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Stoner continues victory run with wet weather masterclass A run of three victories in a row from pole position was continued by Casey Stoner in Sachsenring.
MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner continued his spectacular return to form with victory at the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, his third win in as many races. The Ducati Marlboro rider braved the wet conditions of the Sachsenring circuit and appeared equally adept to the task as he had been in the dry practice sessions, a sign that will have his title rivals preoccupied for the second half of the season.
The race had looked set to be a wet weather repeat of Dani Pedrosa´s comprehensive 2007 victory, after the Repsol Honda rider once again used his finely-honed launch control to take the holeshot. He stormed out of the blocks and immediately created a 2 second gap. The advantage increased to 7.5 seconds by the time the Spaniard crossed the line for a sixth time, but just moments later disaster struck as he lost control of the RC212V and picked up his first DNF of 2008.
Pedrosa´s crash allowed Stoner to return to the script written in practice sessions for the German race, and the Australian needed no further invitation. He assumed the reigns in the same style with which he had taken the win at the past two races, breaking free and riding solo for 23 laps right up until the chequered flag was waved.
Second place from the third row of the grid was a more-than-respectable result for Valentino Rossi, and the runner-up spot allowed the Fiat Yamaha rider to reassume the leadership of the MotoGP World Championship. Heading to the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix in just a week´s time, the five-time title holder now holds a 16-point advantage over Pedrosa, whose hand and foot injuries picked up in the crash may affect his form and perhaps even participation in the Laguna Seca race.
Rizla Suzuki´s Chris Vermeulen forced his way through the pack for a first podium of 2008, in doing so denying MotoGP rookie Alex de Angelis his maiden rostrum placing. Both had great rides in the wet, with the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider equalling his best premier class result to date and becoming the highest-finishing Honda man.
Andrea Dovizioso finished in the top five for the fourth successive race, after getting a fantastic start onboard his JiR Team Scot Honda. Dovizioso came in ahead of Sylvain Guintoli, Loris Capirossi, Randy de Puniet, Shinya Nakano and Anthony West, with all riders outside the top ten lapped on the second shortest MotoGP circuit.
Besides Pedrosa´s tumble, there were also crashes for Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri as they fell foul of the tricky conditions.
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 47'30.057 139.108
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 47'33.765 138.928 3.708
3 16 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 47'44.059 138.428 14.002
4 13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 47'44.181 138.422 14.124
5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 48'12.079 137.087 42.022
6 10 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 48'16.705 136.868 46.648
7 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 48'34.540 136.031 1'04.483
8 8 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 48'34.645 136.026 1'04.588
9 7 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 48'46.830 135.459 1'16.773
10 6 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 48'59.332 134.883 1'29.275
11 5 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 47'41.757 133.922 1 Lap
12 4 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 47'43.954 133.819 1 Lap
13 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 48'13.749 127.874 2 Lap
Not classified
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 32'10.373 10 Lap
33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 14'50.161 21 Lap
2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 8'05.615 25 Lap
48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 3'23.795 28 Lap
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE TOP TEN POINTS STANDING
Pos. Rider Nation Team Points
1 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 187
2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 171
3 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 167
4 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 114
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha 98
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP 90
7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 73
8 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team 73
9 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 65
10 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 64
Hey Simmo you should have used the tips that you had for the British round didn't you pick the same 3 for that round...
Well Fellars are we in for a cracking round next weekend at Laguna Seca and we know that Stoner, Vermeulin do well at this track. I wouldn't be wiping Hayden out he is always very strong but the man to watch might be Edwards as this has been his best season to date in the Moto GP classification and he's on home ground so he will be out the prove a point and hopefully secure his ride for the next season. My Money is on Stoner again and it would be great to see him win 4 in a row as he hasn't done that yet but until next week we will just have to wait and see..
Stoner continues victory run with wet weather masterclass A run of three victories in a row from pole position was continued by Casey Stoner in Sachsenring.
MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner continued his spectacular return to form with victory at the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, his third win in as many races. The Ducati Marlboro rider braved the wet conditions of the Sachsenring circuit and appeared equally adept to the task as he had been in the dry practice sessions, a sign that will have his title rivals preoccupied for the second half of the season.
The race had looked set to be a wet weather repeat of Dani Pedrosa´s comprehensive 2007 victory, after the Repsol Honda rider once again used his finely-honed launch control to take the holeshot. He stormed out of the blocks and immediately created a 2 second gap. The advantage increased to 7.5 seconds by the time the Spaniard crossed the line for a sixth time, but just moments later disaster struck as he lost control of the RC212V and picked up his first DNF of 2008.
Pedrosa´s crash allowed Stoner to return to the script written in practice sessions for the German race, and the Australian needed no further invitation. He assumed the reigns in the same style with which he had taken the win at the past two races, breaking free and riding solo for 23 laps right up until the chequered flag was waved.
Second place from the third row of the grid was a more-than-respectable result for Valentino Rossi, and the runner-up spot allowed the Fiat Yamaha rider to reassume the leadership of the MotoGP World Championship. Heading to the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix in just a week´s time, the five-time title holder now holds a 16-point advantage over Pedrosa, whose hand and foot injuries picked up in the crash may affect his form and perhaps even participation in the Laguna Seca race.
Rizla Suzuki´s Chris Vermeulen forced his way through the pack for a first podium of 2008, in doing so denying MotoGP rookie Alex de Angelis his maiden rostrum placing. Both had great rides in the wet, with the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider equalling his best premier class result to date and becoming the highest-finishing Honda man.
Andrea Dovizioso finished in the top five for the fourth successive race, after getting a fantastic start onboard his JiR Team Scot Honda. Dovizioso came in ahead of Sylvain Guintoli, Loris Capirossi, Randy de Puniet, Shinya Nakano and Anthony West, with all riders outside the top ten lapped on the second shortest MotoGP circuit.
Besides Pedrosa´s tumble, there were also crashes for Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri as they fell foul of the tricky conditions.
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 47'30.057 139.108
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 47'33.765 138.928 3.708
3 16 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 47'44.059 138.428 14.002
4 13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 47'44.181 138.422 14.124
5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 48'12.079 137.087 42.022
6 10 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 48'16.705 136.868 46.648
7 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 48'34.540 136.031 1'04.483
8 8 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 48'34.645 136.026 1'04.588
9 7 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 48'46.830 135.459 1'16.773
10 6 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 48'59.332 134.883 1'29.275
11 5 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 47'41.757 133.922 1 Lap
12 4 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 47'43.954 133.819 1 Lap
13 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 48'13.749 127.874 2 Lap
Not classified
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 32'10.373 10 Lap
33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 14'50.161 21 Lap
2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 8'05.615 25 Lap
48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 3'23.795 28 Lap
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE TOP TEN POINTS STANDING
Pos. Rider Nation Team Points
1 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 187
2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 171
3 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 167
4 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 114
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha 98
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP 90
7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 73
8 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team 73
9 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 65
10 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 64
Hey Simmo you should have used the tips that you had for the British round didn't you pick the same 3 for that round...
Well Fellars are we in for a cracking round next weekend at Laguna Seca and we know that Stoner, Vermeulin do well at this track. I wouldn't be wiping Hayden out he is always very strong but the man to watch might be Edwards as this has been his best season to date in the Moto GP classification and he's on home ground so he will be out the prove a point and hopefully secure his ride for the next season. My Money is on Stoner again and it would be great to see him win 4 in a row as he hasn't done that yet but until next week we will just have to wait and see..
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