Spain’s Dani Pedrosa passed pole winner Ben Spies on the eighth lap of the Indianapolis MotoGP and pulled away for his third victory of the season Sunday.
Pedrosa, the 2009 pole winner, crashed early in last year’s race and never had a chance.
This time, he made it look easy. He beat Spies, the American rookie, by 3.575 seconds. Points leader Jorge Lorenzo, the other Spaniard, was third for his worst finish of the season.
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Pedrosa has won a career-high three times this season. The Associated Press
With seven rounds to go, Lorenzo leads the championship standings with 251 points.
Pedrosa is second with 183 followed by Italian Andrea Dovizioso (126) who leapfrogged Casey Stoner (119) into third place after the Australian lost the front end of his Ducati.
World champion Valentino Rossi remained fifth overall, one place ahead of Spies, after finishing fourth in the race despite crashing in morning practice. TVNZ
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 47'31.615 2 20 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 3.575 3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 6.812 4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 12.633 5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 21.885 6 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 35.138 7 9 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 36.74 8 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 36.825 9 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 44.905 10 6 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 51.368 11 5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 55.386 12 4 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 57.903 13 3 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP +1'04.139 Not Classified 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 10 Laps 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 12 Laps 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 21 Laps 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 26 Laps
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