Buzzin MotoGP

Jorge Lorenzo

This weekend saw the MotoGP teams and riders head to Jerez for the Spanish Grand Prix with Jorge Lorenzo crossing the line to win at his home circuit.

Dani Pedrosa qualified in pole position for the Repsol Honda team and led the race as the lights went out followed by the Fiat Yamaha of Valentino Rossi who slipped into second from fourth on the grid, ahead of the Marlboro Ducati of Nicky Hayden.

The Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi crashed out on lap three and was out of the race followed shortly afterwards by the Pramac Racing machine of Aleix Espargaro, who managed to rejoin the runners.  Ben Spies on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine was seen returning to his pit garage and retire after developing a problem with his front tyre.

Pedrosa was leading the race and creating a gap between himself and second place man Rossi with a fast approaching Lorenzo while the battle further back was between San Carlo Honda Gresini team-mates Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli who were challenging for seventh place.

Lorenzo slipped past his team mate Rossi on lap 21 of the race before attempting a pass on his fellow countryman Pedrosa two laps later.  However, the Honda rider wasn’t giving up his slot easily and the two almost made contact as Pedrosa fought to hold his line.

On the final lap, Pedrosa ran wide allowing Lorenzo the chance to get past and finish 0.543 seconds ahead with Rossi in third place.

Nicky Hayden finished in fourth spot followed by Casey Stoner in fifth, Andrea Dovizioso in sixth, MikaKallio in seventh, Marco Melandri in eighth, Randy de Puniet in ninth and Alvaro Bautista in tenth.

Here are the results;

1   Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 45m 17.538s
2.  Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 45m 18.081s
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 45m 18.428s
4.  Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 45m 26.553s
5. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 45m 27.572s
6.  Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 45m 40.682s
7.   Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 45m 52.027s
8. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 45m 52.225s
9. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 45m 53.698s
10. Alvaro Bautista SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 45m 54.329s
11. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 45m 54.693s
12. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 45m 55.798s
13. Hector Barbera SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 45m 55.909s
14. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP 46m 19.59s
15. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing +3laps

DNF:
Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Loris CapirossiITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP