20-10-13, 03:52 PM
Thats how I saw it, Marquez should have looked again a 2nd time. Either that or he saw them 1st time and thought he could get out before Lorenzo :eek
Honda mucked up, they thought 'no more than 10 laps on a tyre' meant 10 laps plus nearly 1 more and back into the pits was ok.
The track was resurfaced last Christmas. At the WSB meeting in February the WSS race was shortened from 21 to 15 due to tyre wear issues. Alarm bells should have sounded at Bridgestone and Dunlop. It was hotter than normal, 28c, but Phillip Island is renown for its variable weather.
Honda mucked up, they thought 'no more than 10 laps on a tyre' meant 10 laps plus nearly 1 more and back into the pits was ok.
The track was resurfaced last Christmas. At the WSB meeting in February the WSS race was shortened from 21 to 15 due to tyre wear issues. Alarm bells should have sounded at Bridgestone and Dunlop. It was hotter than normal, 28c, but Phillip Island is renown for its variable weather.