MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / MAY 5-7, 2017
CIRCUITO DE JEREZ / CADIZ, SPAIN
P80
Alvaro Bautista (Aspar Ducati) fell
together from the brawl at the
back of the top 10. Miller contin-
ued the brawl, running over to
give the Spaniard a push back
into the gravel, earning an $1100
fine for his trouble.
prise," Marquez said.
Crutchlow was in fourth, but
he was one of several to fall
victim to tricky grip levels in the
heat, sliding off on lap six.
Earlier on the same lap, Jack
Miller (EG-VDS Honda) and
Yamaha), Crutchlow and fast-
starting Andrea Iannone (Ecstar
Suzuki).
Now he had Marquez in his
sights, and on lap four he seized
second from the world cham-
pion. Marquez took it straight
back, but any thoughts of an ear-
ly pursuit of Pedrosa had been
badly interrupted.
From there he pushed and
probed, but though he did cut
the gap to less than a second
several times, Pedrosa would
take it back again. Finally, after a
near crash in the closing stages,
he settled for second.
"I am happy with that. Jerez
has never been a good track for
me, so second is a good sur-
Jorge Lorenzo
just realized
he hasn't
paid his car
insurance
and his credit
rating is going
to drop out of
the 700s.
Valentino Rossi had a
nightmare race and was
lucky to leave with the
championship lead.
