MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12/SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
MOTORLAND ARAGON/ALCANIZ, SPAIN
P98
In this way, Rossi still led on
points, but he had lost nine to
Lorenzo where it might other-
wise have been just five. The dif-
ference between the teammates
now is 14 points, with four races
left and still 100 up for grabs.
Defending champion Marc
Marquez had been only a distant
The last round before three-in-
a-row far-away flyaways set the
scene for a bitter final battle for
the title, while tipping the bal-
ance a little further in favor of the
Spaniard.
Teammate Valentino Rossi
rode as hard and as aggressively
as ever we've seen him, but for
once it was not enough. Repsol
Honda's Dani Pedrosa ran prob-
ably the finest race of his life,
promptly repulsing every attack
(and there were at least six of
them in the closing laps) to take
second by a whisker.
It was a typical
Lorenzo (99)
disappearing
act at his home
Grand Prix.
