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Pedrosa takes Italian GP
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June 7, 2010, Monday
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SPANIARD Dani Pedrosa led from start to finish to claim an impressive win at yesterday's Italian Grand Prix, the first of a series of MotoGP races without reigning world champion Valentino Rossi.
The win helped Honda's Pedrosa overtake Yamaha's Rossi, who has been ruled out for up to five months following a crash in Saturday's practice, in second place in the overall standings after four races.
Jorge Lorenzo still leads the championship on 90 points, 25 more than his compatriot Pedrosa and 29 more than his teammate Rossi, after bringing his Yamaha home second ahead of Italy's Andrea Dovizioso on a Honda in third.
Rossi's hopes of winning his eighth premium class crown this year are over after crashing in practice on Saturday and suffering a fracture to his right shin and fibula.
"It would certainly have been a very different race with Valentino Rossi here," Pedrosa told Mediaset television.
"I started well and then looked after my lead. I'm very happy to have won".
Pedrosa was simply too fast for the rest of the field after defending his pole-position advantage on the first bend at the Mugello circuit, pulling out of sight to build a lead that went beyond seven seconds at one stage. He won in a time of 42 minutes, 28.066 seconds.
Lorenzo regained second place after briefly surrendering it to Dovizioso early on, and he kept a tight grip on it while never looking capable of threatening Pedrosa.
"It was a disappointing race," said Lorenzo. "I couldn't keep up the pace I had in practice and I'm sorry about that, but I'm happy with the 20 points (for second place)."
Come back soon
Rossi's fellow riders and fans showed banners expressing their support for him, with "come back soon Vale" and "the World Championship is worthless without Vale" frequently featured sentiments.
Italy's Andrea Iannone dominated his race in the Moto2 category to give the home crowd a triumph to toast after Saturday's bad news, with Spanish standings leader Toni Elias coming home fifth.
In the 125cc class, Marc Marquez claimed his first career victory, pipping championship leader Nicolas Terol and Pol Espargaro in an exciting race to head an all-Spanish podium.
Rossi, meanwhile, displayed his trademark good humor yesterday, saying he was confident of being '100 per cent' when he returns after Saturday's crash.
Rossi is expected to be out for up to five months.
"It was an ugly crash but my morale is high, in part because I've realized I get on well with morphine," the 31-year-old joked in a telephone interview.
The win helped Honda's Pedrosa overtake Yamaha's Rossi, who has been ruled out for up to five months following a crash in Saturday's practice, in second place in the overall standings after four races.
Jorge Lorenzo still leads the championship on 90 points, 25 more than his compatriot Pedrosa and 29 more than his teammate Rossi, after bringing his Yamaha home second ahead of Italy's Andrea Dovizioso on a Honda in third.
Rossi's hopes of winning his eighth premium class crown this year are over after crashing in practice on Saturday and suffering a fracture to his right shin and fibula.
"It would certainly have been a very different race with Valentino Rossi here," Pedrosa told Mediaset television.
"I started well and then looked after my lead. I'm very happy to have won".
Pedrosa was simply too fast for the rest of the field after defending his pole-position advantage on the first bend at the Mugello circuit, pulling out of sight to build a lead that went beyond seven seconds at one stage. He won in a time of 42 minutes, 28.066 seconds.
Lorenzo regained second place after briefly surrendering it to Dovizioso early on, and he kept a tight grip on it while never looking capable of threatening Pedrosa.
"It was a disappointing race," said Lorenzo. "I couldn't keep up the pace I had in practice and I'm sorry about that, but I'm happy with the 20 points (for second place)."
Come back soon
Rossi's fellow riders and fans showed banners expressing their support for him, with "come back soon Vale" and "the World Championship is worthless without Vale" frequently featured sentiments.
Italy's Andrea Iannone dominated his race in the Moto2 category to give the home crowd a triumph to toast after Saturday's bad news, with Spanish standings leader Toni Elias coming home fifth.
In the 125cc class, Marc Marquez claimed his first career victory, pipping championship leader Nicolas Terol and Pol Espargaro in an exciting race to head an all-Spanish podium.
Rossi, meanwhile, displayed his trademark good humor yesterday, saying he was confident of being '100 per cent' when he returns after Saturday's crash.
Rossi is expected to be out for up to five months.
"It was an ugly crash but my morale is high, in part because I've realized I get on well with morphine," the 31-year-old joked in a telephone interview.
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