World Champion Valentino Rossi delighted the home crowd at Misano on Sunday with his second successive victory at the Italian circuit, to reassert his authority in the MotoGP title race.
Italian Rossi, who was born in nearby Tavullia, started the race on pole but was left trailing Dani Pedrosa in the early stages as the Spaniard grabbed the lead going into the first corner.
Rossi was then forced to fend off a spirited challenge from his Yamaha teammate and nearest championship rival Jorge Lorenzo, before edging past Honda rider Pedrosa with 21 laps left and pulling away for victory. Auto Racing Daily
The gap from Rossi to Lorenzo is now 30 points, whilst Yamaha lead both the Teams and Manufacturers standings by large margins. There is now a four-week break to the next round, at Estoril in Portugal, with four races remaining in total. Auto Racing Daily
Championship standings
Pos. Rider Team Points 1 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 237 2 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 207 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 157 4 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 150 5 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 133 6 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 123 7 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 97 8 Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini 88 9 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 88 10 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team 87 11 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 84 12 Toni Elias San Carlo Honda Gresini 80 13 James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 78 14 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 73 15 Mika Kallio Ducati Marlboro Team 51 16 Niccolo Canepa Pramac Racing 35 17 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando 12 18 Gabor Talmacsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP 12 19 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team MotoGP 9 20 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 8
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