Stoner storms to victory at Aragon
Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) finished 6 seconds behind Lorenzo to take fourth, a strong finish for the Italian considering he ran off the track on his first attempt at passing the YZR-M1 of Ben Spies on lap 9. The Yamaha rider had a great start off the outside of the first row, leading into turn one in front of fellow front row starters Stoner and Pedrosa, but the two Honda riders got past him by lap two, and the American finally finished the race in fifth place.
�lvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) finished in sixth off an eleventh place start, passing Hayden (Ducati Team) on lap 10 and holding the position to the finish line. The American and Hector Barberá had a scrap for seventh, with the Hayden passing the Mapfre Aspar ride on the penultimate lap.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) finished ninth, ahead of Valentino Rossi who started his Ducati Team machine from pit lane, and Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) in 11th.
Randy De Puniet started from tenth, then ran off the track on the first lap, finally finishing in 12th position, ahead of the final finisher of the race, Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3)
Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) crashed out of the race on the first lap, as did eight place starter Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing), while Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing) and Toni ElÃas (LCR Honda) collided on lap 15.
Results
Pos. |
Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | 25 | 27 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 42'17.427 |
2 | 20 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +8.162 |
3 | 16 | 1 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | +14.209 |
4 | 13 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | +20.646 |
5 | 11 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | +27.739 |
6 | 10 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | +30.373 |
7 | 9 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | +34.288 |
8 | 8 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | +37.305 |
9 | 7 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | +39.652 |
10 | 6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | +39.832 |
11 | 5 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | +39.997 |
12 | 4 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | +54.717 |
13 | 3 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | +58.430 |
14 | 0 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 Laps |
15 | 0 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | ITA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 8 Laps |
16 | 0 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0 Lap |
17 | 0 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 0 Lap |