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strong from the start, and was
at the front of it. Then came
Andrea Locatelli (Leopard KTM),
Aron Canet (EG Honda), Philipp
Oettl (Schedl KTM) and Hiroko
Ono (Honda Team Asia). Oettl
had caught the pack and come
through impressively. Fabio Di
Giannantonio (Gresini Honda)
had slipped off the back of it
for 10th, with Niccolo Antonelli
(Ongetta Honda) 11th.
Erstwhile title challenger
Jorge Navarro's nightmare con-
tinued, with another crash from
the leading group for the EG
Honda rider. Mahindra's hun-
dredth GP was equally fruitless,
with Jorge Martin out of the race
after a qualifying crash, Pecco
Bagnaia off form and out of the
points, and Silverstone hero wild
card Stefano Manzi (his bike in
Indian flag colors) down in 16th,
out of the points.
Binder now has 229 points.
Bastianini takes over second
on 123. Should Binder retain a
101-point advantage after the
next round at Aragon, he will be
unbeatable. Navarro has 118,
Bulega 113 and Bagnaia 110. CN
MotoGP
1. Dani Pedrosa (Hon)
2. Valentino Rossi (Yam)
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yam)
4. Marc Marquez (Hon)
5. Maverick Vinales (Suz)
Moto2
1. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kal)
2. Alex Rins (Kal)
3. Takaaki Nakagami (Kal)
4. Johann Zarco (Kal)
5. Franco Morbidelli (Kal)
Moto3
1. Brad Binder (KTM)
2. Enea Bastianini (Hon)
3. Joan Mir (KTM)
4. Nicolo Bulega (KTM)
5. Jakub Kornfeil (Hon)
Public hostility between Valentino
Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo resumed
after the race at Misano, when the
pair had a spat at the post-race con-
ference. Rossi took exception to the
Spaniard's reply, when asked if Ros-
si's lap-two overtake move had been
too aggressive, at a track where pass-
ing is notoriously difficult. It went like
this. Lorenzo, to the assembly: "We
can have different opinions. My opin-
ion is that the overtake was maybe
too aggressive … he didn't need to
make this overtake, but it is his style.
Other riders overtake more clean."
Rossi: Shakes his head. Lorenzo, to
Rossi: "It's true." Rossi: "Is not true.
Try to look another time on the TV."
Lorenzo: "If I don't put straight [lift]
the bike, then I crash. Maybe you
don't crash, but I crash for sure."
Rossi: "I don't know what I have to
say to him [Dani Pedrosa, who pulled
a similar move to take the lead]. What
must I say to Marc at Silverstone? He
overtake me 10 times like this. You
say like this. Is not true. You overtake
always aggressive. Why you say me?"
Lorenzo: "When?" Rossi: "At this mo-
ment I don't remember—but if you
check the tape, 100 times." Lorenzo:
"Don't laugh. It's my opinion. Race
direction will have another opinion."
Rossi: "I don't agree." Lorenzo (to the
assembly): "He didn't need to be so
aggressive, but he will have another
opinion." This writer's opinion, after
"looking another time on the TV?" Lo-
renzo left the door open, and should
have seen him coming, and not have
been taken by surprise.
Control electronics could also take
credit for the variety in this year's
championship. Silverstone winner
Maverick Vinales explaining: "For us
Briefly...
Brad Binder pounded on
the last lap and nabbed the
Moto3 victory.
