ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 21, 2016
AUTOMOTODROM BRNO / CZECH REPUBLIC
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same on the Monster Yamaha
and come straight back into the
pits, finding it impossible. Loren-
zo's crew chief Ramon Forcada
tried to stop him swapping, but
to no avail, and Lorenzo also had
to come back in to change back
to wets, any chance of points
long gone.
Marc Marquez (Repsol
Honda) had set a blazing new
record pole, and he belted off
In fact, only Baz made the
same choice, and his ride
through to fourth, far and away
his best result, proved the value
of the gamble.
Lorenzo's race went badly
wrong. Dropping right back,
he had got back up to 10th, but
a badly deteriorating front tire
prompted him to gamble on a
switch to slicks, one lap after
Bradley Smith had done the
He wasn't the only one, so too
did both Movistar Yamaha rid-
ers Valentino Rossi and Jorge
Lorenzo, EG-VDS Honda rookie
Tito Rabat and Avintia Ducati's
Loris Baz.
More crucial was his opinion
that "if you fit the hard rear you
should fit the hard front as well. I
didn't know what the others were
doing, but if they didn't do that…
they were wimps."
The eyes have it:
Crutchlow sliced
through the field
like a knife through
butter on his way to
the front.
