Alex de Angelis - San Carlo Honda Gresini 2009
Alex de Angelis took the San Carlo Honda Gresini across the line to finish in eighth place at the Czech Republic Grand Prix despite doing battle with a butterfly!
The Honda rider had been running in ninth position for the majority of the race when five laps from the end a butterfly became trapped inside his helmet. As the insect flapped around in front of his eyes he was passed by Mika Kallio and Marco Melandri, who later crashed out of the race when Kallio ran into the back of Melandri.
Alex said;
“I set a target of a top eight today so I am satisfied to achieve that but it could have been so much better. I was comfortable running with Edwards, Hayden and the others until I suddenly got a butterfly trapped in my helmet.
It was flapping around in front of my eyes and I couldn’t see a thing! When it finally settled down I was able to focus again but my chance had gone.”
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