Casey Stoner, making his 150th Grand Prix start, became the first Honda rider to win three successive MotoGP races since Valentino Rossi in 2003 after dominating the Air Asia British MotoGP at a wet Silverstone circuit in The United Kingdom on Sunday.
Stoner left a wide gap of 15.159 seconds ahead of other racers after clocking 47’53.459s in the 20-lap race. Trailing in second and third place respectively were Stoner’s teammate Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards from Monster Yamaha Tech 3 with 48’08.618 and 48’14.939.
The premiere motorcycle racing championship was marred by dramatic accidents involving Marco Simoncelli, Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, who fell victim to the soaked track due to continuous downpours from Sunday morning and chilling 11-degree Celsius temperatures.
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“The conditions are indeed very difficult as the rains left water on some parts of the track,” Stoner said in the press briefing. “I became more confident after some time. I am happy with the win.” Jakarta Post
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team), who set the fastest lap of the race, followed fellow American Edwards across the line in fourth.
Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) in fifth. Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) finished sixth, in front of Czech rider Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing).
Toni Elias made a good launch off the start, putting his LCR Honda into eighth on the first lap from his 14th grid position. The Moto2 Champion crossed the line in eighth position, with Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) in ninth and Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing) in tenth. motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 47'53.459 2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 15.159 3 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 21.48 4 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 26.984 5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 35.569 6 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team +1'04.526 7 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing +1'32.650 8 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP +1'51.938 9 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini +1'52.350 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team +2'03.312 11 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1 Lap 12 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1 Lap Not Classified 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 10 Laps 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 12 Laps 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 13 Laps
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