Roadracing World – July 2019

MOTOGP

NOTES

Lorenzo Injured Again

Just when it appeared Jorge
Lorenzo had hit rock-bottom, the
Honda RC213V found a new way
to spit him off. Lorenzo arrived in
the Netherlands carrying injuries
from a frightening 120 mph fall
at the post-race test at Barcelona,
then was fl ung face down into the
gravel in a sickening crash early
in practice, fracturing his T6 and
T8 vertebrae. “We’re not starting

to get worried,” said team boss Al-

berto Puig of Lorenzo’s struggles.

“We are worried.” Teammate Marc

Marquez said the crash “showed

we don’t have the easiest bike to

ride, but we’re still leading the

championship. Every time (he)

pushes he crashes.” Lorenzo was

fi tted with a back brace that must

remain in place for weeks, and

faced a fi ght against time to be fi t

for the 10th round of the year in

Czech Republic.

Zarco Down in the Dumps

On Sunday evening, the con-

trast between KTM’s MotoGP fac-

tory riders acted as a snapshot of

their seasons. Pol Espargaró had

just battled his way to 11th place,

a feat in itself after injuring his

right hand 13 days earlier in a

crash while testing. Nothing was

broken but the pain was real; on

Friday he expressed doubts about

being able to race.

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Race Average Speed, 103.085 mph; Vic-
tory Margin, 0.612-second; Fastest Lap,
Fernandez, 1:37.323, 104.390 mph, Lap
3, New Record.
MOTO2 QUALIFYING (June 29): 1.
Gardner, 1:36.572, 105.198 mph; 2.
Binder, 1:36.682; 3. Vierge, 1:36.716; 4.
Marquez, 1:36.771; 5. Lowes, 1:36.855;

6. Di Giannantonio, 1:36.979; 7. Navarro,
   1:37.076; 8. Luthi, 1:37.078; 9. Bastiani-
   ni, 1:37.084; 10. Locatelli, 1:37.171; 11.
   Marini, 1:37.171; 12. Schrotter, 1:37.233;


7. Fernandez, 1:37.340; 14. Martin,
   1:37.405; 15. Nagashima, 1:37.413;


8. Baldassarri, 1:37.456; 17. Lecuona,
   1:37.592; 18. Bulega, 1:37.604; 19. Ae-
   gerter, 1:37.529; 20. Somkiat Chantra,
   Thailand (Kalex), 1:37.626; 21. Man-
   zi, 1:37.789; 22. Bezzecchi, 1:37.805;


9. Folger, 1:38.063; 24. Bendsneyder,
   1:38.103; 25. Dixon, 1:38.118; 26. Corsi,
   1:38.121; 27. Tulovic, 1:38.462; 28. Rob-
   erts, 1:38.510; 29. Odendaal, 1:38.967;


10. Cardelus, 1:39.474.
    MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT
    STANDINGS (After 8 of 19 rounds): 1.
    Luthi, 117 points; 2. Marquez, 111 points;


11. Fernandez, 92 points; 4. Navarro, 89
    points; 5. Baldassarri, 88 points; 6. Ma-
    rini, 84 points; 7. Schrotter, 81 points;
    8.Binder, 64 points; 9. Bastianini, 56
    points; 10. TIE, Gardner/Nagashima, 41
    points; 26.Roberts, 4 points.
    MOTO3 (All on Dunlop Tires) (June
    30): 1. Tony Arbolino, Italy (Hon), 22
    laps, 38:03.113, 97.866 mph; 2. Loren-

zo Dalla Porta, Italy (Hon), -0.045 sec-

ond; 3. Jakub Kornfeil, Czech Republic

(KTM), -1.562; 4. Gabriel Rodrigo, Ar-

gentina (Hon), -2.158; 5. John McPhee,

Great Britain (Hon), -2.201; 6. Ai Ogura,

Japan (Hon), -2.264; 7. Marcos Ramirez,

Spain (Hon), -2.436; 8. Niccolo Antonel-

li, Italy (Hon), -2.580; 9. Dennis Foggia,

Italy (KTM), -2.758; 10. Alonso Lopez,

Spain (Hon), -2.900; 12. Aron Canet,

Spain (KTM), -3.081; 25. Celestino Viet-

ti, Italy (KTM), -5 laps, DNF, crash; 27.

Kaito Toba, Japan (Hon), -5 laps, DNF,

crash; 28. Tatsuki Suzuki, Japan (Hon),

-6 laps, DNF, crash; 30. Jaume Masia,

Spain (KTM), -7 laps, DNF, retired. Race

Distance, 22 laps, 62.090 miles; Race

Time, 38 minutes, 3.113 seconds; Race

Average Speed, 97.866 mph; Victory

Margin, 0.045-second; Fastest Lap, Fog-

gia, 1:42.627, 98.984 mph, Lap 5.

MOTO3 QUALIFYING (June 29): 1. An-

tonelli, 1:41.232, 100.351 mph; 2. Toba,

1:41.376; 3. Arbolino, 1:41.389; 4. Su-

zuki, 1:41.460; 5. Vietti, 1:41.539; 6.

Ogura, 1:41.570; 7. Kornfeil, 1:41.742;

8. Dalla Porta, 1:41.905; 9. Canet,
   1:41.919; 10. Rodrigo, 1:41.972.
   MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
   POINT STANDINGS (After 8 of 19
   rounds): 1. Canet, 107 points; 2. Dal-
   la Porta, 100 points; 3. Antonelli, 83
   points; 4. Arbolino, 76 points; 5. Vietti,
   68 points; 6. Masia, 65 points; 7. TIE,
   Ramirez/McPhee, 58 points; 9. Toba, 51
   points; 10. Rodrigo, 50 points.

Jorge Lorenzo (99) crashed again, this time during practice at Assen,
fracturing his T6 and T8 vertebrae. Photo by Milagro/DPPI Media.

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