A championship leader crashing out, the title fight being blown wide open, a legendary final lap and, above all, the smallest gap between the top two finishers in MotoGP history: it was on 15 October 2006 that Toni Elias claimed his only premier-class victory in a race that has remained etched in…
20 years ago, Toni Elías won the Portuguese Grand Prix, claiming his maiden success in the premier class after a spectacular final lap. He beat Valentino Rossi by just 0.002 seconds, the smallest winning margin in MotoGP history
