MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10/AUGUST 9, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
P66
ROOKIE REWARDED
The middle-class race was every-
thing that it usually should be but sel-
dom is: a big group fighting tooth-and-
nail for the lead all the way to the end.
Class rookie Alex Rins on the
Paginas Amarillas Kalex had qualified
on pole for the second time this year,
from defender Tito Rabat on the E-G
Marc VDS Kalex and last year's Indy
winner Mika Kallio on the Italtrans
Kalex, in a rare return to form.
Conditions were iffy, with the track
still not completely dry, and bravery
won out in the early laps as Malaysian
Hafizh Syahrin on the Petronas Kalex
pushed through from the fifth row
of the grid to lead the first lap, with
Speed Up's Sam Lowes on his tail and
sometimes ahead.
After five laps both were still with
the leading group and Syahrin in front
again, joined by points leader Johann
Zarco on the Ajo Kalex, Technomag
Kalex' Dominique Aegerter, Rins,
briefly Azlan Shah on the Idemitsu
Kalex, Rabat and Italtrans Kalex' Fran-
co Morbidelli, the rest close behind.
Meanwhile early leader Julian Simon
on the QMMF Speed Up machine
had already fallen, remounting only to
crash again.
Next time 'round, Zarco was in front,
then on lap 10 Aegerter took over for
the first of two good spells up front.
By half distance, it was Aegerter
from Zarco and Rins, with Rabat close
behind from Syahrin, Morbidelli and
Lowes, with Thomas Luthi on the
Derendinger Kalex closing. It was still
anybody's race, although Kallio was
also absent, crashing after a touch
with Lowes.
Rins led for the first time on lap 15;
two laps later it was Aegerter again,
scrapping with Lowes, while Rabat
was ahead of Rins. Lowes was just off
the back of the group, but slipped off
while trying to close up while fending
