Buzzin MotoGP

Casey Stoner on the Ducati Marlboro took the victory at Donington Park in the British MotoGP Championship after starting on pole position.  The reigning World Champion is still 45 points behind this season’s Championship leader, Valentino Rossi.

James Toseland continued where he left off from in qualifying yesterday and went down on the first corner.  He managed to get back on his bike although seemingly injured and with a foot peg missing off his Yamaha Tech3.

There was a fantastic battle going on between Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha and Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda swapping second and third places with Rossi finally taking second followed by Pedrosa.

John Hopkins suffered a mechanical failure on the Kawasaki on lap eighteen which saw him retire from the race.

Colin Edwards on the Yamaha Tech3 took fourth position followed by Andrea Dovizioso on the JiR Scot and the amazing Jorge Lorenzo who started from seventeenth place on the grid and while still recuperating from his injuries.

Lorenzo had moved up to tenth place by the end of the first lap and with only five laps to go had passed Nicky Hayden and Chris Vermeulen for the sixth place.

Hayden took the seventh place on the Honda HRC with Vermeulen on the Suzuki in eighth, Shinya Nakano for Honda Gresini in ninth and Anthony West on the Kawasaki rounding off the top ten.

Toseland finished the race but way back in seventeenth place at his home track.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  44:44.982
 2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  +   5.789
 3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda     (M)  +   8.347
 4.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  +  12.678
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  +  14.801
 6.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  +  15.690
 7.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  +  18.196
 8.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  +  21.666
 9.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  +  29.354
10.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  +  41.030
11.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  +  44.426
12.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  +  46.199
13.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  +  48.731
14.  Ben Spies         Suzuki    (B)  +  49.591
15.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  +1:22.186
16.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  +1:30.021
17.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  +   1 lap

Retirements:

     Rider             Bike          Laps
     John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B) 16

250cc

Mika Kallio won the 250cc race yesterday after starting from fourteenth place on the grid, adding points to his lead in the Championship.

Kallio slowly worked his way through the pack of riders and with five laps to go had put himself up to third place ready for the leading two riders to make a mistake.

On the last corner of the penultimate lap, Marco Simoncelli tried to out-brake Alvaro Bautista to regain the lead but the Italian went wide and forced Bautista wide with him letting Kallio through.

Simoncelli finished in second place ahead of Bautista followed by Hector Barbera in fourth and Thomas Luthi in fifth.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider              Bike      Time
 1.  Mika Kallio        KTM       42:14.410
 2.  Marco Simoncelli   Gilera    +   0.353
 3.  Alvaro Bautista    Aprilia   +   1.237
 4.  Hector Barbera     Aprilia   +   8.875
 5.  Thomas Luthi       Aprilia   +  11.359
 6.  Hiroshi Aoyama     KTM       +  16.124
 7.  Alex Debon         Aprilia   +  16.136
 8.  Julian Simon       KTM       +  18.007
 9.  Yuki Takahashi     Honda     +  33.271
10.  Aleix Espargaro    Aprilia   +  49.681
11.  R.Locatelli        Gilera    +  52.534
12.  Karel Abraham      Aprilia   +  55.311
13.  Lukas Pesek        Aprilia   +  57.399
14.  Manuel Poggiali    Gilera    +  57.641
15.  Hector Faubel      Aprilia   +1:04.329
16.  R.Wilairot         Honda     +1:06.156
17.  Fabrizio Lai       Gilera    +1:15.812
18.  Russell Gomez      Aprilia   +   1 Lap
19.  D.T.Pradita        Yamaha    +   1 Lap

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider                Team     On lap
     Eugene Laverty     Aprilia      20
     Alex Baldolini     Aprilia      14
     Mattia Pasini      Aprilia      13
     Imre Toth          Aprilia      12

FASTEST LAP: Simoncelli, 1:32.474 on lap 27

125cc

The British Scott Redding took his maiden victory on the 125cc yesterday at only 15-years-of-age.  It was the youngsters first time at the Donington Park circuit and he made history by being the youngest ever winner in the motorcycling world Championship.

Andrea Iannone was leading for the majority of the race until he crashed out on lap twenty after losing the front end allowing Redding, who had started from fourth on the grid to take the win.

Frenchman, Mike di Meglio was in twentieth place on the grid but by lap five had worked his way into the top ten and finished the race in second place ahead of another 15-year-old, Spaniard Mark Marquez who also took the podium for the fist time.

In fourth place was Sergio Gadea followed by Simone Corsi in fifth and Tomoyoshi Koyama in sixth.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider                Team                       Time
 1.  Scott Redding        Blusens Aprilia Junior     41:39.472
 2.  Mike di Meglio       Ajo Motorsport             +   5.324
 3.  Marc Marquez         Repsol KTM 125cc           +   5.806
 4.  Sergio Gadea         Bancaja Aspar Team         +  13.990
 5.  Simone Corsi         Jack & Jones WRB           +  16.855
 6.  Tomoyoshi Koyama     ISPA KTM Aran              +  17.181
 7.  Joan Olive           Belson Derbi               +  18.014
 8.  Takaaki Nakagami     I.C. Team                  +  18.222
 9.  Sandro Cortese       Emmi - Caffe Latte         +  18.404
10.  Bradley Smith        Polaris World              +  18.891
11.  Esteve Rabat         Repsol KTM 125cc           +  18.976
12.  Michael Ranseder     I.C. Team                  +  28.269
13.  Randy Krummenacher   Red Bull KTM 125           +  28.347
14.  Raffaele De Rosa     Onde 2000 KTM              +  29.403
15.  Lorenzo Zanetti      ISPA KTM Aran              +  35.763
16.  Jules Cluzel         Loncin Racing              +  35.868
17.  Stevie Bonsey        Degraaf Grand Prix         +  38.158
18.  Nicolas Terol        Jack & Jones WRB           +  42.766
19.  Dominique Aegerter   Ajo Motorsport             +  42.924
20.  Stefano Bianco       S3+ WTR San Marino Team    +1:06.296
21.  Robin Lasser         Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing  +1:10.158
22.  Pere Tutusaus        Bancaja Aspar Team         +1:10.905
23.  Louis Rossi          FFM Honda GP 125           +1:29.269
24.  Robert Muresan       Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing  +   1 Lap
25.  Hugo van den Berg    Degraaf Grand Prix         +   1 Lap
26.  Lee Costello         Vent-Axia                  +   1 Lap
27.  Roberto Lacalendola  Matteoni Racing            +   1 Lap

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider                Team                        On lap
     Andrea Iannone       I.C. Team                     20
     Stefan Bradl         Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing     19
     Matthew Hoyle        SP Racing/Mackrory            15
     Connor Behan         Connor Behan Racing           15
     Paul Jordan          KRP                           15
     Alexis Masbou        Loncin Racing                  6
     Luke Hinton          Buildbase/Knotts               5
     Gabor Talmacsi       Bancaja Aspar Team             2
     Pablo Nieto          Onde 2000 KTM                  1
     Danny Webb           Degraaf Grand Prix             1

FASTEST LAP: Redding, 1:38.704 on lap 15