MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 15 / OCTOBER 13-15, 2017
TWIN RING MOTEGI / MOTEGI, JAPAN
P76
Marquez passed him at the
crucial Turn 11, at the bottom
of the back-straight hill. Dovi
directly followed him past into
Turn One.
"I'd decided to take a risk
with the extra-soft tire, and in
the beginning I got a lot," Pe-
trucci said. But now the grip
was fading fast, especially in a
straight line, with major wheel-
spin denting acceleration and
top speed. He would gradually
fall away to finish 10 seconds
down.
Marquez, in the lead, was
riding in usual cavalier style.
But he wasn't getting away.
Then on lap 18, Dovi set the
fastest lap, and on the next
made his move and tried to
Jorge Lorenzo (99)
led into turn one, but
dropped to sixth at
the finish.
escape. But firstly, "my tire had
dropped by then, and I had to
take different lines and try to
manage," he said. Secondly, be-
cause his rival was Marquez. On
the limit, obviously, but not about
to give up.
With two laps to go, he at-
tacked again, getting ahead at
Turn Three, the first left-hander.
Zarco (5) could not hold
off the charging Iannone,
who had his best result for
Suzuki to date with fourth.
