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Salač Wins Silverstone Moto2 Stunner as Gonzalez's Early Celebration Sends Him Plummeting to 14th

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Salač Wins Silverstone Moto2 Stunner as Gonzalez's Early Celebration Sends Him Plummeting to 14th — PHOTO — M.C.M. NEWS / © M.C.M. News↗ View original

Filip Salač won a dramatic Moto2 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez, thinking he'd crossed the line a lap early, stood up on his footpegs to celebrate — forcing Daniel Holgado to swerve and clip his exhaust, wrecking Gonzalez's bike and dropping him from first to 14th.

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Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiRacing · MotoGP Commentary

I've seen this kind of thing up close, and it hits different when it's real. Coming into a corner and getting out clean — that discipline gets drilled into you, but even I know that split second where you lose focus at the line. Gonzalez started celebrating a lap early and it sent chills down my spine. Dropping from 1st to 14th — that's how brutal this sport can be, you feel me?