Alvaro drops the bike but fights back to 8th at Misano

Another learning experience for Bati – a shame really, I was screaming when he went off on lap 10, whilst in 3rd, up from 6th on the grid – a real “Noooooooooo!!!” moment – he was so completely on the case and up for a podium it was immensely frustrating – but he still put in an excellent job to pull back a bunch of places to finish up 8th.
Shame that it could have been another podium though. 🙁

Still, very good to watch, and I hope he’s even more up for it come Estoril…

Here’s the final standings for the race:
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 42:54.427
2. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 3.578
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 7.041
4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 7.213
5. Alex de Angelis Aprilia + 7.664
6. Shuhei Aoyama Honda + 36.234
7. R.Locatelli Gilera + 36.918
8. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 36.936
9. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 37.142
10. Julian Simon Honda + 40.293
11. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 51.72
12. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia + 56.62
13. R.Wilairot Honda +1:00.060
14. Karel Abraham Aprilia +1:01.500
15. Eugene Laverty Honda +1:09.950
16. Efren Vazquez Aprilia +1:10.059
17. Imre Toth Aprilia + 1 lap
18. Omar Menghi Aprilia + 1 lap

That leaves Bati 4th in the overall championship standings.