MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JUNE 24-25, 2017
TT CIRCUIT ASSEN / ASSEN, THE NETHERLANDS
P84
on Rossi's leathers. "You have
to be aggressive, but you also
have to calculate that if you try to
overtake another one he will not
disappear," said Rossi later.
This was the start of Zarco's
decline, though he stayed close
as Petrucci leaned on Marquez,
finally getting by on lap 16.
It was knife-edge stuff. By now
there had already been spots of
rain at various points. Marquez
(Right) Danilo Petrucci battles
Marquez en route to a second-place
finish. (Right) Andrea Dovizioso (04)
couldn't hold off third-place Marquez
but the Ducati rider is the new
championship leader.
