ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 14, 2016
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
P50
as Iannone's soft-tire gamble
paid off.
By then, the pair had out-
paced the next-best bikes at a
track with a deceptively simple
layout and a massive emphasis
on braking and acceleration.
The Movistar Yamahas, especial-
ly Jorge Lorenzo's, had looked
threatening for much of the race,
while the Ducati men saved fuel
and tires. By the end, they were
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
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veryone thought in ad-
vance that a Ducati would
win at the Red Bull Ring.
The question was: which one?
Andrea Iannone answered
it with a daring on-the-grid tire
gamble, and a race of careful
tactics quite at odds with his
hotheaded reputation.
The result was his first pre-
mier-class win, and the first for
Ducati for six long years. The
last man to do so, Casey Stoner,
was in the pits to share a mo-
ment that drove the long-denied
Italian team wild with ecstasy.
All except for Andrea Dovizio-
so. He had led his teammate
for a chunk of the 28-lap race,
but was outfoxed at the end and
beaten by almost a full second,
SIX YEARS—SIX
FOR DUCATI IN
PROMISE WITH
AT LONG LAST!
