MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5/MAY 17, 2015
CIRCUIT BUGATTI/LE MANS, FRANCE
P80
his qualifying run. But he took
the lead on lap one, and was
never headed.
Fortune smiled also on Movi-
star Yamaha teammate Valentino
Rossi: a post-warm-up gamble
on settings to improve braking
and tire life paid off. "My bike
was fantastic. I could overtake,
and ride as I liked," he said. In
this way he could beat the fac-
tory Ducatis of Andrea Dovizioso
and heroic injury victim "Maniac
Joe" Iannone, if not by much.
But try as he might, and a new
lap record notwithstanding, he
couldn't make any impression
on the pluperfect human metro-
nome up front.
And Repsol Honda's Marquez
took a slap in the face. In fact he
The opposite of last
year's dominance,
Marc Marquez only
has one win to his
name so far this
season.
