MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 13/SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT "MARCO SIMONCELLI"/MISANO, ITALY
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Ducati's Michele Pirro was
pushed off the line at the begin-
ning, but he got going again,
only to retire later.
Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa
had a difficult time seeing his pit
board and thus pushed himself
out of contention by missing his
signals to come in at the right
time, dropping places and finish-
ing ninth.
Team Suzuki Ecstar's Aleix
Espargaro completed the top
10 in a race where 21 of the 26
finished.
American Nicky Hayden failed
to score but felt he had made
best use of the wet weather
pace in the race.
11-points. This is good for the
championship, but it's a shame
to miss out on the podium,
because I wanted to arrive in
the top three in front of all the
spectators."
The rain was an unpleasant
surprise, in every way, for over
93,000 fans.
After two days of glorious
sunshine, it had started to spit
with rain just as the Moto2 rid-
ers were heading back to the
garages after their race, so at
the start of the Moto GP prepa-
rations some riders scrubbed in
a set of wets on their second out
lap and then went back to dry
tires and setup.
ing Marquez after he made a
mistake and then pulling a move
on Lorenzo entering the first
chicane, toughing it out at full
risk and driving his fans delirious
by taking the lead.
Soon after, others were in for
dry bikes, and Rossi left it too
long. But he succeeded in his
main mission.
"It's true that the champion-
ship is a lot more important
than winning this race, it's the
main target," said Rossi, who
got on the podium anyway, to
acknowledge the fans after the
usual track invasion. "Unfortu-
nately Jorge [Lorenzo] crashed
and I was able to gain another
When it went bad it
went well for Scott
Redding who got back
on his EG 0,0 Marc
VDS Honda and pitted
early to help take
his first podium in
MotoGP.
