Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda took the victory at his home track today after passing Casey Stoner at the beginning of the first lap.
Andrea Dovizioso on the Honda Scot was in third place as Rossi started to move his way through the pack after a terrible start.
Stoner went wide on lap seven leaving a gap for Dovizioso to squeeze through and make his move into second place. He didn’t keep it for long as Rossi took him on the next lap putting him back to third.
Alex de Angelis on the San Carlo Honda, crashed out on lap ten along with Loris Capirossi on the Rizla Suzuki. Randy de Puniet’s bike developed a problem on the next lap which meant another retirement for him.
As the commentator on Eurosport said “Pedrosa’s lead is becoming rediculous now. He really should slow-up and let the others catch him for the sake of entertainment.”
He went on to say with eight lap to go “Finally, signs that Pedrosa’s lead is falling. With almost eight seconds in hand, however, he could probably afford to stop for a pint of milk and the Sunday newspaper and still win the race.”
Pedrosa takes the win ahead of Rossi and Stoner, and a great result for Dovizioso taking fourth place. Colin Edwards finished in fifth place ahead of James Toseland in sixth.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 43:02.175
2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) + 2.806
3. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) + 3.343
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) + 10.893
5. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) + 16.426
6. James Toseland Yamaha (M) + 21.482
7. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) + 21.548
8. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) + 22.280
9. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) + 22.375
10. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) + 46.835
11. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) + 57.991
12. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) + 59.168
13. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) +1:00.779
Retirements:
Rider Bike Laps
Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 11
Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 10
Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 10
Toni Elias Ducati (B) 7
250cc
Marco Simoncelli took the win today on the final lap as Alvaro Bautista made a mistake at the corner letting Simoncelli through.
Simoncelli is now only three points behind the championship leader, Mika Kallio, who didn’t finish today’s race after his bike developed problems.
There was just four-hundredths of a second between Simoncelli and Bautista as they got their heads down to cross the finish line.
Hector Barbera took the third place, but he was over eleven seconds behind Bautista followed by Alex Debon in fourth. Thomas Luthi and Mattia Pasini were the next two riders to cross the line ahead of Hiroshi Aoyama and Hector Faubel.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 41:01.859
2. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 0.039
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 11.291
4. Alex Debon Aprilia + 21.373
5. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 26.621
6. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 26.720
7. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 35.818
8. Hector Faubel Aprilia + 36.321
9. Julian Simon KTM + 36.964
10. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 41.237
11. R.Wilairot Honda + 52.391
12. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 56.656
13. Alex Baldolini Aprilia + 59.282
14. Manuel Poggiali Gilera +1:02.503
15. Fabrizio Lai Gilera +1:02.656
16. Eugene Laverty Aprilia +1:07.418
17. Russell Gomez Aprilia + 1 Lap
18. D.T.Pradita Yamaha + 1 Lap
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Mika Kallio KTM 19
Imre Toth Aprilia 9
Karel Abraham Aprilia 7
Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2
Daniel Arcas Honda 2
R.Locatelli Gilera 0
FASTEST LAP: Bautista, 1:46.143 on lap 21
125cc
Frenchman, Mike di Meglio took the victory today at the Catalunya circuit after starting from second on the grid. He dropped back into fourth place by the first corner but on lap six he was leading the race.
Nicolas Terol was in second place and shadowing di Meglio as the two riders started pulling away from the rest of the pack. Joan Olive and Terol both crashed out on the same corner leaving Espargaro and Gabor Talmacsi to chase down di Meglio but couldn’t catch him.
Stefan Bradl took fourth place followed by Simone Corsi in fifth. British rider Scott Redding finished in sixth place ahead of Steve Bonsey and Simone Cortese.
Bradley Smith had gone from eighth place on the grid to twenty-sixth by the end of the first lap. Smith suffered a heavy crash yesterday during qualifying and was obviously suffering the consequences today.
Andrea Ionnone was stretchered from the track after crashing badly on lap nineteen in the gravel pit.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 41:08.708
2. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 0.268
3. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 0.338
4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 8.765
5. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 10.141
6. Scott Redding Aprilia + 11.178
7. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 13.671
8. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 13.755
9. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 15.541
10. Marc Marquez KTM + 18.962
11. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 22.653
12. D.Agerter Derbi + 24.928
13. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 25.013
14. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 25.059
15. R.Krummenacher KTM + 25.188
16. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 25.352
17. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 25.541
18. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 31.365
19. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 42.899
20. Jules Cluzel Loncin + 43.469
21. H.van den Berg Aprilia + 56.930
22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1:01.318
23. R.Lacalendola Aprilia +1:02.867
24. Robert Muresan Aprilia +1:17.370
25. Louis Rossi Honda +1:18.790
26. Ricard Cardus Derbi +1:27.350
27. Daniel Saez Aprilia +1:28.736
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Axel Pons Aprilia 21
Nicolas Terol Aprilia 20
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 20
Joan Olive Derbi 19
Andrea Iannone Aprilia 17
Robin Lasser Aprilia 17
Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14
Alexis Masbou Loncin 13
Jordi Dalmau Honda 11
Ivan Maestro Aprilia 10
Pablo Nieto KTM 1
FASTEST LAP: Olive, 1:51.271 on lap 10
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