Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo has increased his overall lead in the world championship standings after victory in the French MotoGP at Le Mans—the third race on the calendar.
The Yamaha rider started second on the grid behind world champion Valentino Rossi but, after briefly leading the race on lap seven, he eventually took control on the 10th lap to complete a six-second victory.
Teammate Rossi finished second with Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso coming home in third position. CNN International
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Hayden finished fourth for the third consecutive race, with Pedrosa ending the race in fifth. Melandri was sixth as a switch of suspension paid off for him, with Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) taking seventh in his home GP
The top ten was completed by Barberá, Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing) and Simoncelli. Aoyama took 11th place, and was followed by Edwards and Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing).
Twelfth-placed Colin Edwards was the only Tech 3 rider to reach the flag, in any race, on Sunday. The French-based team’s Moto2 riders both crashed out of their race, while Ben Spies did likewise - for his second DNF in a row - while holding 11th on lap seven of the MotoGP main event. Auto Racing Daily
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team 1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 4 13 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Marlboro Team 5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 6 10 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 7 9 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 8 8 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 9 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 10 6 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 11 5 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 12 4 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 13 3 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 27 Casey STONER Ducati Marlboro Team
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