OFF ROAD
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12/OCTOBER 10, 2015
TWIN RING MOTEGI/MOTEGI, JAPAN
P66
renzo gained four points worth
of padding, now 283 points to
265. Marquez has 197; while
Iannone (172) is coming within
sight of a resurgent Pedrosa
(154), whose win displaced
Smith (152) from sixth. CN
1. Dani Pedrosa (Hon)
2. Valentino Rossi (Yam)
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yam)
4. Marc Marquez (Hon)
5. Andrea Dovizioso (Duc)
6. Cal Crutchlow (Hon)
7. Bradley Smith (Yam)
8. Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yam)
9. Hector Barbera (Duc)
10. Scott Redding (Hon)
settled into my rhythm. I wasn't
able to do anything special and
the last eight or 10 laps when the
tires went off were really difficult.
The rear was spinning but it was
more the front tire, it was moving
around so much. The lap times
actually held up pretty good, I
was able to pass Hernandez late
on and we picked up a couple of
points."
Mike di Meglio's Avintia Ducati
came through at the end to take
the last point ahead of Aprilia's
Alvaro Bautista. Jack Miller also
crashed, twice–the first time
from an impressive fighting top
10 on lap six; the second time
terminally.
With three races to go, Rossi's
cushion over the threatening Lo-
The second wild card, Team
HRC Honda's Takumi Taka-
hashi, was on his back wheel,
having been passed on the last
lap. Power Electronics Honda's
Nicky Hayden was 13th, having
caught and passed Yonny Her-
nandez on the Pramac Ducati in
the closing stages.
Hayden was disappointed with
his last Japanese GP, having
announced his move to WSBK
with Ten Kate Honda three
days before. "Always in the wet
I hope for a little bit more than
13th. I got a really good start
and moved up a couple of posi-
tions on the first lap but it was
difficult to stay there because
I was losing so much time to a
few guys on the straights. I just
And with three
laps to go, The
Doctor had pulled
a healthy gap
to seal a crucial
second place.
