Spanish motorcyclist Dani Pedrosa won the German Grand Prix on Sunday to leave the MotoGP championship battle finely poised going into the second half of the 2011 season.
Titleholder Jorge Lorenzo reduced Casey Stoner’s overall lead to just 15 points after nine races, with the Spaniard overtaking Pedrosa’s Repsol Honda teammate at the last corner to claim second place.
Pedrosa missed three races with a broken collarbone, but last year’s championship runner-up has now climbed to fifth—74 points behind Stoner—with his third victory at the Sachsenring circuit in motorcycling’s elite class and fifth overall, having placed eighth on his return in Italy.
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Andrea Dovizioso retained third place overall, 36 points behind Australian teammate Stoner, as he came home fourth ahead of American Ben Spies and fellow Italian Marco Simoncelli.
Meanwhile, Stoner and Lorenzo have revealed that they will not take part in the rescheduled Japanese Grand Prix in October. CNN International
Another intense fight starred Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) and the two Ducati Team riders Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi. Bautista crossed the line seventh with Hayden less than a tenth of a second behind the Spaniard and Rossi just 6 thousands behind the American, with of Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha Monster) following the trio in tenth.
Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) had an off-track excursion in the early stages of the race, who then staged a great comeback from the back of the pack to finish eleventh, in front of Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing).
Stoner leads the championship with 168 points, just 15 points ahead of Lorenzo. In third is Dovizioso with 132 points. motogp.com
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 41'12.482 2 20 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha Factory Racing 1.477 3 16 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1.568 4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 10.513 5 11 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 10.719 6 10 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 10.923 7 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 27.451 8 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 27.51 9 7 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 27.576 10 6 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 33.491 11 5 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 38.944 12 4 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 39.148 13 3 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 39.415 14 2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 39.477 15 1 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 54.516 16 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP +1'12.335 17 50 Sylvain GUINTOLIPramac Racing Team 1 Lap
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