VOL. 52 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 10, 2015 P49
Briefly...
ished for bringing loaded weapons
into action during races. There is of
course a rule, which would preclude
gunplay on the grid: "causing danger
to other competitors.")
There will be two new Moto3 bikes for
next year—one a new name, Beon;
the other the oldest in motorcycle
manufacture: Peugeot. The Beon
was launched at Valencia, using a
Honda motor housed in a conven-
tional twin-spar chassis. So far, no
team has taken one. The Peugeot is
actually another Mahindra, but under
the name of the French manufacturer
of scooters and cars. The machines
will be run by Racing Team Germa-
ny, sponsored by SaxoPrint, ridden
by current RTG riders Alexis Masbou
and John McPhee. McPhee claimed
his first pole position on Saturday,
on a dramatic day for the 21-year-old
Scotsman. In the morning he signed
up to stay with RTG to ride the Peu-
geot. In the afternoon he set fastest
qualifying time with a chunk of the
session remaining, then crashed try-
ing to defend his time unnecessar-
ily. McPhee started from pole in the
Australian GP only because Danny
Kent was demoted three places. "It's
great to actually be there because I
was fastest," he said.
The provisional entry list for 2016
was released at Valencia, with no
real surprises. Most of the interest
was in Moto2, where several Moto3
refugees were confirmed. One is
Remy Gardner, son of 500 Champi-
on Wayne Gardner, who will ride one
of the new Suters for AGP Racing.
Rossi's half-brother Luca Marini was
also confirmed for Moto2, riding a
Forward Kalex with the number 10.
laps to go, but "at the place
where I was stronger, turns five
and six, there was a yellow flag."
Shortly after that, Pedrosa
arrived, having found his pace
couldn't greet the fans as usual
because I was crying so much."
Marquez was usually within
half a second, often closer. He
planned to pounce with three
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