Bautista crashes out while challenging for the top-six
Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista, sponsored by PUIG, ended today’s U.S. Grand Prix in the gravel after crashing out on the 14th lap of this afternoon’s race. Bautista made a confident start from 12th on the grid and had moved up a place by the end of lap one. He produced a couple of very strong passes over the next few laps to move into eighth place and join the battle for sixth between the two Ducati’s of Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi. Bautista closed the gap on the pair and it looked ...
Three wins in a row for Marquez!
RACE RESULTS 1. MARC MARQUEZ (Suter) 41:37.457 (PUIG SPONSORED TEAM) 2. Stefan Bradl (Kalex) +0.8963. Alex De Angelis (Motobi) +1.3874. Randy Krummenacher (Kalex) +3.4135. Thomas Luthi (Suter) +4.185 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Stefan Bradl (Kalex) 167 puntos 2. MARC MARQUEZ (Suter) 120 puntos (PUIG SPONSORED TEAM) 3. Simone Corsi (FTR) 84 puntos4. Alex De Angelis (Motobi) 82 puntos5. Bradley Smith (Tech 3) 79 puntos
Strong seventh for Suzuki?s Spaniard at Sachsenring
17Jul11. Álvaro Bautista gave Rizla Suzuki, with PUIG windscreens, its best dry result of the season so far with a gutsy and battling performance in Germany today. Starting from 10th on the grid, Bautista knew a good start was required and by the end of the first lap he had moved up into ninth place. Over the next two laps he became involved in what turned out to be a race-long battle with the Ducati's of firstly Nicky Hayden and then also Valentino Rossi. The trio swapped places many times over the remainder ...