MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3/APRIL 19, 2015
TERMAS DE RIO HONDO CIRCUIT/ TERMAS DE RIO HONDO, ARGENTINA
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the way down the points and
beyond.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3's
Bradley Smith had another good
run to a solid sixth; Espargaro
managed to hang on to seventh
on the Suzuki, clear of a desulto-
ry threat from Smith's teammate
Pol Espargaro in a bad weekend
for the younger brother.
Estrella-VDS Honda's Scott
Redding was ninth after a difficult
race: he'd been sprayed with oil
in the early stages when he was
behind Pramac Ducati's Yonny
Hernandez, when the Colum-
bian's Ducati suddenly expired in
sheets of flame on lap seven.
Second Suzuki rider Maver-
ick Vinales closed right up on
Redding at the finish, after get-
ting clear of the next big battle,
which by the end had 12th to
19th covered by just over 2.2
seconds.
Petrucci was ahead of them in
11th, after clashing with Pedrosa
replacement Hiro Aoyama on the
Repsol Honda in the last corner,
and knocking him off—earning a
penalty point in the process.
Ever-stronger jumped-up
rookie Jack Miller on the CWM
Cal Crutchlow (35)
lost position to the
factory Ducatis—Andrea
Dovizioso (04) and
Andrea Iannone (29)—
but was able to edge
out Iannone in the final
moments to take his first
podium of the season.
