MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8/JUNE 27, 2015
CIRCUIT VAN DRENTHE/ASSEN, NETHERLANDS
P66
He'd been forced into cut-
ting the corner… unlike his
notorious in-the-dirt move
on Casey Stoner in Laguna
Seca.
Asked who would have won
had they not touched, their
terse replies spoke volumes.
"I remember that I was in
front, so maybe me," Rossi
said.
"I remember I was inside,
so maybe me," Marquez said.
And asked if he had
learned anything from Rossi,
Marquez had just one word,
"Motocross."
For the rest of us, the race
was a fascinating new twist
to reinvigorate the season,
current. Marquez had been
able to justify his move against
Lorenzo, when it worked in his
favor. He clearly had some dif-
ficulty swallowing the opposite
result.
He had planned his tactics
the day before; practiced
coming into the chicane tight
and late, to block-pass and
win. "But it didn't go as I ex-
pected," Marquez explained.
"I was completely in front
and already in the corner
when he touched me," Rossi
said. "That put me into the
gravel. I didn't know how
deep it was. My first reaction
was to open the throttle, to try
not to crash."
