Rossi Wins After Three Years. Lorenzo Races With a Broken Collarbone

Valentino Rossi's long awaited win overshadowed by Jorge Lorenzo's epic determination.

After the painful years of the failed challenge with Ducati, after a difficult return to Yamaha alongside Jorge Lorenzo,  the 34 year old Valentino finally was finally back on top at the Assen TT.  

Bur Rossi's comeback win is overshadowed by Jorge Lorenzo's heroics.    Lorenzo, who was trailing Dani Pedrosa in the Championship coming into the Dutch race, had a nasty fall on practice on Thursday braking his collarbone.  
He flew to Spain, was operated in the early hours of Friday and was back on a plane to Assen on Friday afternoon.   Saturday morning he was given the OK to race and finished the race fifth,  losing just two points to Pedrosa who finished fourth.

Ironman.

Alpinestars  released data streamed from the built in accelerometers built into the airbag suit worn by Lorenzo.  Observe the speed at which the safety system deploys and the..."flight time".   The initial crash force is somewhere above 20g,  the suit without a doubt saving the rider from more serious injuries.








01. Valentino ROSSI              - Yamaha Factory Racing - 41'25"202
02. Marc MARQUEZ             - Repsol Honda Team - +2"170
03. Cal CRUTCHLOW          - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - +4"073
04. Dani PEDROSA               - Repsol Honda Team - +7"832
05. Jorge LORENZO              - Yamaha Factory Racing - +15"510
06. Stefan BRADL                 - LCR Honda MotoGP - +27"519
07. Alvaro BAUTISTA          - GO&FUN Honda Gresini - +31"598
08. Aleix ESPARGARO        - Power Electronics Aspar - +32"405
09. Bradley SMITH                - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - +33"751
10. Andrea DOVIZIOSO       - Ducati Team - +33"801
11. Nicky HAYDEN              - Ducati Team - +34"371
12. Randy DE PUNIET         - Power Electronics Aspar - +57"674
13. Andrea IANNONE          - Energy T.I. Pramac Racing - +1'01"424
14. Michele PIRRO                - Ignite Pramac Racing - +1'01"561
15. Karel ABRAHAM           - Cardion AB Motoracing - +1'04"426
16. Danilo PETRUCCI          - Came IodaRacing Project - +1'11"114
17. Colin EDWARDS            - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - +1'15"249
18. Claudio CORTI                - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - +1'24"884
19. Yonny HERNANDEZ    - Paul Bird Motorsport - +1'25"854
20. Hector BARBERA          - Avintia Blusens - +1'25"978
21. Bryan STARING             - GO&FUN Honda Gresini - +1'26"256
22. Michael LAVERTY         - Paul Bird Motorsport - +1'26"610
23. Ivan SILVA                      - Avintia Blusens - +1'38"173