MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / APRIL 24, 2016
JEREZ CIRCUIT / JEREZ, SPAIN
P74
a jibe in response to deadly en-
emy Lorenzo, who had already
spoken of "using only 80 per-
cent throttle in every gear".
Quite suddenly, he said, "it
was spinning so much in the
center of the tire." This was
what had thwarted his midrace
attempt to catch Rossi. On lap
19 he cut the lead to less than
two seconds, "but I had to slow
down. It was a pity. I felt I could
have won this race by quite a big
margin."
As is becoming usual, the
post-race podium atmosphere
was tense, lightened slightly
by Marquez, who had regained
