstone as a substitute Moto2
rider, another famous name was re-
vived by the next generation when
1987 World Champion Wayne Gard-
ner's son Remy made his Moto3
debut. The Spanish CEV racer rode
for the Kiefer team in place of the in-
jured Luca Gruenwald. The 16-year-
old Sydney-sider qualified 33rd, and
raced to 27th – respectable enough.
There were mixed feelings about
next year's British Grand Prix move
from Silverstone to Donington Park,
announced in the week after the
race at the latter circuit. Donington
hosted the race from 1987 to 2009,
There was a bit of a battle for seventh, with rookie Fran-
co Morbidelli taking the position back from teammate Julian
Simon on the last lap; with Axel Pons a few tenths behind,
and Takaaki Nakagami another second adrift at the end.
Jonas Folger had been ahead of this group, but had
failed to lose one position as required after "exceeding the
track limits," and was called in for a ride-through penalty,
finally finishing 19th.
In the title chase, Rabat has 258 points, Kallio 236, Vi-
nales 179; then Aegerter's 133 with Luthi and his 103 points,
passing overtaking Corsi for fifth.
Tito Rabat chased down his teammate Mika
Kallio to win the Moto2 Grand Prix.
Things were tight in the first set of
corners with Andrea Iannone (29)
leading Marquez (93), Dani Pedrosa
(hidden), Andrea Dovizioso (04) and
Pol Espargaro (44).
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