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Lorenzo pips Pedrosa to triumph in Spain
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May 3, 2010, Monday
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SPANIARD Jorge Lorenzo passed compatriot Dani Pedrosa on the last lap to win a thrilling Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix yesterday.
Pedrosa had led the field from pole position, but with two laps remaining Lorenzo caught up with him and after a gripping tussle he cut inside Pedrosa to cross the line first, half a second ahead. World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was third.
"I can't describe it," a soaking Lorenzo told Spanish television, after he had celebrated by running and jumping fully clothed into a lake at the circuit. "It was one of my dreams to win at Jerez and to do it against someone like Dani, who made it very difficult, it's unbelievable."
The 22-year-old Yamaha rider crossed the line at the 4.4-kilometer Jerez Circuit in 45 minutes, 17.538 seconds.
Pedrosa made the most of first place on the grid to hold off an early charge from Rossi, who jumped from fourth to second at the first bend, and these two then pulled away from the rest of the pack.
Pedrosa has been having stability problems with his Honda and he struggled with some wobbles on bends but it looked like it was going to be a battle between him and Rossi, who was nursing a bruised shoulder.
But when Lorenzo passed Nicky Hayden to climb up to third with 18 laps to go, attention switched to the battle between second and third.
Lorenzo snuck inside his Yamaha teammate Rossi with six laps to go and then showed astonishing pace to catch Pedrosa with two laps remaining.
They almost crashed on one bend, and then actually came together in the last lap, but Lorenzo's aggressive tactics paid off when he barged through a couple of bends before the finish to be roared across the line by the 122,000 crowd.
American Hayden finished fourth ahead of Ducati teammate Casey Stoner of Australia. Italian Andrea Dovizioso was sixth.
"Considering everything, it was a great race and I'm happy," said Rossi.
In the Moto2 category, Toni Elias of Spain won in 29 minutes, 58.726 seconds ahead of Japan's Shoya Tomizawa and Switzerland's Thomas Luthi. The race had to be restarted due to an oil spill caused when Tomizawa fell with 25 laps to go.
In the 125cc class, Poll Espargaro won for Derbi in 41 minutes, 36.146 seconds ahead of Aprilia riders Nicolas Terol and third-place Esteve Rabat, making it an all-Spanish podium.
Pedrosa had led the field from pole position, but with two laps remaining Lorenzo caught up with him and after a gripping tussle he cut inside Pedrosa to cross the line first, half a second ahead. World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy was third.
"I can't describe it," a soaking Lorenzo told Spanish television, after he had celebrated by running and jumping fully clothed into a lake at the circuit. "It was one of my dreams to win at Jerez and to do it against someone like Dani, who made it very difficult, it's unbelievable."
The 22-year-old Yamaha rider crossed the line at the 4.4-kilometer Jerez Circuit in 45 minutes, 17.538 seconds.
Pedrosa made the most of first place on the grid to hold off an early charge from Rossi, who jumped from fourth to second at the first bend, and these two then pulled away from the rest of the pack.
Pedrosa has been having stability problems with his Honda and he struggled with some wobbles on bends but it looked like it was going to be a battle between him and Rossi, who was nursing a bruised shoulder.
But when Lorenzo passed Nicky Hayden to climb up to third with 18 laps to go, attention switched to the battle between second and third.
Lorenzo snuck inside his Yamaha teammate Rossi with six laps to go and then showed astonishing pace to catch Pedrosa with two laps remaining.
They almost crashed on one bend, and then actually came together in the last lap, but Lorenzo's aggressive tactics paid off when he barged through a couple of bends before the finish to be roared across the line by the 122,000 crowd.
American Hayden finished fourth ahead of Ducati teammate Casey Stoner of Australia. Italian Andrea Dovizioso was sixth.
"Considering everything, it was a great race and I'm happy," said Rossi.
In the Moto2 category, Toni Elias of Spain won in 29 minutes, 58.726 seconds ahead of Japan's Shoya Tomizawa and Switzerland's Thomas Luthi. The race had to be restarted due to an oil spill caused when Tomizawa fell with 25 laps to go.
In the 125cc class, Poll Espargaro won for Derbi in 41 minutes, 36.146 seconds ahead of Aprilia riders Nicolas Terol and third-place Esteve Rabat, making it an all-Spanish podium.
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