MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 13/SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT "MARCO SIMONCELLI"/MISANO, ITALY
P68
ZARCO REIGNS
The middle race of the day was not
an average one, even if Ajo Motorsport
Kalex' Johann Zarco did win again—his
sixth victory of the year, his third in
succession.
He had been in an early lead until
a determined Dominique Aegerter on
the Technomag Racing Interwetten
Kalex had forced himself through, in
what was an almost tactile struggle.
The race winner was asked what he
felt about this battle and he felt it was
something of an aid to concentration.
"It was good to fight with Aegerter,"
said Zarco. "Because he had a soft
tire he tried all the time to take the
lead. We know he is really strong on
the brakes, but to keep the concentra-
tion, I wanted to fight with him."
The fast moving Alex Rins on the
Paginas Amarillas Kalex was up to sec-
ond after four laps but it was all about
to go wrong for both him and Aegerter.
An attempted pass went awry, as
Rins could not slow in time and the
late-braking Aegerter came back to
his line. He took the back wheel of the
Swiss rider, who would persevere after
dusting himself off, go back to the
pits—twice—and finish 24th and last.
Rins was also back on his bike and
out on track, but disobeyed a signal to
drop places and was finally penalized
with a disqualification, and a penalty
point.
Zarco made the most of his
newfound lead to run away to win by
almost three seconds.
Of the crash between his two race
rivals, he said. "Maybe [Alex] Rins tried
to overtake too early and pass Domi-
nic [Aegerter] on the brakes, which is
almost impossible. Finally he crashed
in front of me and I relaxed lap by lap
with the advantage."
The second placed rider proved to
be Tito Rabat on the Estrella Galicia
0,0 Marc VDS Kalex, an unlikely sight
up in second after finishing lap one
eighth.
His run through was impressive,
but he had to get over a poor feeling
in the early laps, on a bike that had
been good enough for him to be third
in qualifying.
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex'
