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and Aragon I made two mistakes.
If I made another one here, it
would be too much. I was riding
a little bit more stiff. But I am hu-
man.
Briefly...
production-racer project. Miller is to
race one of the upgraded produc-
tion machines next year – renamed
RC213V-RS, with pneumatic valve
springs but not the seamless gear-
shift – for the LCR team, alongside
Cal Crutchlow, who will have a fac-
tory RC213V machine.
The hard braking at Motegi played
against Nicky Hayden, back for only
his second race after missing four
rounds following radical restructur-
ing surgery, removing the unhealed
scaphoid and two other bones from
his right wrist. "I have more move-
ment than at Aragon," he said, but
also admitted he was suffering more
pain. Nonetheless, he qualified a
creditable 14th, and top production
Honda. "It's better than what we
hoped for this weekend," he said.
"The best thing is I am recovering my
form and feel for the bike."
Colin Edwards is to make a last fi-
nal farewell MotoGP appearance at
the last race of the year at Valencia.
The former double World Superbike
Champion had hinted at the possibil-
ity at what all thought was his final
appearance at Indianapolis, where
he announced his retirement. Alex
de Angelis took over his berth at the
NGM Forward Yamaha squad for the
next race, alongside Aleix Espar-
garo. The team confirmed at Motegi
that they will run three bikes at Va-
lencia.
Typhoon Vonfong hung over the
Motegi weekend like… well, like a
cloud, a very big one. The super-
typhoon was already wreaking havoc
in the Pacific Ocean, and creeping
steadily towards the south of Japan
Valentino Rossi (46) charged into
the lead off the start, heading pole
starter Andrea Dovizioso (04),
Dani Pedrosa (26), Marquez (93),
Andrea Iannone (29) and the rest
of the pack.
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