ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 12 / SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT / NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND
P62
Moto3:
PICK A RIDER, ANY RIDER!
The longest track gave no
chance to escape in a hectic
Moto3 race, with the lead pack
at one point 15 strong, and the
remaining 11 across the line in
1.6 seconds. Keeping a cool
head counted for everything, as
Brad Binder took his fourth win
to further extend his massive
points lead.
The Red Bull KTM rider was
helped also by fresh misfortune
for his "closest" rival Jorge Na-
varro. The EG-Honda rider had
moved steadily through from 18th
on the grid to join the battle with
the leaders, only to be knocked
flying by a headstrong wild card
with two laps to go. Zero points.
That wild card was Stefano
Manzi (Mahindra), himself
through from 34th on the grid, in
perhaps the ride of the race. He
finished an amazing fourth.
Binder and first-time pole
qualifier Pecco Bagnaia (As-
par Mahindra) did most of the
leading, with Navarro taking a
couple of goes, and also Gresini
Honda's Enea Bastianini.
But it was a titanic struggle,
