He came, saw and won!

Since FP 1, it became clear it wasn’t a Marquez circuit. Because of the weather conditions he didn’t got the chance to really explore the track. It was Valentino Rossi who had the best training results. And no 11^th pole position for Marquez. It was Lorenzo who drove the best lap. 2^nd Iannone, 3^rd Rossi. The two Honda riders took their place in second row, together with Dovizioso.

Then, Sunday afternoon, 21 riders were waiting behind the white lines… waiting for the red light to go out!

With tight nerves they turned open the gas and it was Lorenzo who took the whole shot again! Closely followed by Rossi, the Spaniard was the first who drove into 28 laps of danger, excitement and honour. 2^nd row or not, Marquez already over took three riders and he started hunting the two Yamaha’s. From the moment Marc saw a chance to take over Rossi, he took it with both his hands but Rossi was prepared and pushed the Yamaha to the front, with the Honda on his heels AND AGAIN, Marquez passed Rossi, but the Italian and his clearly improved bike are a too good team, here in San Marino, the circuit of Marco Simoncelli and home race for Rossi! Lorenzo, who wasn’t fully aware of the fight behind him, was, by Rossi, chased into second place. Marquez must have thought of a new victim and took his chance and (after a small conflict with a reluctant Lorenzo) with success!

But we shouldn’t forget the group riders behind them. After like five laps of searching a gangway, Pedrosa finally discovered one and passed with a little aggression Dovizioso and Iannone.

But to go back to the front of the race. Marquez committed another attempt and putted his bike all on his side and crashed. Not very badly but the problem was to get the Honda back in the race, because he refused to start. He eventually came back on track as 20^th and last rider and drove like a mad after the still attainable points.

Between Rossi and Lorenzo, there was an almost three seconds gap and Pedrosa had to deal, during the whole race, only with the problem called Dovizioso. It looked like The Doctor already smelled his victory after 15 laps. Take a look in the Yamaha box and you can see the excitement and joy on their faces.  There was still a battle going on between Pedrosa and Dovizioso. Dovi was sticked to Dani.

And finally, after 12 races of a victory desire, Valentino Rossi, The Doctor of MotoGP AND Italy, won the race at the Misano World circuit of Marco Simoncelli! Lorenzo finished 2^nd, Pedrosa 3^rd.  Marquez ended up 15^th and managed to win 1 point.

I can still hear the screaming crowd: Vale Vale Vale!

What a weekend!