MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 11-13, 2017
RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA
P80
problems on the 2017 Yamaha.
Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear
Ducati) came through to take
eighth from a strong Loris Baz
(Avintia Ducati). Even more
impressive was Red Bull KTM
test rider Mika Kallio, barely
Rossi had dropped more than a
second away by the finish.
"I was fast at the begin-
ning, but when I lost rear grip I
couldn't fight any more," Rossi
said, blaming elusive setting
Lorenzo managed to defeat
Zarco by half a second, reveal-
ing afterwards that he was all but
out of fuel. Zarco had claimed a
new record on the sixth lap, and
held off Vinales by two tenths.
(Left) Smith
heads Crutchlow,
who finished a
disappointing
15th. (Right)
Lorenzo leads the
top six through
the Turn 6 esses.
He was fast early
but couldn't hold
off Marquez
and Dovi.
(Left) Zarco (5) got the better
of both Vinales (25) and Rossi
on the factory Yamahas.
