Gonzalez Explains the Early Celebration That Cost Him His Moto2 Win at Silverstone

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Moto2 championship leader Manuel Gonzalez celebrated victory a lap too soon at the British GP, easing off the throttle before the actual finish and getting clipped from behind by a fast-closing Dani Holgado, which bent his exhaust and dropped him to 14th. I wasn't 100 percent sure whether it was the final lap, so I crossed the line at full throttle while already celebrating a bit, Gonzalez said, as Filip Salac claimed his maiden Moto2 victory.