VOL. 52 ISSUE 43 OCTOBER 27, 2015 P53
Briefly...
Motegi injury victim Alex de Ange-
lis's continuing recovery from critical
head, chest and spinal injuries took
another step during the Malaysian
GP, with the San Marino rider finally
leaving Japan to fly home on Sun-
day. De Angelis faces at least three
months recuperation but is expected
to make a complete recovery. His
E-motion Ioda team has promised
his seat will be available to him next
season.
Serial qualifying offender and Open
category Champion elect Hector
Barbera was in trouble again in Ma-
laysia after a headlong crash that
brought down fellow-Spaniard Pol
Espargaro. Barbera was pinned for
irresponsible riding, given four pen-
alty points to bring his total to four,
with the inevitable back-of-the grid
start as a result.
The coveted job of official MotoGP
test rider for KTM has been linked in
the past to Nicky Hayden and Karel
Abraham—but now the cat is out of
the bag from the Austrian manufac-
turer. Finn Mika Kallio will renew
his links to take up the role. Kallio
rode for KTM in 125, finishing sec-
ond overall in 2005 and 2006, and
in 250, placed third in 2008. He was
also runner up in Moto2 last year.
Turning 33 in November, Kallio will
head testing of KTM's 2017 MotoGP
entry.
Indonesia is set to rejoin the Mo-
toGP calendar in 2017, with events
set in motion in Malaysia with a high-
level meeting between Dorna CEO
Carmelo Ezpeleta, the head of the
Sentul circuit, and the Indonesian
A few hard on-track stares
apart, nothing more had hap-
pened, until the MotoGP race
started on time and in proper
dry, hot weather.
Now people, puzzled by
Rossi's earlier assertions, could
a surprise personal attack on
Marquez at the pre-race press
conference, accusing him of
underhand tactics intended to
help Jorge Lorenzo, not just at
the previous round but for much
of the year.
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Dani Pedrosa (26)
was the forgotten
star of the weekend,
smashing the lap
record in qualifying
and walking away
with the race.
