MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3/APRIL 19, 2015
TERMAS DE RIO HONDO CIRCUIT/ TERMAS DE RIO HONDO, ARGENTINA
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right. The bikes touched.
"I thought: 'F***, you are ag-
gressive'," Rossi said. "Then I
accelerated out, and sincerely I
don't know what happened next."
He was enjoying the fight, and
looking forward to more. But he,
and the spectators, were to be
denied.
Marquez was trying again for
an outside barge on the fol-
lowing left-hander. But Rossi
had the line, and as he moved
across the Honda's front wheel
clipped the Yamaha's rear. And
Marquez was down. And for
only the third time in MotoGP
he would fail to finish a MotoGP
It came down to
tire choice and
Rossi's shear
determination—the
Italian was right
on Marquez' rear
wheel with a few
laps to go.