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Jorge Lorenzo Wins The Indianapolis MotoGP

Joy Ryder - Tuesday 01.09.09, 16:22pm

Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha 2009

Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, took the win at the Indianapolis MotoGP on Sunday after Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa both crashed out.

125CC

Pol Espargaro claimed his maiden win in the 125cc Indianapolis MotoGP on Sunday, in a thrilling race that went to the very last lap.

The 18-year-old Derbi Racing Team rider, crossed the line just 0.120 seconds ahead of the Bancaja Aspar rider Bradley Smith. In third place was Simone Corsi on the Fontana Racing machine followed by Nico Terol on the Jack & Jones bike in fourth.

Championship leader Julian Simon on the second Bancaja Aspar bike, finished in fifth place ahead of Marc Marquez on the Red Bull KTM, Stefan Bradl on the Viessmann Kiefer Racing bike, Joan Olive on the Derbi Racing Team machine, Takaaki Nakagami for Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. and Dominique Aegerter on the Ajo Interwetten.

Here are the results;

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Diff
1	44	Pol ESPARGARO	DERBI	42′07.925
2	38	Bradley SMITH	APRILIA	42′08.045	0.120
3	24	Simone CORSI	APRILIA	42′08.373	0.448
4	18	Nicolas TEROL	APRILIA	42′09.538	1.613
5	60	Julian SIMON	APRILIA	42′09.726	1.801
6	93	Marc MARQUEZ	KTM	42′27.270	19.345
7	17	Stefan BRADL	APRILIA	42′27.283	19.358
8	6	Joan OLIVE	DERBI	42′33.536	25.611
9	73	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	APRILIA	42′37.165	29.240
10	77	Dominique AEGERTER	DERBI	42′37.632	29.707
11	99	Danny WEBB	APRILIA	42′38.389	30.464
12	94	Jonas FOLGER	APRILIA	42′52.385	44.460
13	39	Luis SALOM	APRILIA	42′52.474	44.549
14	71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	LONCIN	42′53.253	45.328
15	33	Sergio GADEA	APRILIA	42′53.360	45.435
16	88	Michael RANSEDER	APRILIA	42′53.404	45.479
17	8	Lorenzo ZANETTI	APRILIA	42′53.923	45.998
18	11	Sandro CORTESE	DERBI	43′01.716	53.791
19	16	Cameron BEAUBIER	KTM	43′09.104	1′01.179
20	12	Esteve RABAT	APRILIA	43′10.739	1′02.814
21	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	DERBI	43′22.816	1′14.891
22	69	Lukas SEMBERA	APRILIA	43′24.245	1′16.320
23	14	Johann ZARCO	APRILIA	43′39.143	1′31.218
24	87	Luca MARCONI	APRILIA	43′39.494	1′31.569
25	10	Luca VITALI	APRILIA	43′59.199	1′51.274
Not Classified
	29	Andrea IANNONE	APRILIA	36′58.465	3 laps
	35	Randy KRUMMENACHE	APRILIA	31′48.399	6 laps
	45	Scott REDDING	APRILIA	21′50.534	12 laps
	5	Alexis MASBOU	LONCIN	13′33.656	16 laps
	74	Ben YOUNG	APRILIA	6′01.641	20 laps
	32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	APRILIA	6′37.013	20 laps
	75	Miles THORNTON	APRILIA	2′05.888	22 laps

250CC

Marco Simoncelli took the chequered flag on Sunday for the Metis Gilera 250cc MotoGP team, in the first and last 250cc event at the circuit.

Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha 2009

The Italian rider, is currently running third in the championship, 27 points behind the Scot Racing Team rider Hiroshi Aoyama, with five rounds left to run.

Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista, took the final step on the podium as he took third for the Mapfre Aspar Team, adding valuable points to his season, and now only 16 points behind Aoyama.

Mike di Meglio, qualified in pole position on his Mapfre Aspar Team machine, finishing fourth in the race, he was followed by Roberto Locatelli on the Metis Gilera in fifth and Hector Barbera on the Pepe World Team bike in sixth.

Lukas Pesek on the Auto Kelly – CP bike, finished in seventh place ahead of Hector Faubel on the Valencia CF – Honda SAG, Thomas Luthi on the Emmi – Caffe Latte and Karel Abraham on the Cardion AB Motoracing team bike completing the top ten riders.

Jules Cluzel on the Matteoni Racing machine, was leading the race after qualifying in fifth place when he crashed out and later the Team Toth Aprilia rider Mattia Pasini went down, after starting from seventh on the grid.

Here are the results:

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Diff
1	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	GILERA	45′43.599
2	4	Hiroshi AOYAMA	HONDA	45′45.542	1.943
3	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	APRILIA	45′48.260	4.661
4	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	APRILIA	45′56.375	12.776
5	15	Roberto LOCATELLI	GILERA	45′59.074	15.475
6	40	Hector BARBERA	APRILIA	46′03.070	19.471
7	52	Lukas PESEK	APRILIA	46′06.281	22.682
8	55	Hector FAUBEL	HONDA	46′16.408	32.809
9	12	Thomas LUTHI	APRILIA	46′32.920	49.321
10	17	Karel ABRAHAM	APRILIA	46′33.444	49.845
11	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	HONDA	46′37.166	53.567
12	25	Alex BALDOLINI	APRILIA	47′13.316	1′29.717
13	53	Valentin DEBISE	HONDA	47′21.436	1′37.837
14	7	Axel PONS	APRILIA	47′30.271	1′46.672
15	56	Vladimir LEONOV	APRILIA	47′30.420	1′46.821
16	11	Balazs NEMETH	APRILIA	46′09.367	1 lap
17	10	Imre TOTH	APRILIA	46′38.325	1 lap
18	29	Barrett LONG	YAMAHA	47′03.849	1 lap
19	30	Adam ROBERTS	YAMAHA	47′04.092	1 lap
Not Classified
	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	HONDA	40′49.351	3 laps
	6	Alex DEBON	APRILIA	32′03.283	8 laps
	16	Jules CLUZEL	APRILIA	12′26.371	19 laps
	75	Mattia PASINI	APRILIA	10′59.646	21 laps
Not finished first lap
	8	Bastien CHESAUX	HONDA

MotoGP

For the third time this season, the Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo took the victory for the Fiat Yamaha team while his team-mate Valentino Rossi crashed out of the race.

Dani Pedrosa made a great start from pole position on the Repsol Honda to take the lead at the start of the race ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, but on just lap 4 of the race, Pedrosa went down. After struggling to get the bike upright, the Spanish rider rejoined the track in last place.

Once again, the battle began between the two Fiat Yamaha riders, with Lorenzo passing Rossi on lap 9, however, on the following lap Rossi went down. He managed to get his Yamaha back on the circuit only to retire a couple of laps later due to damage on the R1.

With Rossi and Pedrosa out of the running, the San Carlo Honda rider Alex de Angelis was now in second place with the Ducati Marlboro rider Nicky Hayden hot on his tail. Hayden crossed the line to take third after holding off the challenging Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso.

Colin Edwards finished in fifth place for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team, followed by his team-mate James Toseland in sixth. Loris Capirossi took seventh for the Rizla Suzuki team followed by Mika Kallio on the factory Ducati in eighth, Toni Elias on the second San Carlo Honda in ninth and Pedrosa in tenth.

Pedrosa had clawed his way back through the field taking the tenth position from Chris Vermeulen on the second Rizla Suzuki as they crossed the line.

Marco Melandri crashed out on the Hayate Racing machine, late on in the race while battling with James Toseland for sixth position.

The riders and team now head to Misano for round 12 of the championship, next weekend.

Here are the results;

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Diff
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	YAMAHA	47′13.592
2	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	HONDA	47′23.027	9.435
3	69	Nicky HAYDEN	DUCATI	47′26.539	12.947
4	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	HONDA	47′27.070	13.478
5	5	Colin EDWARDS	YAMAHA	47′39.846	26.254
6	52	James TOSELAND	YAMAHA	47′46.000	32.408
7	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	SUZUKI	47′47.992	34.400
8	36	Mika KALLIO	DUCATI	47′48.448	34.856
9	24	Toni ELIAS	HONDA	47′58.597	45.005
10	3	Dani PEDROSA	HONDA	47′58.969	45.377
11	7	Chris VERMEULEN	SUZUKI	47′59.070	45.478
12	14	Randy DE PUNIET	HONDA	48′05.886	52.294
13	44	Aleix ESPARGARO	DUCATI	48′17.144	1′03.552
14	41	Gabor TALMACSI	HONDA	48′28.678	1′15.086
Not Classified
	33	Marco MELANDRI	KAWASAKI	42′36.675	3 laps
	88	Niccolo CANEPA	DUCATI	39′29.440	5 laps
	46	Valentino ROSSI	YAMAHA	21′16.362	16 laps