Not a great race sadly - Bati didn't do a great comeback like he did at Estoril - no, it really just didn't pick up at all at Motegi, with him never really comfortable on the bike and throwing it towards the end to wind up in 15th place. A great shame - but as he said, it was something fairly new in the wet with this bike. A shame he couldn't have done something better, but some weekends just don't come together.
Here's Alvaro's own words on the race...
"Things did not go well today. I couldn't brake hard, because the rear tyre was destroyed. Because of this I went straight (off through the gravel), because I had no grip, it slipped. It was impossible. Friday we worked well, Saturday too, in spite of falling... It's a new experience because we have never worked on a wet track before with this bike."
Here's the results anyway; let's hope for something a bit more sparkling come Phillip Island...
And what the hell - big congratulations to Mika Kallio on his first 250cc win :)
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CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Mika Kallio KTM 48:28.585
2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 4.893
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 21.527
4. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 23.488
5. Alex de Angelis Aprilia + 25.378
6. Julian Simon Honda + 42.264
7. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 48.782
8. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 57.782
9. Shuhei Aoyama Honda +1:09.049
10. Thomas Luthi Aprilia +1:10.837
11. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia +1:13.035
12. Seijin Oikawa Yamaha +1:26.371
13. Jules Cluzel Aprilia +1:36.236
14. Youichi Ui Yamaha +1:47.098
15. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia +1:50.081
16. R. Locatelli Gilera +1:58.741
17. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +2:06.782
18. Imre Toth Aprilia +2:10.415
19. Eugene Laverty Honda + 1 lap
20. Yuki Hamamoto Yamaha + 1 lap
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NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Make On Lap
Dan Linfoot Aprilia 19
Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 17
Takumi Takahashi Honda 3
R. Wilairot Honda 2
Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 1
Karel Abraham Aprilia 0
Alex Baldolini Aprilia 0
Efren Vazquez Aprilia 0
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yeah, really a disappointing race for batifans. although it still looked quite good on saturday morning in fp2 when he was second.
but the bike truly didn't work in the wet. in the warm-up on sunday he even was last for some time towards the end!
let's hope for a better result in philipp island (i have no idea if i spelt that right), the track already gave him some good memories. :)
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