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Dani Pedrosa |
In an intense battle between the two Championship contenders, it was Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa who emerged as victor, for the fourth time this season.
After an early crash in yesterday's qualifying session, Dani's team had to completely rebuild the bike to prepare for today's 23 lap race and the dominant victory was the best present for himself and his crew on his birthday weekend.
Starting from second on the grid, Dani took the lead on the seventh lap, after setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 3 (1'49.109) and running consistently in 1'49's he pulled away from Lorenzo until crossing the finish line with more than a 6 second gap. Pedrosa is now 33 points behind Lorenzo in the World Championship standings with 4 rounds remaining.
Honda lead the Constructors Championship by 6 points as they head to their home Grand Prix in Motegi, Japan. It will be confirmed next week by Honda Racing Corporation if the 2011 World Champion, Casey Stoner, will return for the next round in two weeks time, he remains 3rd in the standings with 186 points.
1 |
Dani Pedrosa |
42'10.444 |
SPA |
HONDA |
Repsol Honda Team |
2 |
Jorge Lorenzo |
+6.472 |
SPA |
YAMAHA |
Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
3 |
Andrea Dovizioso |
+11.047 |
ITA |
YAMAHA |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
4 |
Cal Crutchlow |
+11.184 |
GBR |
YAMAHA |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
5 |
Ben Spies |
+13.786 |
USA |
YAMAHA |
Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
6 |
Alvaro Bautista |
+28.166 |
SPA |
HONDA |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
7 |
Jonathan Rea |
+32.290 |
GBR |
HONDA |
Repsol Honda Team |
8 |
Valentino Rossi |
+44.432 |
ITA |
DUCATI |
Ducati Team |
9 |
Karel Abraham |
+57.417 |
CZE |
DUCATI |
Cardion AB Motoracing |
10 |
Aleix Espargaro |
+58.525 |
ESP |
ART |
Aspar Team MotoGP |
11 |
Randy De Puniet |
+59.863 |
FRA |
ART |
Aspar Team MotoGP |
12 |
Hector Barbera |
+1'14.561 |
SPA |
DUCATI |
Pramac Racing |
13 |
Yonny Hernandez |
+1'16.159 |
COL |
BQR-FTR |
BQR |
14 |
James Ellison |
+1'16.580 |
GBR |
ART |
Paul Bird Racing |
15 |
Michele Pirro |
+1'25.815 |
ITA |
HONDA |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
16 |
Mattia Pasini |
+1'31.801 |
ITA |
ART |
Speed Master |
17 |
Danilo Petrucci |
+1'42.300 |
ITA |
IODA |
Ioda Racing Project |
18 |
Colin Edwards |
+1 lap |
USA |
SUTER |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
19 |
Stefan Bradl |
DNF |
GER |
HONDA |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
20 |
David Salom |
DNF |
SPA |
BQR-FTR |
BQR |
21 |
Nicky Hayden |
DNF |
USA |
DUCATI |
Ducati Team |
1 |
Jorge Lorenzo |
290 pts |
SPA |
YAMAHA |
Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
2 |
Dani Pedrosa |
257 pts |
SPA |
HONDA |
Repsol Honda Team |
3 |
Casey Stoner |
186 pts |
AUS |
HONDA |
Repsol Honda Team |
4 |
Andrea Dovizioso |
179 pts |
ITA |
YAMAHA |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
5 |
Cal Crutchlow |
135 pts |
GBR |
YAMAHA |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
6 |
Valentino Rossi |
128 pts |
ITA |
DUCATI |
Ducati Team |
7 |
Alvaro Bautista |
128 pts |
SPA |
HONDA |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
8 |
Stefan Bradl |
115 pts |
GER |
HONDA |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
9 |
Nicky Hayden |
93 pts |
USA |
DUCATI |
Ducati Team |
10 |
Ben Spies |
88 pts |
USA |
YAMAHA |
Yamaha Factory Racing Team |
11 |
Hector Barbera |
64 pts |
SPA |
DUCATI |
Pramac Racing |
12 |
Randy De Puniet |
53 pts |
FRA |
ART |
Aspar Team MotoGP |
13 |
Aleix Espargaro |
51 pts |
ESP |
ART |
Aspar Team MotoGP |
14 |
Karel Abraham |
32 pts |
CZE |
DUCATI |
Cardion AB Motoracing |
15 |
Yonny Hernandez |
28 pts |
COL |
BQR-FTR |
BQR |
16 |
Michele Pirro |
25 pts |
ITA |
HONDA |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
17 |
Colin Edwards |
22 pts |
USA |
SUTER |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
18 |
James Ellison |
19 pts |
GBR |
ART |
Paul Bird Racing |
19 |
Jonathan Rea |
17 pts |
GBR |
HONDA |
Repsol Honda Team |
20 |
Mattia Pasini |
13 pts |
ITA |
ART |
Speed Master |
21 |
Danilo Petrucci |
11 pts |
ITA |
IODA |
Ioda Racing Project |
22 |
Ivan Silva |
11 pts |
SPA |
BQR-FTR |
BQR |
23 |
Toni ElÃas |
10 pts |
SPA |
DUCATI |
Pramac Racing |
24 |
Steve Rapp |
2 pts |
USA |
N/A |
Attack Performance |
25 |
David Salom |
1 pts |
SPA |
BQR-FTR |
BQR |
26 |
Franco Battaini |
0 pts |
ITA |
DUCATI |
Ducati Team |
27 |
Chris Vermeulen |
0 pts |
AUS |
SUTER |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
28 |
Aaron Yates |
0 pts |
USA |
N/A |
GP Tech |
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