Valentino's 99th Victory
A fantastic battle between the two Fiat Yamaha riders on Sunday saw Valentino Rossi snatch the victory from Jorge Lorenzo on the final lap of the MotoGP at Catalunya.
125cc
Julian Simon must be one of the most embarrassed men in the MotoGP 125cc series today after losing his win yesterday when he crossed the line to celebrate a lap to early, handing the victory to Andrea Iannone.
Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. rider Iannone, and Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc Team rider Simón exchanged the lead countless times during the race with Simón opening a gap on the penultimate lap, however, at the start of the final lap Iannone began to celebrate despite his team holding up his pit board showing him he the race still had a lap to run.
Iannone, needless to say, took full advantage of the mistake and sailed past to take his third win of the season a Simón, finally realising his error, got swallowed-up by the group of riders battling for the final podium position.
Jack & Jones Team rider Nicolas Terol, finished in second place followed by Sergio Gadea in third but only after a photo finish decision was made between himself and his team-mate Simón, who crossed the line with equal times.
Marc Marquez on the Red Bull KTM Motorsport bike took fifth place ahead of Jonas Folgar on the second Ongetta Team machine and Stefan Bradl on the Viesmann Kiefer Racing bike.
In eight place was Britain’s Bradley Smith on the Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc followed in ninth place by Sandro Cortese for the Ajo Interwetten Team and Randy Krummenacher for the Degraaf Grand Prix team to complete the top ten riders.
Here are the results;
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 41m10.494s
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 2.245s
3. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 2.330s
4. Julian Simon Aprilia + 2.331s
5. Marc Marquez KTM + 2.356s
6. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 2.531s
7. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 10.795s
8. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 10.824s
9. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 14.984s
10. R.Krummenacher Aprilia + 15.089s
11. Scott Redding Aprilia + 16.427s
12. Esteve Rabat Aprilia + 16.515s
13. Johann Zarco Aprilia + 27.455s
14. Joan Olive Derbi + 27.712s
15. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 28.411s
16. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 33.697s
17. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin + 42.581s
18. Cameron Beaubier KTM + 48.847s
19. Alberto Moncayo Aprilia + 49.532s
20. D.Agerter Derbi + 49.772s
21. Jasper Iwema Honda +1m02.666s
22. Sturla Fagerhaug KTM +1m15.215s
23. Johnny Rosell Aprilia +1m21.568s
24. Luca Marconi Aprilia +1m37.919s
25. Jordi Dalmau Honda +1 Lap
26. Luca Vitali Aprilia +2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 16
Luis Salom Honda 13
Daniel Webb Aprilia 11
Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 10
Pol Espargaro Derbi 5
Alexis Masbou Loncin 5
Lukas Sembera Aprilia 4
Efren Vazquez Derbi 1
FASTEST LAP: Marquez, 1m51.175s on lap 7
250cc
Alvaro Bautista, on the Mapfre Aspar Team bike, dominated his home Grand Prix yesterday after taking the lead from lap 3 and remaining at the front until he crossed the line to take the chequered flag, increasing his lead in the World Championship.
Marco Simoncelli crashed his Metis Gilera on the second lap of the race and retired, claiming a mechanical problem but bringing a huge cheer from the Spanish crowd after his clash with Bautista in the last round saw him fined for dangerous riding.
Hiroshi Aoyama on the Scot Racing Team Honda claimed second place, seven-seconds behind the leader but after having snatched the lead from Héctor Barbera on the Pepe World Team bike on the final lap.
Mattia Pasini on the Team Toth Aprilia took fourth place ahead of Alex Debon on the Aeropuerto-Castello Blusens in fifth and Thomas Luthi on the Caffe Latte Team bike in sixth.
In seventh place was Ratthapak Wilairot on the Thai Honda Sag bike followed by Karel Abraham for Cardion AB Motoracing, Raffaele De Rosa on the Scot Racing Team bike in ninth and Hector Faubel on the Pepe World Team machine completing the top ten.
Roberto Localtelli on the Metis Gilera crashed out on lap 15 after a fantastic race saw him come from sixteenth on the grid to fourth place.
Mike Di Meglio on the Mapfre Aspar Team machine had been running in seventh place on lap 14 until he took a trip through the gravel, finally finishing down in fourteenth.
Here are the results;
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 41m09.018s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 7.185s
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 7.282s
4. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 10.784s
5. Alex Debon Aprilia + 15.740s
6. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 15.780s
7. R.Wilairot Honda + 28.654s
8. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 31.600s
9. Raffaele De Rosa Honda + 33.760s
10. Hector Faubel Honda + 33.843s
11. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 34.871s
12. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 35.117s
13. Alex Baldolini Aprilia + 39.840s
14. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 42.821s
15. Steve Bonsey Aprilia +1m16.524s
16. Axel Pons Aprilia +1m16.689s
17. Valentin Debise Honda +1m28.826s
18. Balazs Nemeth Aprilia +1m39.488s
19. Bastien Chesaux Honda +1m47.958s
20. Vladimir Leonov Aprilia +1 Lap
21. Toby Markham Honda +1 Lap
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Imre Toth Aprilia 21
R.Locatelli Gilera 14
Shoya Tomizawa Honda 13
Marco Simoncelli Gilera 6
FASTEST LAP: Bautista, 1m46.656s on lap 9
MotoGP
What a race! Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo thrilled the crowd of almost 90,000 fans yesterday as they dominated the Catalunya MotoGP on their Fiat Yamaha machines.
With three laps of the race to run, Rossi passed Lorenzo on the first corner but by the following lap the Spanish rider reclaimed his lead as they ran side by side down the straight, but Rossi out-braked him and Lorenzo was once again sat behind the Italian.
At the beginning of the last lap, Lorenzo took the lead with Rossi running wide as he tried to re-pass . Not to be deterred, Rossi stuck on Lorenzo’s tail and snatched the victory on the final corner of the final lap.
Casey Stoner on the Ducati Marlboro claimed the final step of the podium, more than eight seconds behind the Yamaha’s but had been having his own battle holding back the Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso who finished in fourth place just 0.52s behind.
Loris Capirossi on the Rizla Suzuki battled with the injured Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa on the second Repsol Honda for fifth place with the Italian finally holding the place.
Colin Edwards finished in seventh place on the Monster Tech3 Yamaha followed by Randy De Puniet on the LCR Honda in eighth, Mika Kallio for Pramac Racing in ninth and Nicky Hayden on the second Ducati Marlboro in tenth place.
Yuki Takahashi on the Scot Racing Team machine, crashed out on the first lap of the race when he tried to pass the Rizla Sukuki of Chris Vermeulen. The Japanese rider broke his little finger in the incident and will not be taking part in the testing today.
Toni Elias on the San Carlo Honda Gresini, had qualified in fifth place on the grid but crashed out on lap 10 of the race while running in eleventh.
Meanwhile, Gabor Talmacsi, the 125cc World Champion, was also on track for the Scot Racing team, fuelling rumours that he is to be a replacement for Takahashi, despite the teams protest that they are to run with two riders for the rest of the season. Talmacsi finished in seventeenth place, he may have been the last over the line but he still completed the race unlike his team-mate.
The majority of the riders were too remain at the circuit today for a test session running from 10am until 6pm. As previously mentioned, Takahashi will not be taking part in the session and neither will Dani Pedrosa due to fatigue.
Here are the results;
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 43m11.897s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha + 0.095s
3. Casey Stoner Ducati + 8.884s
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 8.936s
5. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 19.831s
6. Daniel Pedrosa Honda + 22.182s
7. Colin Edwards Yamaha + 23.547s
8. Randy de Puniet Honda + 25.265s
9. Mika Kallio Ducati + 31.797s
10. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 33.593s
11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 36.683s
12. Alex de Angelis Honda + 36.874s
13. James Toseland Yamaha + 39.433s
14. Marco Melandri Kawasaki + 44.788s
15. Sete Gibernau Ducati + 46.754s
16. Niccolo Canepa Ducati + 55.873s
17. Gabor Talmacsi Honda +1m27.640s
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Toni Elias Honda 9
Yuki Takahashi Honda 0
FASTEST LAP: Stoner, 1m42.858s on lap 2
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