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Stoner storms to Silverstone win
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June 13, 2011, Monday
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AUSTRALIAN Casey Stoner splashed to victory for Honda in a wet British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday to oust world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain from the top of the MotoGP standings.
Yamaha's Lorenzo, who led into the first corner, was one of several big name fallers as riders battled through standing water and spray.
Italy's Andrea Dovizioso was second for Honda, 15.159 seconds behind Stoner, with American veteran Colin Edwards taking third place on the Tech3 Yamaha little more than a week after he shattered his right collarbone.
Stoner, on pole position for the fourth time this season in his 150th grand prix start in all categories, was the first Honda rider to win three races in succession since Italian Valentino Rossi in 2003.
The Australian now has 116 points to Lorenzo's 98 and Dovizioso's 83 points.
Stoner was third after the first lap, with Lorenzo and then Dovizioso leading, but swiftly moved back into the lead on lap two and powered away.
"It was really tough conditions," said Stoner, the 2007 world champion.
"Anything could have happened. We were quite lucky in this one that I stayed up and that Jorge had a crash."
With Yamaha's Ben Spies crashing on lap eight, teammate Lorenzo flipped off his bike on lap nine and Honda's Italian Marco Simoncelli falling a lap later, Stoner had a lonely ride to the checkered flag and his fourth win in six races.
Rossi, who started on the back row of the grid for Ducati, clawed his way back to sixth and moved up to fourth overall with 68 points in the absence of Honda's injured Spaniard Dani Pedrosa.
Yamaha's Lorenzo, who led into the first corner, was one of several big name fallers as riders battled through standing water and spray.
Italy's Andrea Dovizioso was second for Honda, 15.159 seconds behind Stoner, with American veteran Colin Edwards taking third place on the Tech3 Yamaha little more than a week after he shattered his right collarbone.
Stoner, on pole position for the fourth time this season in his 150th grand prix start in all categories, was the first Honda rider to win three races in succession since Italian Valentino Rossi in 2003.
The Australian now has 116 points to Lorenzo's 98 and Dovizioso's 83 points.
Stoner was third after the first lap, with Lorenzo and then Dovizioso leading, but swiftly moved back into the lead on lap two and powered away.
"It was really tough conditions," said Stoner, the 2007 world champion.
"Anything could have happened. We were quite lucky in this one that I stayed up and that Jorge had a crash."
With Yamaha's Ben Spies crashing on lap eight, teammate Lorenzo flipped off his bike on lap nine and Honda's Italian Marco Simoncelli falling a lap later, Stoner had a lonely ride to the checkered flag and his fourth win in six races.
Rossi, who started on the back row of the grid for Ducati, clawed his way back to sixth and moved up to fourth overall with 68 points in the absence of Honda's injured Spaniard Dani Pedrosa.
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