MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 14/SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
MOTORLAND ARAGON/ALCANIZ, SPAIN
P74
from the spitting or if he had en-
gine trouble," said Lorenzo; but
soon realized that at least the
latter wasn't true when Marquez
passed him once again.
On lap 17 Pedrosa took the
lead, but by now the lap times
were stretching, from the 1:49s of
the dry to now almost 10 seconds
slower. The trend would continue
– three seconds slower the next
lap, another five seconds next
time round. But as long as they
all stayed out, none could afford
to lose the 25 seconds a bike-
change pit stop would cost.
The crashes, on lap 20 for Pe-
drosa and 21 for Marquez, would
provide the answer to that.
Behind this battle Marlboro
Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso was
a strong fourth, only three sec-
onds behind the slowing Lorenzo
when he too was caught out by
the damp, with a highside that
left his bike too badly damaged
to continue. "I was going to pit
Aleix Espargaro
(41) barely beat
Cal Crutchlow (35)
to the line in their
battle for second
place behind
Lorenzo.
