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Cycle News 2016 Issue 11 March 22

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the pair both having gotten ahead of Avintia Ducati GP14.2 rider Hector Barbera. Scott Red- ding, on the Octo Pramac Ducati GP15, lost touch by the finish. Aleix Espargaro, on the Ecstar Suzuki, was a long way behind. Then Eugene Laverty's Aspar Ducati GP14.2 won out in a sustained battle with Alvaro Bautista's Gresini Aprilia and Jack Miller's EG-VDS Honda, swapping to and fro and finishing in that order. It was a satisfactory if not overly impressive debut for the new Aprilia RS-GP. Miller's teammate Tito Rabat, the only class rookie, was 15th and last, with points going to all finishers. Four others joined Ian- none on the crash list, with Cal Crutchlow's LCR Honda the most misfortunate after his electronics went awry. "The bike didn't know where it was on the circuit. On the straight I had VOL. 53 ISSUE 11 MARCH 22, 2016 P45 test in mid-February came to an early end after the second of three days of practice. The effort of heaving the Pramac Ducati to and fro re-opened one of three fractures. The Italian was wearing a special prosthetic brace under an enlarged glove and had said earlier it was the changes of direction rather than the hard brak- ing at the end of the long straight causing him the most problems. A statement from the team explained that Petrucci had been stricken with severe pain during FP3, and an x-ray revealed "a dislocated bone seg- ment of the third metacarpal." He was out of this race, with a question mark over his attendance at the next two flyaway rounds in Argentina and the USA. The only other pre-race injury victim was Lorenzo Baldassari who was in line for a possible front-row start when he crashed heavily in Moto2 qualifying. The Forward Kalex was sent rolling and flailing through the gravel, and he was stretchered away after dislocating both shoulders. The Italian was determined to come back and race anyway the next day, his previous time good enough for sev- enth on the grid, but the track medi- cal officer ruled him out. Red Bull Ajo Moto3 riders Brad Binder and Red Bull Rookies Cham- pion Bo Bendsneyder were the first to be punished under the new ad-hoc disciplinary system that has replaced penalty points. The pair were docked three grid positions after traveling be- low the 110-percent speed allowance in three sectors of the track. Dutch Briefly...

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