Valentino Rossi held off Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to win a thrilling German MotoGP race here on Sunday, his 101st career victory.
The Italian veteran, who started in pole position, finished ahead of Spaniard Lorenzo, with Honda’s Dani Pedrosa, also of Spain, taking third and Australian Casey Stoner in fourth.
“It’s an important win at this stage of the season,” said championship leader Rossi.
“It was another fantastic battle with (Casey) Stoner and then Jorge until the last lap. I knew that on this circuit it’s very difficult to pass so I stayed ahead on the final lap.” AFP
Alex de Angelis and Toni Elías had a successful salvage operation for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team, placing fifth and sixth, respectively. Elías was particularly impressive, having started from last place. MotoGP.com
Click Here to Read More:
Rossi Holds off Teammate Lorenzo to Take Career’s 101st MotoGP Win
Pos Rider Team 1 Valentino Rossi YAMAHA 2 Jorge Lorenzo YAMAHA 3 Dani Pedrosa HONDA 4 Casey Stoner DUCATI 5 Alex De Angelis HONDA 6 Toni Elias HONDA 7 Marco Melandri KAWASAKI 8 Nicky Hayden DUCATI 9 Colin Edwards YAMAHA 10 James Toseland YAMAHA 11 Loris Capirossi SUZUKI 12 Niccolo Canepa DUCATI 13 Chris Vermeulen SUZUKI 14 Mika Kallio DUCATI 15 Gabor Talmacsi HONDA
| 
|