MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
MOTOGP
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
M
anners maketh the man.
Tires maketh the racer.
Nowhere was this more
true than at Australia's fast, bliss-
ful and difficult Phillip Island. Take
last year for example: The race
had to be not only shortened, but
cut in two, with a mandatory stop
to switch to fresh tires when the
Bridgestones couldn't cope with
the heat and the abrasive new
surface.
This year rather differently, but
as a direct consequence to last
year - exclusive new hard-con-
struction tires designed to go the
distance.)
There were winners and los-
ers. Foremost among the former,
in his 250th premier-class start,
an ecstatic Valentino Rossi on
ROUND 16/OCTOBER 19, 2014
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT/PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
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Valentino Rossi
(46) and Jorge
Lorenzo (99)
battled for second
place in the
Australian Grand
Prix, but that
battle eventually
turned into one for
victory.
Rossi
ROSSI LEADS ALL-YAMAHA PODIUM
OF ATTRITION AT PHILLIP ISLAND.
TAKES THE ISLAND
