VOL. 52 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 20, 2015 P73
Briefly...
least he had been told of the penalty
before qualifying, adding impetus
to his drive to be fastest. It was a
problem for him, he said, because
"everybody tries to follow me" and is
obliged to slow down to try to get a
clear track."
short GP career at the
track where his father,
Wayne, won the first
two 500 GPs. Only
just over a second off
this group for 10th, his
first points of the year,
he had snitched the
position on the last lap from Maria
Herrera.
Oliveira's fourth win of the year
and a no-score for Kent changed the
championship status. While Bastianini
(188) has no chance; Oliveira (204)
is within mathematical reach of Kent
(244). But don't hold your breath.
Oliveira made the most
of the carnage around
to take the Australian
Moto3 win.
(Opposite page) Rossi's fourth
place was only his second time off
the podium all year and couldn't
have come at a worse time.
(Left) Pol Espargaro (44) stole
eighth from his brother Aleix (41).
By the time the front four
started to put a gap on
Crutchlow, after one-third
distance, Lorenzo's earlier
runaway–at one point almost
1.5 seconds–was coming into
jeopardy. Marquez was slicing
a few tenths every lap, and the
other two were coming with
him, at least for a while. But
by lap 17, when Marquez was
ready to pounce, Iannone was
back in front of Rossi and 1.3
seconds adrift.
Marquez led laps 18 to
20, but he couldn't get away
and his front tire was feeling
queasy. "I thought, time to
cool down." Lorenzo took over
again, and by now all four were
together again, for that classic
finale.
Behind them, it took Pedrosa
until lap 16 to get ahead of
Crutchlow, who complained
afterwards of constant wheel-
spin. By now he was more
than two seconds adrift, and
