will become like Formula One.
But this is MotoGP."
And from Valentino Rossi,
"It was a great, great race—I
enjoyed it very much. All the
riders at the front were very ag-
gressive, so you needed to be
more stupid than them. To be
more aggressive."
Brave words, in the absence
of disaster. And a celebration
of what second-placed Rossi
(almost robbed on the line by
Movistar Yamaha teammate
Maverick Vinales) described as
"the best race of the year."
BY MICHAEL SCOTT
PHOTOGRAPH BY GOLD & GOOSE
L
ove hurts. So can racing,
when it's this close. The
protagonists and their mo-
torcycles will wake up the days
after the Australian MotoGP
covered with the bike racing
version of love bites. The Mo-
toGP race was brutally, even
scarily, close and hard-fought.
Regrets? None. As winner
Marc Marquez said, "It was a
bit dangerous. But it is racing.
If we go down with our limit, it
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Marc Marquez
went for the
jugular at Phillip
Island and now
has one hand and
four fingers on the
2017 MotoGP title.
MARQUEZ
