Cal Crutchlow became Great Britain’s
first premier class winner since Barry Sheene 35 years ago as the LCR Honda
rider clinched his maiden MotoGP triumph at Brno in the Czech Republic. On a
wet track, Crutchlow 15th in the early stages, gambled with hard
tyres front and rear and it proved a masterstroke as the 30 year old began to
scythe his way through the field.
Rossi, back in 12th
place until he was able to take advantage of his hard rear, finished 7.2
seconds behind Crutchlow at the end as the nine-time world champion moved ahead
of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in the championship standings. Lorenzo, who was back
on the rostrum in the previous round in Austria, was one of the few riders who
came into pit lane to change bikes.
Title leader Marc Marquez finished
on the rostrum in third on the
Repsol Honda with another resilient performance to keep any damage to his
championship advantage to minimum, with Rossi only closing the deficit by four
points. Behind the top three, French rider Loris Baz also stormed through at
the end to nick fourth place on the Avintia Ducati ahead of team-mate Hector
Barbera.
Northern Ireland’s Eugene Laverty rode an
excellent race to finish sixth on the Aspar Ducati ahead of Danilo Petrucci
while Austrian GP winner Andrea Iannone somehow limped over the line in eighth.
Marc Marquez is still at first place with 197 points, followed by Valentino
Rossi with 144 points, followed by Jorge Lorenzo with 138 points.
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