The German MotoGP took place at a wet Sachsenring circuit today and Casey Stoner won the race on the Ducati Marlboro.
Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda took the lead from the off passing Stoner who had qualified in pole position.
On the third lap Jorge Lorenzo crashed out as he high-sided coming out of the corner and was out of the race for the Fiat Yamaha team after qualifying in sixth place.
Only two laps later, race leader Dani Pedrosa went down under braking into turn one, and was left with a broken index finger.
Marco Melandri crashed out on the Ducati on lap ten and went out of the race as Chris Vermeulen on the Rizla Suzuki went into third.
Colin Edwards on the Yamaha crashed out with only nine laps of the race to go as the rain got heavier and leaving only thirteen riders on the track.
Stoner won the race ahead of Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha and Chris Vermeulen in third.
Bridgestone seemed to be the better tyres on the wet track today five out of the top six bikes were on Bridgestone.
Nicky Hayden was at the back of the riders by the end of the first lap on the Works Honda and never seemed to be able to recover.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 47:30.057
2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) + 3.708
3. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) + 14.002
4. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) + 14.124
5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) + 42.022
6. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) + 46.648
7. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) +1:04.483
8. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) +1:04.588
9. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) +1:16.773
10. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) +1:29.275
11. James Toseland Yamaha (M) + 1 lap
12. Toni Elias Ducati (B) + 1 lap
13. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) + 2 laps
Retirements:
Rider Bike Laps
Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 20
Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 9
Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 5
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 2
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Marco Simoncelli claimed his third victory of the season at the Sachsenring today on the new Gilera RSA. He now leads the World Championship as the riders go into their summer break.
Over seven seconds behind him was the second place man Hector Barbera for the Team Toth Aprilia followed by Alvaro Bautista who battled to take the position from Barbera.
Mika kallio took fourth place ahead of Julian Simon with his best result so far this season and Mattia Pasini in sixth.
In seventh place was Thomas Luthi with Hiroshi Aoyama in eighth despite a late crash. Yuki Takahashi finished in ninth place ahead of Roberto Locatelli in tenth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 45:36.703
2. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 2.257
3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 2.423
4. Mika Kallio KTM + 4.150
5. Julian Simon KTM + 4.846
6. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 8.132
7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 38.302
8. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 48.926
9. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 50.062
10. R.Locatelli Gilera + 51.670
11. Alex Baldolini Aprilia +1:08.796
12. Fabrizio Lai Gilera +1:08.962
13. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +1:11.351
14. Hector Faubel Aprilia +1:11.654
15. Eugene Laverty Aprilia +1:13.856
16. R.Wilairot Honda +1:29.976
17. Imre Toth Aprilia + 1 Lap
18. Alen Gyorfi Honda + 1 Lap
19. D.T.Pradita Yamaha + 1 Lap
20. Toni Wirsing Honda + 2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Federico Sandi Aprilia 22
Lukas Pesek Aprilia 18
Karel Abraham Aprilia 3
Alex Debon Aprilia 3
Manuel Poggiali Gilera 0
Russell Gomez Aprilia 0
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Mike di Meglio stretched his lead in the World Championship today after taking the victory in the 125cc MotoGP, di Meglio now leads by thirty points.
Second place man, was the German Stefan Bradl at his home race after starting from third place on the grid.
Gabor Talmacsi had to settle for third place as Bradl fought to hold him back. Talmacsi suffered a mechanical problem on the start line leaving him to play catch-up.
Bradley Smith led for a large part of the race before finally finishing in fourth place ahead of Simon Corsi and Sandro Cortese.
Nico Terol was in seventh followed by Scott Redding, Esteve Rabat and Marc Marquez to round off the top ten riders.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
Rider Bike Laps
1. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 40:03.710
2. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 2.010
3. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 2.733
4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 2.847
5. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 9.117
6. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 9.249
7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 9.257
8. Scott Redding Aprilia + 30.778
9. Esteve Rabat KTM + 32.311
10. Marc Marquez KTM + 33.034
11. D.Agerter Derbi + 33.121
12. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 33.134
13. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 33.171
14. Marcel Schrotter Aprilia + 33.208
15. Pablo Nieto KTM + 33.755
16. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 34.554
17. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 37.776
18. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 37.872
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 54.240
20. Marvin Fritz Seel + 58.249
21. Alexis Masbou Loncin +1:14.202
22. Louis Rossi Honda +1:15.255
23. Robert Muresan Aprilia +1:16.356
24. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia +1:16.854
25. Tobias Siegert Aprilia + 1 Lap
Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 25
Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 24
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 22
Jules Cluzel Loncin 19
Sergio Gadea Aprilia 15
Robin Lasser Aprilia 15
Joan Olive Derbi 14
S.Kreuziger Honda 14
Michael Ranseder Aprilia 12
Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 9
Daniel Webb Aprilia 5
H.van den Berg Aprilia 4
R.Krummenacher KTM 3
Eric Hubsch Aprilia 2
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