VOL. 52 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 10, 2015 P53
Briefly...
same options. In spite of struggling
with an uncompetitive bike, he'd en-
joyed the power. "It's the first time
I've smiled all year," he said. An out-
ing in BSB in the Supersport class
earlier this year came to nothing with
bike problems, but "I'm looking at
BSB for next year—I'd prefer to ride
a Superbike than a Supersport. The
other option is MotoAmerica."
It took four more laps before
a rough pass on second Mon-
ster Yamaha rider Pol Espar-
garo put him sixth, and three
more before he could finally get
past Aleix Espargaro's Ecstar
Suzuki.
There was one more to come
with Andrea Dovizioso on the
Ducati on lap 13. Rossi was
fourth. But he was more than
10 seconds adrift of the lead-
ing trio, an interval that would
stretch, slowly at first, until it
was doubled at the end.
was up to ninth. Now the com-
petition was a bit stiffer, and
progress slowed. He pushed
past Bradley Smith on lap six;
next time around his friend
Danilo Petrucci moved so wide
to let him by that Smith followed
as well.
(Left) Rossi is consoled by Pol
Espargaro on the cool down lap.
The Italian's body language says
it all. (Below) Lorenzo (99) was
untouchable in qualifying and
duly rode a brilliant race to take
the crown.
