After a brilliant performance in qualifying, it was a disappointing day for Oxfordshire’s Bradley Smith in Cardion ab Grand Prix of Czech Republic at Brno.
Starting from pole position, the Forest Hill youngster had problems with his tyre grip in the early stages and slipped down the field.
But as the race progressed he fought back to secure sixth place in the race won by his Bancaja Aspar teammate Nico Terol. It was a bad day for other young British riders.
Danny Webb crashed on the first lap, while Scott Redding was involved in a collision which dropped him back to 22nd place in the Moto 2 race after he had been running in seventh spot in the early stages.
Jorge Lorenzo’s phenomenal 2010 form continued when the Fiat Yamaha rider won his seventh MotoGP race of the season.
The Spaniard maintained his record of having finished inside the top two in every race so far this year.
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