ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12 / SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT / NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND
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mighty coming together at turn
two. Bikes went looping and the
riders tumbling back across the
truck in front of the tail-enders.
Baz lay worryingly still as Es-
pargaro was stretchered away,
but after trackside treatment the
off to a false start. While Vina-
les had seized the lead on lap
one, with a fast-starting Eugene
Laverty (Aspar Ducati) moving up
to an amazing second, Loris Baz
(Avintia Ducati) and Pol Espar-
garo (Monster Yamaha) had a
weekend. "It was cold, so I was
fast."
After a weekend of unpredict-
able weather had finally settled
to cool, dry and gusty, in front of
a record crowd of some 75,000,
the main race of the day got
Early in the race
one restart and
Laverty (50) is
already barging
his way up the
order.
