VOL. 53 ISSUE 25 JUNE 28, 2016 P51
day, the changeable conditions
of the northern flatlands of The
Netherlands did their worst on
race day. Moto3 was dry, Moto2
cut short by rain. MotoGP, last
race of the day, paid the biggest
price.
It started on time in front of
more than 100,000 fans on a wet
track, and saw one unexpected
hero—Colombian satellite Aspar
Ducati rider Yonny Hernandez—
take the lead as the big stars tip-
toed around on a drying circuit.
Sadly, Hernandez would fall.
After remounting and swapping
to his spare bike, he fell again—
by when renewed heavy rain had
become a cloudburst, and the
red flags came out, with the track
awash with standing water.
quez over the line by almost two
seconds with a massive stand-up
wheelie, and gave an emotional
interview directly afterwards in
parc ferme. A lot of people, he
said, had put him down, and
said, "this project wouldn't work.
I just hope I showed them they're
wrong. I can ride a bike. I'm not
an idiot. Thanks to Honda for tak-
ing this risk on me."
Marquez was more than
content with the 20 points that
increased his title lead over a
down-in-the-mouth distant 10th-
placed Lorenzo to 44 points.
"This was a race where you could
lose a lot of points, or make a lot
of points," he said. "Second feels
like a victory."
After poor weather on Satur-
Maverick
Vinales (right)
congratulates
Ducati's Scott
Redding for
his third-place
finish.
(Left) Miller
celebrates the
surprising win
after what was
anything but
your average
MotoGP race.
