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Jorge Lorenzo seizes win, snatches 2015 title from Rossi
The record books will show that Jorge Lorenzo’s win today, together with Valentino Rossi’s 4th place finish, gave the 2015 championship to Lorenzo by five points. There will be documentation attesting to the fact that Valentino Rossi passed 20 riders in the first 10 laps, ultimately making it up to 4th place on the grid, at which point he was spent.
There will be no explanation, visual or otherwise, why either of the Repsol Hondas didn’t give Lorenzo a serious go on the last two laps; the term “team orders” has ceased to exist. The three points given Rossi by Race Direction after Sepang were, in the end, decisive.
The bells are not ringing in Tavullia tonight.
Setting the Stage
Jorge Lorenzo laid down “the best lap of my life,” in his words, on Saturday…
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