MOTOGP
2017 FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 13 / SEPTEMBER 8-10, 2017
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI / RIVIERA DI RIMINI, ITALY
P74
(Monster Yamaha), then the Red
Bull KTMs—Smith holding Es-
pargaro at bay by less than three
seconds; then also Alvaro Bautista
(Pull&Bear Ducati), Crutchlow and
Pedrosa. An exhausted Zarco got
one point for 15th but, as he said,
"it's better than nothing."
Baz and Karel Abraham
(Pull&Bear Ducati) both remounted
for the next two places; Andrea Ian-
none retired the Suzuki complain-
ing of arm pump; while Tito Rabat
(Marc VDS Honda), Sam Lowes
(Aprilia) and Hector Barbera (Avintia
Ducati) joined the crash list.
Marquez and Dovi left Italy with
199 points apiece; Vinales sits third
at 183. Then the absent Rossi (157)
and Pedrosa (150).
(Above) You had to feel for Danilo Petrucci. The Italian led his home
GP until the very last lap when Marquez snatched the lead away and
decimated the field with the fastest lap of the race. (Below) Marquez
(center) is ecstatic. Petrucci clearly disappointed while Dovi (right) tries
to find the good in having his title lead chopped to zero.
