Dani Pedrosa won the San Marino MotoGP for Honda, beating the Yamahas of fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo and Italian Valentino Rossi.
But the race was overshadowed by the death of Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa in the preceding Moto2 event.
Tomizawa, who rides for Technomag-CIP, was travelling at full speed when he was hit by the bikes of Alex De Angelis and Scott Redding, a British rider.
The race continued and was eventually won by Spain’s Toni Elias.
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In the main feature, Pedrosa, 24, started from pole and never relinquished his grip on the race to score his fourth victory of the campaign ahead of overall leader Lorenzo. BBC Sport
Lorenzo’s teammate and multiple world champion Valentino Rossi was third while Australian Casey Stone finished fifth.
Lorenzo maintained his healthy lead over Pedrosa in the standings although the battle for third tightened between the rising Rossi, fourth-placed Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso and Stoner. Lorenzo has a massive 271 points to Pedrosa’s 208. The Age
Following Dovizioso and Stoner were Monster Yamaha Tech 3 pair Ben Spies and Colin Edwards in sixth and seventh respectively, with Álvaro Bautista, Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) completing the top ten.
Melandri’s team-mate Marco Simoncelli crashed but rejoined the race to finish 14th, whilst Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing) was forced to retire late on. Motogp
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