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MotoGP
2005 - Round 11 - Brno MotoGP Race Report August 28th, 2005 - By, Trevor Hedge
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MotoGP
2005 - Round 11 - Brno MotoGP Race Report August 28th, 2005 - By, Trevor Hedge
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Sete Gibernau capitalised on his pole position to lead the field through the first turns from his arch nemesis Valentino Rossi but only half a lap later Rossi had nosed his way to the front and instantly pulled a couple of bike lengths over the Spaniard who was closely trailed by Marco Melandri and Nicky Hayden while Suzuki's John Hopkins had got a great start to be running fifth for most of the opening lap before both Ducati men pushed him further down the order. Just when it looked as though once again Rossi might disappear into the distance Gibernau came back at him to nose in front but he wasn't there for long before the Italian superstar took the lead back but once again it was only a couple of corners before Gibernau nosed in front once again to recommence their long running psychological battle. But we all know that Rossi has won that war and this time around that looked likely once again with Rossi climbing all over Gibernau's tail cowling while piling on the pressure to try and force his foe into a costly mistake. A tactic that has worked so many times before. But Rossi then made a mistake and ran wide which gave the Spaniard a breather of a few bike lengths. Meanwhile Melandri, Hayden and Capirossi were waging a heady battle for third place. Capirossi lost touch with that battle for third place a few laps later as Barros moved in to that fray to make the battle for third place in to a 3-way battle between Hayden, Melandri and Barros with eight laps down. But a couple of laps later Melandri seemed to start to struggle a little and Capirossi was all over him and back in to the battle as they approached the halfway stage. With ten laps to run Rossi hit the lead again after putting an inside under brakes move on the Spaniard. A couple of laps later Alex Barros pulled away from Hayden and started to close the gap down a little to the leading duo. Rossi slowed the race pace a little while out in front and seemingly baited Gibernau to go back past and the Spaniard watched and waited for some time before again taking his turn in front. The slowed pace had allowed Barros to close and in a big surprise Capirossi had worked his way back through Melandri and Hayden to move up onto the rear wheel of Barros with four laps to run. The leading group were still reasonably tight and this was going to be the time where the riders started to play their cards as the last lap started to unfold. As they approached the last lap board Rossi decided to stick his nose in front once again meanwhile Capirossi had got within striking distance and if the leading duo tripped each other up the Ducati man was there ready to capitalise... But Rossi pulled away and then unbelievably Gibernau seemingly ran out of juice and coasted to a stop to give Valentino yet another win and Capirossi inherited second place thanks to the Spaniards misfortune while Max Biaggi had fought his way forward to a valiant third place. Gibernau is seemingly a religious man but he will be thinking that his god has forsaken him once again as the Spaniard just can't seem to be able to take a trick this year.
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2005
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