MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 16/OCTOBER 19, 2014
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT/PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
P60
parc ferme that Smith was unable to
speak to the TV interviewer.
There was some luck involved, in
what one rider described as "a sur-
vival race," with a rate of attrition of
almost 40 percent – nine of the 23
starters didn't get to the end. Four
of those had been ahead of Smith,
and one ahead of everybody.
Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez
was going for his 12th win to equal
Mick Doohan's season record, and
had a commanding five-second
lead with 10 of the 27 laps remain-
Marc Marquez (93) looked
to be on the path to his
12
th
victory of the season
at Phillip Island, but he
crashed out of the race
with 10 laps to go.
