Dani Pedrosa rode his Honda to victory in the San Marino MotoGP here on Sunday, beating fellow Spaniard and championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.
Third was Lorenzo’s team-mate and multiple world champion Valentino Rossi.
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 Ducati’s Casey Stoner who placed fifth. Sydney Morning Herald
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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. Auto Racing Daily
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team Time/Gap 1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 44'22.059 2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1.9 3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 3.183 4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 6.454 5 11 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 18.479 6 10 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 28.385 7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 34.934 8 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 38.157 9 7 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 40.943 10 6 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 42.377 11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 45.906 12 4 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 46.394 13 3 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 50.481 14 2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini +1'23.143 Not Classified 36 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 11 Laps 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 25 Laps 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 0 Lap

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