MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / JUNE 2-4, 2017
MUGELLO CIRCUIT / TUSCANY, ITALY
P92
GP16) came past him on lap
11, he stayed close behind but
didn't attack, crossing the line
less than one-tenth adrift.
Johann Zarco (Monster Tech3
Yamaha) was seventh, saying
that picking his way through from
11th on the grid had spoiled his
chances. Andrea Iannone's Ec-
star Suzuki had been particularly
hard to get by, with stronger ac-
celeration and very late braking.
By the end, Lorenzo had got
back to the front of the three-way
battle for eighth, with wildcard
Michele Pirro (Ducati) following
him past Iannone.
The fight for 11th ended badly.
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) had
started aggressively, up to third
on lap two, but the compounds
of the new Michelin front brought
for this race didn't suit him or any
of the Honda riders, and soon
he was struggling with front tire
(he, along with Dovi, Crutchlow,
Lorenzo and a couple of others
had chosen the "medium" spec,
which was the only asymmet-
ric—two different compounds in
one tire—with Marc saying that
the right-hand compound was
harder than the single com-
pound hard tire).
Marquez opted for a safe
finish rather than risking a third
crash of the year, and when
Alvaro Bautista (Aspar Ducati
Johann
Zarco's Italian
performance
didn't mimic
those of his home
race two weeks
ago, but he still
managed to
finish seventh.
taken the position from a fading
Dani Pedrosa, who complained
of major grip problems on the
factory Honda. Dani made a
last-lap lunge to get it back
into the right-hander under the
Ducati stands, and lost the front,
taking Crutchlow down with him.
"Suddenly I found myself
surfing on top of two bikes," the
disgruntled Englishman said,
having upbraided Pedrosa in the
gravel trap.
Thus Tito Rabat (EG-VDS
Honda) inherited the position,
glowing because after qualifying
a career-best 10th, his 22-sec-
ond distance from the winner
was another personal best.
Scott Redding (Pramac
Ducati) had dropped away by
three seconds at the end. Jonas
Folger (Monster Tech3 Yamaha)
