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well prepared because we've seen
many riders to enter this class but
struggling to adapt to it quickly."
"After Silverstone the championship
is not finished, but it is really, really
difficult." Such was the candid com-
ment of seemingly outgoing cham-
pion Marc Marquez even before
the first shots were fired at Misano.
"In dry conditions we were really,
really fast and our bike prefers it to
be dry." It was put to Valentino Rossi
at Misano that Marquez would now
be some kind of referee in the final
game of who becomes champion.
Rossi felt he is still much more than
that. "I think that Marc is not a refer-
ee, I think he is a rider who wants to
7.288 seconds in the end. And
not a fellow title challenger within
backwards glances.
He was ebullient in getting
back some of the ground he lost
after his Silverstone crash. And
by winning, which is always the
key.
"It is difficult to explain every-
thing that happened during the
race but I think the key was the
second tire change—from wets
to slicks," said Marquez, who
then gave credit where it was
due. "That was where we made
a difference and—believe it or
not—it was not me who decided
Jorge Lorenzo (99) looked to put
on another disappearing trick until
Mother Nature forced everyone into
the pits to get their rain bikes.
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