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and preserving his title lead over
Lorenzo, by a shrinking margin
of nine points. "For a lot of laps,
I thought I would lose more
points," Rossi said. "I could
but had enough left for a block
pass into the tight second
corner. He crossed the line in
third, maintaining his perfect all-
rostrum record for the season,
Briefly...
any ride at all. "I was 10 months
without riding a bike. Then Moriwaki
called me for the 8-Hours, and now
I am very happy to have this chance
in a Grand Prix again." Elias was the
latest substitute on the injured Karel
Abraham's Open Honda, and about
to embark on his 100th premier-class
Grand Prix start, in a career that
brought that Moto2 title, and 17 wins,
including one in MotoGP. Abraham
suffered foot injuries in practice for
round seven in Catalunya, but hopes
to back for his home Grand Prix.
Ugly rumors surrounded a surprise
rider change in Moto3, where the La-
glisse Husqvarna team had dumped
Isaac Vinales—cousin of Maverick—
and replaced him with a rookie, Lo-
renzo Dalla Porta. The team hinted
that poor results were the reason,
although Vinales lies eighth overall,
with one podium and five other top
10 results; beneath the surface there
were sponsorship woes, and allega-
tions from both sides of considerable
amounts of money owed. Doubtless
to Laglisse's dismay, Vinales turned
up at Indianapolis, as a substitute
rider for Ana Carrasco on the RBA
KTM. Carrasco broke her arm in a
crash with fellow girl rider Maria Her-
rera (Vinales's former teammate) at
the Sachsenring.
Also dumped, Ricky Cardus, from
the Tech 3 Moto2 team, not having
scored a point this year. His place in
the three-rider squad goes to Span-
ish rookie Xavier Verge
Forward Racing was absent at Indy,
but a pre-race announcement from
the troubled team confirmed that
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