Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo enjoyed the most dominant MotoGP win in over a year, convincingly beating teammate Valentino Rossi to win the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril for the third year in a row in a race considered something of a lottery.
The race was held on a dry track, the first dry session for the MotoGP class all weekend. Every session prior to the race had been wet, which meant the teams were making calculated gambles on set-up.
The Yamahas, which are considered the best bikes in the field, were clearly the best on the day; Rossi was 17.846 secs. in front of third place Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda).
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And Lorenzo’s margin of victory of 8.629 secs. was the most in class since Lorenzo won last year’s Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix by 9.435 secs. Cycle News
Marco Simoncelli finished fourth, missing out on a first-ever podium place by a mere 0.059 seconds.
American Nicky Hayden came home fifth while Randy de Puniet and Colin Edwards completed the top seven.
Dani Pedrosa, who made his return to action after missing three races through injury, finished eighth on his Honda.
Meanwhile, Ducati rider Casey Stoner suffered the disappointment of crashing out on lap five while in third position. CNN International
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 46'17.962 2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 8.629 3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 26.475 4 13 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 26.534 5 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 27.154 6 10 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 28.297 7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 30.109 8 8 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 44.947 9 7 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini +1'13.649 10 6 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar +1'17.721 11 5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP +1'17.908 12 4 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP +1'33.025 13 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP +1'39.752 Not Classified 71 Carlos CHECA Pramac Racing Team 15 Laps 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 24 Laps Not Starting 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 0 Lap 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 0 Lap
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