Rossi rules over the UK

Yesterday, MotoGP continued its championship in the British Silverstone.

A huge fight is playing between the two Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, however there is also Marc Marquez, who could form a threat…

Anyway, Marquez claimed the pole position, Lorenzo managed to take 2^nd, Pedrosa 3^rd and Rossi 4^th.

The riders were ready to open the gas until… it began to rain. Result: Wet race. 

There was a bit of a chaos and the race was delayed. Eventually, they retook their places and opened a 20 rounds-race, full of danger and risks.  Bad luck for Hernandez, who slipped and experienced not more than 10 seconds of the #BritishGP.

A fantastic start for Lorenzo, Marquez and Rossi, who made top three. Pedrosa, on the other hand, he lost a couple places. 

There was a blunder for the young rider Jack Miller, who drove too fast into the turn, slipped and dragged his tame mate Carl Crutchlow down with him. Crutchlow took another shot but crashed again and had no other chance than to leave the race.

Rossi succeeded to take over the leaders position, but took Marquez with him, leaving Lorenzo behind with Pedrosa, Dovizioso and Petrucci.

The gap was growing and growing and it was breathtaking  how they managed to control their bikes so they wouldn’t crash.

But of course, this is a wet race and that means crashes guaranteed. Coming out of the corner, Marquez made a high sider and crashed. With that, he lost all his chances for the World Championship. Also Lorenzo had a ‘bad’ day. Petrucci and Dovi easily overtook him and all he could do was follow. But the gap between them and Rossi  was shrinking.

The Doctor could almost feel the hot breath of his countryman burning in his neck.

The last turns were nail biting, but Rossi took his 4^th victory of the season. Petrucci took his first podium of his MotoGP career and Dovizioso completed the Italian podium. Lorenzo ended up 4^th and complained about his visor. He now lays 12 points behind Rossi.

This will be a hell of a final!

 Merel Reyntjens