ROAD RACE
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 13, 2016
CIRCUITO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA / VALENCIA, SPAIN
P58
S
o it's over. The last hurrah,
the last fireworks. And
the last race, which went
from walkover to what-if in the
final laps of 2016. There had
been 442 racing laps completed
in an epic season. Had it been
444 laps long, champion Marc
Marquez might just have pulled
off one final coup.
As it was, Valencia belonged
to defeated defender Jorge
Lorenzo. The Movistar Yamaha
rider, his reputation tatty after
several below-par performanc-
es, returned to his trademark
style. He took the lead in the first
corner from a record-breaking
Last Hurrah
JORGE LORENZO THANKS YAMAHA
