The punishing COTA conditions meant Franco Morbidelli's second MotoGP race as a Monster Yamaha rider proved tougher than the first. Crash MotoGP Podcast - Click here to listen to Keith Huewen, Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP Sidelined since June by knee surgery, Morbidelli had returned to make a debut with the factory team at Misano, where he finished 18th and +36s. But that increased to 19th and +50s in Texas as the long, challenging and bumpy track took its toll on the Italian, who had qualified 13th but faded steadily back to last place. "The race was very, very tough," Morbidelli admitted. "I wasn‘t in the condition to fully perform in the race...
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