Valentino Rossi
The victory was handed to Valentino Rossi today after leading man, Casey Stoner, slid off the track on lap eight of the San Marino Grand Prix.
Stoner on the Ducati Marlboro led from his pole position at the start followed by Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa in second and Randy de Puniet in third.
Before the end of lap one, Rossi had moved up into third place as Randy de Puniet on the LCR Honda crashed out, ending his race.
Alex de Angelis crashed out on the next lap but was unhurt and rejoined the race only to retire a couple of laps later.
Jorge Lorenzo on the second Fiat Yamaha, seemed to have regained some of his confidence as he cruised past Dani Pedrosa to move up into third place.
By lap five, Stoner was leading Rossi by almost three seconds but then disaster struck as Stoner’s front wheel slid out beneath him sending him and his machine into the gravel.
Valentino Rossi cruised into the lead followed by his team-mate Lorenzo who was closing the gap between the two of them.
A fantastic battle took place between Chris Vermeulen on the Suzuki, James Toseland on the Yamaha Tech 3 and Honda Scot rider Andrea Dovizioso for those final few points.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 44:41.884
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) + 3.163
3. Toni Elias Ducati (B) + 11.705
4. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) + 17.470
5. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) + 23.409
6. James Toseland Yamaha (M) + 26.208
7. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) + 26.824
8. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) + 27.591
9. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) + 33.169
10. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) + 36.529
11. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) + 42.081
12. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) + 43.808
13. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) + 54.874
14. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) + 55.154
Retirements:
Rider Bike Laps
Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 7
Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 1
Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 0
250cc
Alvaro Bautista took the victory in the 250cc MotoGP today after starting down in eleventh place on the grid, he was followed by Yuki Takahashi and Hector Barbera.
Hector Barbera started the race in pole position but while fighting for the lead on lap twelve, he tried to go up the inside of Mattia Pasini, but contact seemed to have been made and Pasini went down.
On lap twenty-two, Barbera was battling it out with Marco Simoncelli who again seemed to forced off of the track, as Takahashi passed both riders.
Barbera and Simoncelli swapped the lead before Simoncelli gave Barbera a taste of his own medicine with a slight push. Simoncelli however, made an error and dropped his machine and although he rejoined the race he could only manage sixth place.
On lap four Mika Kallio ran into the back of his team-mate, ending the race for both of the Aprilia riders. Alex Debon on the previous lap, high-sided off his bike as Hector Faubel ploughed into the machine, making another two retirements.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 43:15.831
2. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 2.088
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 3.752
4. R.Locatelli Gilera + 7.472
5. Julian Simon KTM + 10.862
6. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 21.180
7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 29.440
8. R.Wilairot Honda + 33.882
9. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 35.051
10. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 45.405
11. Fabrizio Lai Gilera + 47.260
12. Federico Sandi Aprilia +1:10.664
13. Manuel Hernandez Aprilia +1:10.882
14. Toni Wirsing Honda +1:33.332
15. S.G.Giorgi Gilera + 1 Lap
16. D.T.Pradita Yamaha + 1 Lap
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 19
Eugene Laverty Aprilia 14
Imre Toth Aprilia 12
Mattia Pasini Aprilia 11
Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 3
Mika Kallio KTM 3
Hector Faubel Aprilia 2
Alex Debon Aprilia 2
Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1
125cc
Gabor Talmacsi took the victory in the 125cc MotoGP today ahead of British Bradley Smith and Simone Corsi in third place.
Talmacsi made the perfect start after qualifying in pole position yesterday and with Smith right behind him the pair managed to make a break from the rest of the pack.
Mike di Meglio crashed out from third position on lap fifteen as Stefan Bradl retired from the race with a mechanical problem.
Joan Olive looked to be heading for the final podium position but after being overtaken on the final lap by Corsi, Olive dropped his bike, he rejoined the race but finished down in twelfth place.
Here are the results;
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 40:03.679
2. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 5.402
3. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 14.388
4. Marc Marquez KTM + 17.058
5. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 17.321
6. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 17.482
7. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 17.485
8. D.Agerter Derbi + 18.657
9. Esteve Rabat KTM + 19.148
10. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 34.650
11. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 34.855
12. Joan Olive Derbi + 39.394
13. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 47.304
14. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 53.241
15. Jonas Folger KTM + 53.349
16. Jules Cluzel Loncin +1:01.903
17. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia +1:04.165
18. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM +1:06.235
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1:06.260
20. Robin Lasser Aprilia +1:07.200
21. Gabriele Ferro Honda +1:21.814
22. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia +1:22.521
23. Louis Rossi Honda +1:35.247
24. H.van den Berg Aprilia +1:39.723
25. Luca Vitali Aprilia + 1 Lap
26. R.Krummenacher KTM + 2 Laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Mike Di Meglio Derbi 14
Stefan Bradl Aprilia 14
Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14
Pol Espargaro Derbi 12
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 12
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 10
Alexis Masbou Loncin 6
Gennaro Sabatino Aprilia 6
Pablo Nieto KTM 4
Steve Bonsey Aprilia 3
Scott Redding Aprilia 1
Riccardo Moretti Honda 0
Adrian Martin Aprilia 0
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