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Valentino Rossi

Heavy rain and strong winds were the order of the day at the Indianapolis MotoGP yesterday with the race being red-flagged with seven laps still to run.

Valentino Rossi claimed his fourth straight win and now leads the championship by 87 points from Casey Stoner.

Nicky Hayden in front of his home crowd finished in an amazing second place for his final season for the Repsol Honda team.

It has now been confirmed that Hayden will be riding for the Ducati Marlboro team in 2009 alongside Casey Stoner, replacing Marco Melandri.

Rossi’s team-mate Jorge Lorenzo finished in third place on the second Fiat Yamaha Italia followed by Casey Stoner in fourth.

Stoner blamed a fading rear tyre for his performance at Indianapolis yesterday which he said prevented him from pushing as hard as he would have liked.

The wind at the circuit also caused mayhem for the spectators as an infield tent collapsed causing two injured fans to be taken too hospital.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (B)  37:20.095
 2.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  +   5.972
 3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  +   7.858
 4.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  +  28.162
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  +  28.824
 6.  Ben Spies         Suzuki    (B)  +  29.645
 7.  Sylvain Guintoli  Ducati    (B)  +  36.223
 8.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda     (B)  +  37.258
 9.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  +  38.442
10.  Alex de Angelis   Honda     (B)  +  42.437
11.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  +  47.179
12.  Toni Elias        Ducati    (B)  +  55.962
13.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  +  57.366
14.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  +  58.353
15.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  +1:00.613
16.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    (B)  +1:05.620
17.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (B)  +1:05.854
18.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  +1:07.968
19.  Marco Melandri    Ducati    (B)  +1:21.023

125cc

The 125cc bikes were also a casualty of the weather yesterday as their race was cut from 23-laps down to seventeen.

Nicolas Terol claimed the victory when the race was red-flagged on lap fourteen.  The Jack & Jones rider was leading the pack by lap ten after passing his fellow Spaniard Pol Espargaro.

As the weather worsened, Espargaro flew past Terol to claim the lead in preparation of the race being stopped, which it was moments later, meaning the victor was the leader from the previous lap.

Stefan Bradl finished in third place followed by British rider Scott Redding in fourth, Simon Cortese in fifth and Marc Marquez in sixth.

Here are the results;

Pos  Rider             Bike      Time
 1.  Nicolas Terol     Aprilia   29:51.350
 2.  Pol Espargaro     Derbi     +   1.708
 3.  Stefan Bradl      Aprilia   +   3.984
 4.  Scott Redding     Aprilia   +   4.277
 5.  Sandro Cortese    Aprilia   +   4.413
 6.  Marc Marquez      KTM       +   4.454
 7.  Simone Corsi      Aprilia   +   6.261
 8.  Bradley Smith     Aprilia   +   7.782
 9.  Steve Bonsey      Aprilia   +  12.035
10.  Mike Di Meglio    Derbi     +  12.251
11.  D.Agerter         Derbi     +  15.465
12.  Joan Olive        Derbi     +  18.312
13.  Raffaele De Rosa  KTM       +  20.137
14.  Gabor Talmacsi    Aprilia   +  24.651
15.  Daniel Webb       Aprilia   +  27.592
16.  Jules Cluzel      Loncin    +  35.432
17.  Robin Lasser      Aprilia   +  37.082
18.  Sergio Gadea      Aprilia   +  38.549
19.  Tomoyoshi Koyama  KTM       +  38.571
20.  Efren Vazquez     Aprilia   +  40.991
21.  H.van den Berg    Aprilia   +1:06.197
22.  PJ Jacobsen       Aprilia   +1:06.327
23.  Bastien Chesaux   Aprilia   +1:07.067
24.  Jonas Folger      KTM       +1:14.709
25.  Robert Muresan    Aprilia   +1:20.413
26.  Alexis Masbou     Loncin    +1:21.880
27.  Davide Stirpe     KTM       +1:22.026
28.  Cyril Carrillo    Honda     +1:22.159
29.  Kris Turner       Aprilia   +2:11.524

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider             Bike       Laps
     Lorenzo Zanetti   KTM         12
     Marco Ravaioli    Aprilia      9
     Pablo Nieto       KTM          8
     Michael Ranseder  Aprilia      6
     Takaaki Nakagami  Aprilia      5
     Andrea Iannone    Aprilia      4
     Esteve Rabat      KTM          1

The 250cc race was cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions at the American circuit.  The race was originally postponed for three hours before the riders lined-up on the grid and the heavens opened yet again sending the teams back to their garages.

After the MotoGP event had to be red-flagged before the end of their race and the worsening conditions at the track it was decided to abandon the 250cc race as well.