MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 10-12, 2017
RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT / VALENCIA, SPAIN
P90
next over the line, but a "lose
one place" penalty for exceeding
track limits promoted Guevara
to sixth. John McPhee (BTT
Honda) came through strongly
for eighth ahead of Aron Canet
(EG Honda), with Asia Talent
Cup winner and wild card Kazuki
Mazaki (Honda) an impressive
debut tenth.
Suzuki, Bendsneyder, Sasaki,
Antonelli and Oettl took the rest
of the points, with Migno out of
them by less than a tenth.
No change in the champion-
ship top five: Mir (341—a record
points score). Fenati (248),
Canet (199), Martin (196) and Di
Giannantonio (153), who sur-
vived a spectacular straight-line
collision in the race, and re-
mounted only to retire. CN
Dennis Foggia took over, wild-
carding for the SKY VR46 team,
and making a convincing podium
bid. The next up front was Ro-
mano Fenati (Rivacold Honda),
going for a record number of
rostrums.
But all the while Mir was cut-
ting through. By half distance
he was 11th, in the thick of the
pursuit. Could he get through to
the front?
He passed Bastianini for
second on lap 20, and as he
galloped away only three rid-
ers could go with him—Platinum
Bay Real Estate KTM's Marcos
Ramirez, taking a first podium
and denying Fenati the record by
seven hundredths, with Bastiani-
ni almost alongside in fifth.
The remarkable Foggia was
Finally, a pole resulted in a win
for Jorge Martin in Moto3.
MotoGP
1. Dani Pedrosa (Hon)
2. Johann Zarco (Yam)
3. Marc Marquez (Hon)
4. Alex Rins (Suz)
5. Valentino Rossi (Yam)
Moto2
1. Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
2. Franco Morbidelli (Kal)
3. Brad Binder (KTM)
4. Pecco Bagnaia (Kal)
5. Alex Marquez (Kal)
Moto3
1. Jorge Martin (Hon)
2. Joan Mir (Hon)
3. Marcos Ramirez (KTM)
4. Romano Fenati (Hon)
5. Enea Bastianini (Hon)
