Buzzin MotoGP

Casey Stoner won The Dutch TT yesterday after qualifying in pole position on the Ducati Marlboro at the Assen circuit.

Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda got ahead of the pack as they got underway followed by Stoner as Rossi dropped back to sixth place after a bad start on the Fiat Yamaha.

Rossi went down on the first lap taking Randy de Puniet on the LCR Honda with him. Rossi managed to rejoin the race and finished in eleventh place. Rossi admitted his error and said,

“It’s a shame. I also want to apologise to de Puniet because it was my mistake. When I turned left the tyre was still to cold and I lost it and I caught him with me. I made a mistake. Unfortunately we have this chronic problem at the start when I never manage to have a good getaway, after which I made a mistake.”

Rossi was leading the Championship but his finish at the Dutch TT puts him behind Pedrosa who finished in second place.

Alex De Angeles was also out of the race on the first lap for the San Carlo Honda team breaking his finger in the crash as Stoner took his position at the front, ahead of Pedrosa.

Anthony West crashed out on the Kawasaki Racing machine on lap eight as Stoner began to pull away increasing the gap.

Colin Edwards who had been held up with the Rossi and de Puniet incident, was in fourth place by lap fifteen and then closed the gap to just four seconds, until Edwards appeared to run out of fuel and Edwards slipped past to take the final step on the podium.

Here are the results;

1. Casey Stoner (Marlboro Ducati) 42′12.337
2. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) +11.310
3. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) +17.125
4. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) +20.477
5. Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Scot) +27.346
6. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) +28.608
7. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) +32.330
8. Shinya Nakano (San Carlo Gresini Honda) +34.892
9. James Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha) +38.566
10. Sylvain Guintoli (Alice Ducati) +38.817
11. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) +46.025
12. Toni Elias (Alice Ducati) +48.213
13. Marco Melandri (Marlboro Ducati) +59.594

250CC

Alvaro Bautista took the victory for the 250cc Grand Prix after qualifying in pole position ahead of Thomas Luthi.

The rain began again just before the warm-up lap but the race got underway with Russel Gomez the first casualty of the wet track went down.

Marco Simoncelli took the lead at the start of the race but was soon passed by Alex Debon who in turn got passed by Luthi.

By lap five Bautista set the fastest lap as he took second place and by lap twelve he took the lead from Luthi.

Here are the results;

1 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team APRILIA 40′54.117
2 Thomas LUTHI SWI Emmi – Caffe Latte APRILIA 40′58.714
3 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera GILERA 41′00.120
4 Alex DEBON SPA Lotus Aprilia APRILIA 41′03.151
5 Hector BARBERA SPA Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 41′03.196
6 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 41′05.632
7 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 41′06.991
8 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN JiR Team Scot 250 HONDA 41′07.739
9 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera GILERA 41′15.285
10 Julian SIMON SPA Repsol KTM 250cc KTM 41′22.906
11 Hector FAUBEL SPA Mapfre Aspar Team APRILIA 41′31.724
12 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG HONDA 41′31.858
13 Fabrizio LAI ITA Campetella Racing GILERA 41′32.846
14 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 41′33.282
15 Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly – CP APRILIA 41′37.154
16 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 41′48.288
17 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Lotus Aprilia APRILIA 41′48.451
18 Frederik WATZ SWE Jaap Kingma Racing APRILIA 42′18.547
19 Doni Tata PRADITA INA Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia YAMAHA 41′22.050
20 Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 41′50.516

125CC

Gabor Talmacsi took his first win of the season yesterday for the 125cc two-part Grand Prix.

Bradley Smith took the lead as the race got underway from second place on the grid with Joan Olive following in second, but Scott Redding made a terrible start and moved back from sixth to thriteenth.

Sergio Gadea went out on the first lap as his machine develped technical problems followed by Randy Krummenacher on the following lap.

Smith managed to make a gap of over three seconds as the rain began in Assen with fourteen laps still remaining. Smith slid of the track on the next lap just as the red flag is put out to stop the race, allowing Smith the retake pole position on the grid for the restart.

The race continued after the rain and a five lap race with Smith on pole, followed by Terol and Olive. Smith got a good start but was soon passed by Olive, seeing Smith slide back to seventh place.

A battle in the last lap saw Esteve Rabat move from fourth place to take the lead until he gets passed by Talmacsi too secure the victory.

Here are the results;

1 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Bancaja Aspar Team APRILIA 9′04.520
2 Joan OLIVE SPA Belson Derbi DERBI 9′04.648
3 Simone CORSI ITA Jack & Jones WRB APRILIA 9′04.775
4 Sandro CORTESE GER Emmi – Caffe Latte APRILIA 9′04.860
5 Bradley SMITH GBR Polaris World APRILIA 9′04.945
6 Esteve RABAT SPA Repsol KTM 125cc KTM 9′05.088
7 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Ajo Motorsport DERBI 9′05.366
8 Andrea IANNONE ITA I.C. Team APRILIA 9′05.448
9 Nicolas TEROL SPA Jack & Jones WRB APRILIA 9′05.958
10 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Onde 2000 KTM KTM 9′07.074
11 Stefano BIANCO ITA S3+ WTR San Marino Team APRILIA 9′07.349
12 Stefan BRADL GER Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing APRILIA 9′07.541
13 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN ISPA KTM Aran KTM 9′07.721
14 Michael RANSEDER AUT I.C. Team APRILIA 9′08.120
15 Hugo VAN DEN BERG NED Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 9′09.067
16 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Ajo Motorsport DERBI 9′09.112
17 Stevie BONSEY USA Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 9′09.339
18 Jules CLUZEL FRA Loncin Racing LONCIN 9′15.068
19 Randy KRUMMENACHE SWI Red Bull KTM 125 KTM 9′15.163
20 Pablo NIETO SPA Onde 2000 KTM KTM 9′15.369
21 Pere TUTUSAUS SPA Bancaja Aspar Team APRILIA 9′15.614
22 Robin LASSER GER Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing APRILIA 9′16.374
23Alexis MASBOU FRA Loncin Racing LONCIN 9′18.236
24 Louis ROSSI FRA FFM Honda GP 125 HONDA 9′18.348
25 Robert MURESAN ROU Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing APRILIA 9′20.675
26 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Dutch Racing Team HONDA 9′22.721
27 Robert GULL SWE Ajo Motorsports Jnr. Project DERBI 9′30.212
28 Jasper IWEMA NED Abbink Bos Racing SEEL 9′33.728
29 Ernst DUBBINK NED RV Racing Team HONDA 9′34.469
30 Jerry VAN DE BUNT NED Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 9′40.939