MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 16/ OCTOBER 22, 2017
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
P58
Phillip Island was
nothing short of a
total disaster for
Andrea Dovizioso.
His title hopes are
nearly gone.
The ever-improving KTMs of Pol Espargaro (44) and Bradley
Smith doubled up for the Austrian marque's first double top 10.
manage my tires, but then Zarco
hit me and I realized it was going
to be a battle. I was in a group of
fighters."
The Repsol Honda rider was
less than two seconds clear over
the line, but it was a massive
victory, for his title rival Andrea
Dovizioso (Ducati Team) had a
dreadful afternoon. Starting from
the fourth row, he ran wide on
lap two, dropping from 11th to
20th, and was left battling two
other riders for an eventual 11th
place—a battle the Ducati Team
leader lost, mugged by indepen-
dent Ducati rider Scott Redding
and second Repsol Honda man
Dani Pedrosa.
