Yamaha’s Ben Spies celebrated his first MotoGP win at the Dutch TT on Saturday after his world champion team mate Jorge Lorenzo and Honda’s pole sitter Marco Simoncelli collided on the first lap.
The American, starting in second place in damp conditions, was the first new winner in MotoGP since Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2009.
Australian Casey Stoner finished second for Honda, with Dovizioso third, to stretch his championship lead over Lorenzo to 28 points.
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He had won the previous three races.Italian Valentino Rossi was fourth for Ducati. motogp.com
A chaotic start to the race saw pole-sitter Simoncelli and Lorenzo collide on the third corner after the Italian lost grip of his bike and wiped the defending champion off the track.
Frenchman Randy de Puniet was the next rider to exit the race and Spies, who started on the front row, capitalised on the carnage behind him to pull four seconds clear of Stoner.
Stoner, chasing his fourth successive victory, gradually began to eat into the American’s advantage, however, while Dovizioso and Rossi moved into position on the Australian’s tail. Times of India
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 25 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 41'44.659 2 20 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 7.697 3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 27.506 4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 30.684 5 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 43.172 6 10 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 44.536 7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +1'08.112 8 8 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Repsol Honda Team +1'10.753 9 7 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini +1'24.925 10 6 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP +1'26.216 11 5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP +1'38.466 12 4 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1 Lap 13 3 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHISan Carlo Honda Gresini 1 Lap 14 2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2 Laps Not Classified 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 25 Laps 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 0 Lap
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