10-16-2017, 12:17 AM
Petruuci is still trying to win his first GP. He has been close twice now. I'll bet he wouldn't just give away that opportunity. He was running the super soft rear rain tire. About 7 laps from the end he was starting to lose traction. That's the problem with those soft and super soft tires. They heat up quickly providing plenty of traction in the early stages of the race, but with aggresive riding they won't last the whole race. The riders that use them hope to build a big enough lead early that others on harder tires won't be able to catch them at the end. It never seems to work out, although Petruuci was able to build up enough cushion that he was basically able to coast into third.