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224 and Marquez 184. Twenty-
three points is not enough for
Rossi to be champion by merely
finishing second in each race
behind Lorenzo, but it is a lot
more than the gap was after
warm-up.
Rossi did have a good go at
winning in the wet sector, pass-
have the confidence and here
I didn't have the pace to warm
up the tire well, so I entered the
corner with slicks that were still
cold and lost the rear."
The end result of Lorenzo's
misfortune and Rossi's top five
finish was the Italian leaving
Misano with 247 points, Lorenzo
Briefly...
dry, but right now it is impossible for
me to stay on the podium in the dry."
He still got to seventh at Misano on
Friday, continuing to ride the wave of
confidence he displayed with such
effectiveness at a wet Silverstone.
The Moto2 SAG Racing Team un-
veiled Luis Salom as a new 2016
signing at Misano. The Spanish rider
has a two-year contract and he will
join one of the team's current riders,
Jesko Raffin next year.
Paddock rumors at Misano suggest
that Sam Lowes will be heading to
MotoGP after another year of Moto2,
possibly doing testing for Aprilia in
2016 until he gets a full time ride in
2017.
The MotoGP commission gave the
MotoGP class an instant gain of one
data-logging sensor to their bikes
for the rest of 2015, and there will
be some tightening and loosening
of the restrictions on testing for the
Moto2 and Moto3 classes, effective
next season. They will now be limited
to 10 days of testing, to allow teams
to test at circuits that are most con-
venient for them, and to go testing
when they please, without the top
teams testing on a regular basis and
gaining an unfair advantage.
It was a painful and partially disas-
trous first day on Friday for the Es-
trella Galicia 0,0 Honda Moto 3
team, with both riders injured. Jorge
Navarra fell and collided with another
rider, suffering a suspected shoulder
injury initially, but finally being diag-
nosed with a heavy head knock. His
crash brought out the red flags in the
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