1. The rain before the start of the race.
Before the start, a light rain began to fall that soaked the asphalt, despite everyone leaving with dry tires. But before the first lap was completed, the crowd started changing bikes; the race cards are dealt again.
2. The downpour in the middle of the race.
Far from subsiding, as the laps passed, the rain intensified. The circuit drain does not absorb all the water that falls into it. At one point, race management considered that the situation had become too dangerous for the safety of the drivers, and they raised the red flag.
3. The downpour when they tried to restart the race.
The rain decreased in intensity at one point, a situation that led the Race Direction to announce a new start and a 12-lap race. But the weather maps were right in warning of a rapidly deteriorating situation. It was on this grid formation lap that the circuit was found to be impractical.
4. The race delay on lap 13.
The fact that the race stopped with lap number 13 completed – it was scheduled for 24 laps – meant that all the points at stake had been distributed.
5. Martín’s controlled error on lap 3.
The Team Pramac driver was in one of those stages where even the mistakes were ‘fixed’. On the third lap, while in the lead, Martín went wide between turns #3 and #4. Little did he know he had left the asphalt, which allowed him to rejoin the race in ninth position. There is very little time for him to recover what he lost and put himself first again.
Source: La Verdad
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