VOL. 54 ISSUE 38 SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 P55
(Above) Jack Miller rode a lonely race to 13th in his 100th Grand Prix appearance.
(Below) Johann Zarco (5) never featured at the front and had his hands full with late
crasher Cal Crutchlow (35) and Mika Kallio (behind Crutchlow).
224 to Dovi's 208. Vinales closed in
second at 196; then Pedrosa (170)
overtook Rossi (168).
MOTO2
Points leader Franco Morbidelli
crashed at Misano, letting Tom Luthi
(CarXpert Kalex) close to within 12
points. His Marc VDS team boss
Michael Bartholemy sternly advised
him to start thinking of the champion-
ship rather than race wins.
Seldom has such advice been so
blatantly ignored.
Miguel Oliveira had put the Red
Bull KTM on a second pole of the
year, with Morbidelli heading row
two, behind Mattia Pasini (Italtrans
Kalex) and his own teammate Alex
Marquez.
