MotoGP – The British GP turn-based –

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The British GP turn-based

MotoGP - The British GP turn-based -

Donington attracts a crowd of stoic enthusiasts, regardless of the often temperamental weather. We remember the exploits of Di Meglio and De Puniet in the rain … In MotoGP, the n ° 46 is 46 points behind Hayden: a sign ? Round by round.

At this stage of the championship, the suspense gradually disappears in 125, it boils down more and more to a mano a mano in 250, but he is total in the premier class with a Rossi who discovers the consequences of his injuries….

Four bends to the left, seven to the right and a short straight line of 564 m for a total development of 4023 m: the Donington circuit, created for motorcycles, is a track for big hearts in particular because of its vertiginous descent. There, the sharpest 125 pilots go all out !

The second part gives way to a series of acceleration and braking. It takes less than 1.30 ’’ in MotoGP, allowing the 68,391 spectators present to see the riders pass more often than on other circuits. The rain often present on the English track favors both the spectacle and the more technical drivers..

The relatively less effort required of the drivers at Donington than on other tracks could favor those suffering from the consequences of falls, including a certain Rossi … But the provisional leader, Nicky Hayden, also likes these conditions. Conversely, in the dry, the English circuit requires significant physical effort, especially in its second part. What to fuel even more the suspense, the changing weather forecasting beautiful and hot for the tests but possible disturbances on Sunday…

Last detail: in Donington the races start with the 250, then the MotoGP and finally the 125 last. But Moto-Net’s turn-based will follow the usual order, in ascending categories. Ready ?

Class 125

On Friday, in hot and dry weather, Alvaro Bautista dominated the leader ahead of Mika Kallio, his designated challenger, while Pasini moved in the morning between the two men. Masbou is replaced by Georg Froehlich, Vincent is forfeited: the two French people need to recover from their injuries. During the first qualifying session, Bautista won the provisional pole 0.1 s ahead of Kallio and Pasini. Lai shows up at 0.4 s, Pesek at 0.6 s, Terol and Corsi at 0.9 s. Di Meglio is 17th at 1.6 s.

Saturday morning, still under the sun, Bautista drives home the point. Kallio in the same tenth is on his heels and Pesek, 3rd, is already almost 0.5s behind the two leaders. Only Faubel, Pasini, Corsi, Nieto and Gadea are in the same second. Di Meglio falls and stays at 1.6 s. In the second qualifying session, Bautista continues to dominate outrageously: only Corsi will beat him by 1 / 1000th … before falling and seeing Bautista take the lead again. The leader wins pole 0.36 s ahead of Kallio while Pasini is 0.6 s and Corsi 0.9 s. In the 2nd row, only Gadea is in the second of the poleman. Faubel and Pesek are at 1.1 s and Olive at 1.2 s. Terol and Luthi at 1.3 s and Lai and De Rosa at 1.4 s form 3rd place. Di Meglio, who fell again, cannot improve his time on Friday: he will start 30th, 2.6 s behind the leader … Nieto has a big fall and has to undergo examinations at the hospital, victim of a concussion cerebral. The Spaniard will be back for the warm up. 44 pilots are qualified.

In the warm-up, it was Mika Kallio who showed himself in good shape with the best time ahead of the Aprilia of the Aspar team of Gadea, Pasini and Bautista between 0.2 and 0.3 s behind. Talmacsi 5th is at 0.6s, then a trio in the same tenth consisting of Olive at 1s, Di Meglio 7th who has regained his attack and Rodriguez.

Departure. Kallio got off to an excellent start and took the lead ahead of Pasini. Bautista, Gadea and Corsi touch each other at the entrance, Gadea passes in front but is passed in the curve, then Pesek, Faubel, Luthi, Cortese. Pesek sneaked inside Gadea on the 2nd corner, then Pasini took the lead from Kallio while Corsi passed 3rd in front of Bautista on the right at the bottom of the descent. Pesek took advantage of Bautista’s lead, surprised by Corsi, to take 4th. Lai passes 9th in front of Corsi. Bautista won the braking of the chicane at Pesek and returned to 4th. Braking on the last corner, Bautista won out over Corsi and returned to 3rd.

On the first lap, Pasini and Kallio took a few steps ahead but Bautista is pushing ahead and has already let go of Corsi, Pesek, Gadea, Faubel, Luthi and Lai. Di Meglio is 20th. At the bottom of the descent, Bautista has returned to Pasini and Kallio’s wheel. In the straight ahead of the chicane, Bautista passed 2nd on the draw ahead of Kallio. Di Meglio doubles Nieto, Zanetti and Perez.

In the second lap, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista, who made the fastest lap, and Kallio. Pesek 4th is already 1.4s behind the leader in front of Corsi, Faubel passed in front of Gadea and Lai who overtook Luthi. Di Meglio was 16th, with Baptiste taking the lead inside Pasini on the quickest right of the descent. Kallio loses contact and pushes hard to get back on the flat. Di Meglio passed 15th in front of Olive. Karel Abraham stole the start and is inflicted with a ride through. De Rosa fall.

On lap 3, Bautista took off alone in front with a new fastest lap, 0.7 seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio. Pesek 4th is at 2.6 s. Gadea, Faubel, Corsi, Lai and Talmacsi are at 3.3 s. Terol, Cortese, Luthi are more than 5 s behind, then Ranseder followed by Di Meglio 14th. Kallio returns to 2nd in front of Pasini at the bottom of the descent. Conti who suffered too much from the consequences of his fall in the tests gives up.

On lap 4, Bautista with another fastest lap was 1.3 seconds ahead of Kallio and Pasini, 4 seconds over Pesek, Gadea and Faubel, 5.4 seconds over Corsi, Talmacsi and Lai. Di Meglio passed 13th in front of Ranseder is more than 8 seconds behind the leader. Gadea prevails over Pesek at the bottom of the descent.

On lap 5, Bautista was 1.7 s ahead of Kallio and Pasini. The three men are the only ones to ride under the 1’38 ’’ mark. The trio Gadea Pesek Faubel follows 5.5 s behind the leader, then Corsi, Terol, Lai, Talmacsi, Luthi and Cortese are more than 7 s behind. Di Meglio is still 13th but lost a second and sees the group in front of him move away. Pasini comes back to 2nd in front of Kallio on the descent. Olive passes 13th ahead of Di Meglio.

On lap 6, Bautista hit the nail on the head with a 2.2sec advantage over Pasini and Kallio. The Gadea Pesek Faubel trio follows, followed by Corsi, Terol, Lai, Talmacsi, Luthi and Cortese. Talmacsi passed 9th ahead of Lai. Luthi also passes Lai.

On the 7th lap, Bautista is still the fastest. Pasini and Kallio try to hang on, then Gadea, Faubel passed 5th in front of Pesek and Terol passed 7th in front of Corsi. Di Meglio 14th returned to Olive again. Kallio passes Pasini who immediately regains the advantage at the bottom of the descent.

In the 8th lap, Bautista who beats the fastest lap again is 3 seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio and 8.2 seconds over Gadea and Faubel. Pesek struggles to keep up with the two Aprilia. Then at more than 11 s arrive Terol, Corsi, Luthi passed in front of Talmacsi, Lai, Cortese, Olive and Di Meglio on which returns Bradley Smith, the young Englishman of 15 years. Kallio returns to 2nd at the bottom of the descent.

At the 9th lap, Bautista leads widely while Kallio and Pasini fight for 2nd place. Gadea and Faubel let go of Pesek, then Terol and Corsi. Zanetti passes 15th in front of Smith in pursuit of Di Meglio.

On lap 10, Bautista was 4.2 s ahead of Kallio and Pasini, 9.5 s over Gadea and Faubel, 10.9 s over Pesek, 13.6 over Corsi, Luthi and Terol and 14.7 over Talmacsi. Di Meglio 14th is followed by Zanetti and Smith. Zanetti passes 14th ahead of Di Meglio.

At the 11th lap, Bautista leads, Kallio tries to let go of Pasini, then Faubel passed in front of Gadea, Pesek, then Corsi and Talmacsi. Di Meglio 15th rolls slower than Smith behind him. Luthi passed Talmacsi then tried to attack Terol at the entrance to the chicane but had to come out and cut through the gravel. He took off again, letting Talmacsi and Lai pass through. Olive passes Talmacsi.

In the 12th lap, Bautista leads, Kallio is again under direct threat from Pasini, Faubel and Gadea are wheel to wheel, then Pesek, and Corsi who has let go Terol, Olive, Talmacsi, Lai, Cortese, Luthi, Zanetti, Di Meglio and Smith. Terol and Olive pass Talmacsi. Luthi passes Cortese.

On lap 13, Bautista managed his 4s advantage over Kallio and Pasini. Faubel and Gadea are 6.7 behind the duo, 1.1 seconds ahead of Pesek, then more than 4 seconds further ahead come Corsi, Olive and Terol. Di Meglio threatened by Smith returns to 14th ahead of Cortese. Double Olive Terol. Di Meglio passed Zanetti back in stride for 13th place. Pasini comes back to 2nd in front of Kallio. Nieto injured must give up.

On lap 14, Bautista, who set a new lap record, increased his lead over Pasini and Kallio. Faubel and Gadea improve their times, then Pesek 1.7s behind this duo 4.2s ahead of Corsi, Olive and the others. Di Meglio is 13th within 1s of Luthi. Luthi returns to Talmacsi.

On the 15th lap, Bautista was 4.7 s ahead of Pasini and Kallio, 11.7 s over Faubel and Gadea, 14.6 s over Pesek, 19 s over Olive past Corsi and Terol, 20.6 s over Lai, Luthi, Talmacsi, Di Meglio, Zanetti, Smith and Cortese. Leaders come back to the backward.

On lap 16, Bautista, who lost a little time on the laggards, was 4.1 seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio. Faubel and Gadea are 7.1 s behind, 3 s ahead of Pesek. Di Meglio holds 13th place.

On lap 17, Bautista was still 4.1s ahead of Pasini and Kallio. Faubel and Gadea are 7.3 s further, then Pesek stalls 3.7 s further. Di Meglio is still 13th.

On the 18th lap, Bautista, who again has a clear track, is 4.3 seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio. Faubel and Gadea are 8 seconds further, 4.4 seconds ahead of Pesek. After 3.5 s more Olive, Corsi, Terol and Luthi. Smith passed 13th ahead of Di Meglio. At the bottom of the descent, Kallio passes 2nd in front of Pasini.

On the 19th lap, no major change in the lead with Bautista who is still the fastest on the track and distances his pursuers. Di Meglio 16th was passed by Zanetti and Cortese after shooting straight. Pasini returns to 2nd in front of Kallio.

On the 20th lap Bautista still leads ahead of Pasini and Kallio who are fighting for 2nd place. Faubel and Gadea are at 15 s, Pesek at 19.4 s, Olive and Corsi at 22 s, Terol at 23.3 s, Luthi, Talmacsi and Lai at 24 s, Smith at 26.5 s, Zanetti at 28 s, Cortese at 32 s and Di Meglio 16th to 35s. Corsi then 8th made the mistake in the very slow left hairpin: he immediately started 14th again.

On lap 21, Bautista increased his lead a little further. Pasini held the pressure of Kallio and Faubel that of Gadea while Pesek rolled alone 6th. Olive, rid of Corsi, is alone 7th and Di Meglio remains 16th.

On lap 22, Bautista was 4.8 seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio. Faubel and Gadea are 10.7 seconds further and Pesek 4.6 seconds behind this duo sees Olive return 1.5 seconds behind him. Smith is 12th, Di Meglio still 16th.

On lap 23, Bautista was 5 full seconds ahead of Pasini and Kallio, 16.2s over Faubel and Gadea and 21.5s over Pesek who was only 0.7s ahead of Olive. Di Meglio 16th returns to 2s from Cortese.

At the start of the last lap, Bautista secures and manages his lead as the explanation between Pasini and Kallio continues: the Finn shows his front wheel with every hard braking like the Italian who resists. Gadea came in force inside at the end of the straight to steal 4th place from Faubel and Olive passed 6th ahead of Pesek. Pasini delays all his braking, Kallio tries to pass each time but in vain. When braking from the hairpin, Pasini begins his braking by closing the door 3 meters from the vibrator, Kallio keeps the ideal trajectory and passes faster but must stay behind the Italian back to the rope !

At the last braking, Pasini delays, Kallio takes a trajectory which gives him more speed at the exit where he arrives at Pasini’s height and passes him before the line with more initial speed! Faubel 4th passed again in front of Gadea 5th who made a small mistake: the four Aprilia of the Aspar team are in the first five! Olive is 6th, Pesek 7th, Luthi 8th, Terol 9th, Talmacsi 10th, Lai 11th, Smith 12th, Corsi 13th, Cortese 14th and Zanetti 15th. Di Meglio fails in 16th place…

In the championship, Bautista made the hole and leads with 185 points ahead of Kallio (133), Gadea (114), Pasini (112) and Faubel (110). The four teammates of the Aspar team are also in the top five and only Kallio fits his KTM! Pesek is 6th with 86 points while Luthi 7th with 70 points has lost any chance of retaining his title … Finally in terms of brands, Aprilia with 203 points leads well ahead of KTM (138), Honda (98), Derbi (86), Gilera (59) and Malaguti (23).

Class 250

Friday morning, Lorenzo dominates the debates. De Angelis follows at 0.6s, then H. Aoyama and Takahashi are already over a second away! Dovizioso is not far, then come Simoncelli, S. Aoyama, Barbera who signs his return cautiously and Locatelli. Guintoli is the 13th stopwatch in the morning at 2.3 s and Cluzel the 16th at 3.2 s.

In the afternoon, Lorenzo took provisional pole and again relegated De Angelis to 0.5 s, Barbera and Dovizioso to .0.7 s and H. Aoyama to 0.8 s. Locatelli 6th is at 1.2 s with Simoncelli. Guintoli is 12th at 1.6 s, Cluzel 19th at 3.5 s.

On Saturday, Dovizioso sounded the revolt and took the best morning time ahead of De Angelis and Lorenzo. Barbera, H. Aoyama, Takahashi, Simoncelli, S. Aoyama and Locatelli at 0.6 s are closer, then Guintoli 10th is at 1.1 s. Cluzel 17th gets closer to 2.4 s.

The qualifying session saw Lorenzo take pole again, 0.7 s ahead of Dovizioso, H. Aoyama and De Angelis. The 2nd place is more than a second behind with S. Aoyama, Barbera who did not improve his time on Friday, Locatelli and Poggiali. Guintoli took a small crash and could not do better than 13th at 2.1sec while Cluzel was 18th at 3.1sec. 27 pilots are qualified.

In the warm-up, it was Anthony West, very comfortable on a wet track, who was ahead … Sylvain Guintoli by 0.1 s! Dovizioso is 3rd time at 0.6 s, then Locatelli at 1 s. Lorenzo, uncomfortable in these conditions, did no better than 12th at 2.9 s, while Cluzel clocked 17th at 5.3 s.

Departure. Dovizioso got the best start and took the lead ahead of Lorenzo, H. Aoyama, De Angelis, S. Aoyama, Locatelli, Takahashi, Simoncelli, Barbera and Guintoli. Cluzel started 15th. De Angelis took 3rd at the bottom of the descent ahead of H. Aoyama, seeing Dovizioso and Lorenzo already take a few steps ahead. Guintoli passed 9th in front of Barbera. When braking in the chicane, Takahashi goes inside Locatelli.

In the first round, Dovizioso and Lorenzo were 1.5 seconds ahead of De Angelis, H. Aoyama, S. Aoyama, Takahashi, Locatelli, Simoncelli, Guintoli and Barbera. Cluzel is 16th! On the first right of the descent, Lorenzo comes to the outside of Dovizioso and passes him entering the left: superb! A little surprised Dovizioso immediately lost a few lengths. De Angelis, H. Aoyama and S. Aoyama got a bit ahead of Takahashi, Locatelli and Simoncelli. Barbera repeats Guintoli, imitated by West. H. Aoyama passed 3rd in front of De Angelis braking the last corner.

On the second lap, Lorenzo, who set the fastest lap, was 0.3 s ahead of Dovizioso, 2.2 s over H. Aoyama, De Angelis, S. Aoyama, Takahashi and Locatelli, 3.9 s over Simoncelli and Barbera and 8 s over Guintoli. Cluzel is 16th at 8.4 s. Dovizioso comes back meter after meter on Lorenzo and Cluzel passes 15th in front of Ballerini.

In the 3rd lap, Lorenzo leads ahead of Dovizioso, who scored the fastest lap. H. Aoyama is at 3.1 s and takes De Angelis, S. Aoyama, Takahashi and Locatelli. Simoncelli is at 5.1 s, Barbera at 5.6 s and Guintoli at 7.5 s. Cluzel is 15th at 11.4 s. Chaz Davies, who replaced Arnaud Vincent, falls and gives up. When braking the hairpin, S. Aoyama was a little optimistic, stepped aside and had to let Takahashi pass. Cluzel passes 15th in front of Ballerini.

On lap 4, Lorenzo and Dovizioso lead while H. Aoyama, De Angelis, Takahashi, S. Aoyama and Locatelli hang on. Simoncelli holds Barbera at 0.5s, then Guintoli 10th is 2.5s behind the Spaniard. Cluzel is 15th just behind Tizon. On the descent, H. Aoyama and De Angelis let go of Takahashi. When braking the hairpin, Takahashi who has delayed his braking too much to come back deviates, S. Aoyama takes the opportunity to pass and Locatelli who had even better anticipated passes inside the two Japanese, but a little lollipop from the back to acceleration must let it pass S. Aoyama.

In the 5th lap, Lorenzo and Dovizioso were 5 s ahead of H. Aoyama and De Angelis, 6.1 s over S. Aoyama, Locatelli, Takahashi and Simoncelli who took advantage of the fight to pick up, 5.6 s over Barbera and 7.5 s over Guintoli. Cluzel 15th was passed by Tizon. De Angelis returned to 3rd in front of H. Aoyama on the descent.

On the 6th lap, Lorenzo and Dovizioso lead. De Angelis and H. Aoyama let go of S. Aoyama and Locatelli. Takahashi struggles to follow, then Simoncelli is under threat from Barbera. Guintoli is 10th while Cluzel is ironed in front of Tizon, imitated by Smrz 15th.

On the 7th lap, Lorenzo and Dovizioso still lead wheel to wheel, De Angelis and H. Aoyama are at 6 seconds, then S. Aoyama, Locatelli, Takahashi, Simoncelli and Barbera are grouped again. Guintoli is 10th and Cluzel 15th was passed by Smrz. Barbera passes 8th in front of Simoncelli.

On lap 8, Lorenzo and Dovizioso were 5.8 seconds ahead of De Angelis and H. Aoyama, then at 1.8 seconds Locatelli passed 5th took S. Aoyama, Takahashi, Barbera and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 15th.

On lap 9, Lorenzo and Dovizioso extended their lead over De Angelis and H. Aoyama to 5.7 s, then 1.9 s more Locatelli held up ahead of S. Aoyama, Barbera passed 7th ahead of Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 15th.

On the 10th lap, Lorenzo and Dovizioso are 6 s ahead of De Angelis and H. Aoyama, 8.3 s on Locatelli who let loose his pursuers, 9.2 s on S. Aoyama, 10.1 s on Barbera, 11.2 s on Takahashi and Simoncelli and 16s on Guintoli. Cluzel is 15th.

On the 11th lap, Lorenzo, author of a new fastest lap in the race, and Dovizioso were 6.4 s ahead of De Angelis and H. Aoyama, 9 s on Locatelli, 9.9 s on S. Aoyama, 10.7 s on Barbera and 12.3 s on Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th at 17s while Cluzel 16th at 33.7s was passed by Perren, the Porto substitute.

On lap 12, Lorenzo still couldn’t let go of Dovizioso. De Angelis is also followed like his shadow by H. Aoyama while Locatelli, S. Aoyama, Barbera, Takahashi, Simoncelli and Guintoli retain their positions. Cluzel is 16th.

On lap 13, the duo Lorenzo Dovizioso was 6.7 seconds behind the other duo De Angelis H. Aoyama. Takahashi and Simoncelli drop out. Guintoli remains 10th and Cluzel 17th was passed by Ballerini. S. Aoyama and Barbera return meter after meter to Locatelli.

On lap 14, Lorenzo set another fastest lap and took a 0.6s advantage over Dovizioso. De Angelis and H. Aoyama improve their personal times, then Locatelli and S. Aoyama are under threat from Barbera who also gets his best time. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 17th.

On the 15th lap, Lorenzo, with a new fastest lap, was 0.6 s ahead of Dovizioso, 7.2 s over De Angelis and H. Aoyama and 12.6 s over Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 17th.

On lap 16, Lorenzo, who accelerated again, was again less than 0.5 s ahead of Dovizioso, who had a fastest lap in the race. De Angelis and H. Aoyama are 7.1 seconds behind the leader, 5.9 seconds ahead of Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera and 3.4 seconds ahead of Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 16th, Ballerini and him having overtaken Perren.

On lap 17, on the descent, when he came back very hard on Lorenzo, Dovizioso fell! The Italian managed to get back into the race very quickly, losing only around 14 seconds and two places: only De Angelis and H. Aoyama passed! But his twisted controls in his fall prevent him from picking up the pace and he has to let Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera pass … H. Aoyama passes 2nd in front of De Angelis on braking in the chicane.

In the 18th lap, Lorenzo is alone in the lead with 9.4 s ahead of H. Aoyama and De Angelis, then at 6 s more, Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera took 2.6 s from Dovizioso who is 1.5 s ahead of Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th at 24.6 s and Cluzel 16th at 52.8 s. Perren falls and gives up. Dovizioso is under threat from Takahashi’s group who pass him before the straight line !

In the 19th lap, Lorenzo leads alone. H. Aoyama is under constant pressure from De Angelis, Locatelli contains S. Aoyama and Barbera, then come Takahashi and Dovizioso passed by Simoncelli at the end of the straight. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 16th. Leaders catch up with the backward.

At the 20th lap, Lorenzo leads and H. Aoyama resists De Angelis. Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera stay in that order, then Dovizioso manages to keep pace with Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 16th.

In the 21st lap, Lorenzo was 9 seconds ahead of H. Aoyama and De Angelis, 15.8 seconds over Locatelli, S. Aoyama and Barbera and 22.6 seconds over Takahashi, Simoncelli and Dovizioso who kept pace. Guintoli who accelerates to 2 s behind Dovizioso. Cluzel is 16th.

At the 22nd lap, Lorenzo is still leading. H. Aoyama was a few steps ahead of De Angelis while Locatelli and S. Aoyama let go of Barbera. Dovizioso looks back at Takahashi and Simoncelli. Guintoli is no longer gaining time on the Italian leader of the championship. Cluzel passed by Baldolini is 17th.

On lap 23, Lorenzo led but H. Aoyama saw De Angelis return and make the effort. Locatelli and S. Aoyama stay together, Barbera secures his 6th place, then Simoncelli is 7th in front of Takahashi and Dovizioso. Guintoli is 10th and Cluzel 16th is passed in front of Baldolini. Poggiali loses front, falls and has to give up.

On the 24th lap, the positions are unchanged in the lead. Cluzel recovers 15th place following the fall of Poggiali. S. Aoyama falls and leaves. Dovizioso passes Takahashi then Simoncelli.

On lap 25, Lorenzo still leads. H. Aoyama is under threat from De Angelis but he holds on. Locatelli is alone 4th, Barbera alone 5th, Dovizioso 6th has Simoncelli and Takahashi in his wheel, Guintoli is 9th 1.8s behind the Japanese, S. Aoyama is 13th at 1 minute, then Cluzel is 15th at 1’04 ’’ behind the leader.

On the 25th lap, behind Lorenzo, H. Aoyama stood up to De Angelis. Locatelli is 4th, Barbera 5th, Dovizioso 6th, Simoncelli 7th, Takahashi 8th, Guintoli 9th and Cluzel 15th. Simoncelli returned to Dovizioso on the descent while S. Aoyama returned to 12th ahead of Espargaro. Simoncelli, who had just passed by Dovizioso and who was threatened by Takahashi, loses the lead and falls in the last corner of the circuit: he starts again but has to let Dovizioso, Takahashi, Guintoli and West pass !

At the start of the last lap, Lorenzo who manages is well in the lead. H. Aoyama was attacked by De Angelis but resisted, Locatelli held his 4th place, Barbera his 5th, Dovizioso was 6th ahead of Takahashi, Guintoli 8th and Cluzel 15th.

De Angelis attacked and passed H. Aoyama on braking in the chicane: the Japanese took all the risks and delayed his braking at the hairpin, had to step aside and let De Angelis pass, who flew to the second step of the podium! Lorenzo triumphs in wheeling, just like De Angelis who also celebrates his podium, imitated by H. Aoyama and Locatelli, thumbs up. Only Dovizioso crossed the line annoyed by his fault, although he limited the damage with his 6th place.

Lorenzo therefore takes a victory that never seemed to escape him as he dominated the weekend, at least on dry track. De Angelis 2nd won his 18th podium, then H. Aoyama climbed to the 3rd step. Locatelli finished nice 4th, Barbera signed 5th place for his return from injury and Dovizioso saved his leadership with 6th place. Takahashi is 7th, Guintoli 8th, West 9th, Simoncelli 10th, Smrz 11th, Espargaro 12th, S. Aoyama 13th, Cluzel 14th and Ballerini 15th.

In the championship, Dovizioso is no longer leading by a small point (159) ahead of Lorenzo (158). De Angelis goes 3rd with 111 points ahead of H. Aoyama 4th, joined by Takahashi (108), Locatelli is 6th with 104 points, Barbera 7th (89) and Guintoli 8th (59). Jules Cluzel is now 5 points strong. In terms of brands, Aprilia leads well with 201 points ahead of Honda (164), KTM (112) and Gilera (55).

MotoGP Category

Friday morning Pedrosa was the fastest ahead of Stoner, Melandri, Edwards, Hopkins, Nakano, Roberts, Capirossi, Rossi, Hayden and De Puniet. In the afternoon, it was the young Spaniard who dominated again, but this time ahead of Hopkins, Stoner, Melandri, Nakano, Edwards, Rossi, Roberts and Hayden. De Puniet is 13th.

On Saturday morning, Stoner takes the lead. He distances Pedrosa and Capirossi by 0.2 s while Rossi is at 0.5 s, Melandri, Roberts, Edwards and Hayden at 0.8 s, Hopkins at 0.9 s and De Puniet and Nakano at 1.1 s. Fabrizio, who replaced Toni Elias at the handlebars of the M1 Fortuna, made a huge high side at the last corner before the straight line and broke his collarbone: his return to the premier class was short-lived…

The qualifying session saw Pedrosa take his 3rd pole ahead of Vermeulen, surprising 2nd, and Melandri at 0.5 s. In 2nd row, Hopkins is at 0.5 s and Capirossi and De Puniet at 0.7 s. Nakano, Stoner and Roberts are 0.7 s in 3rd row, Edwards and Hayden are 0.8 s then Rossi 1.1 s in 4th row. In the absence of Fabrizio, 18 drivers will be at the start. Finally, at the request of Yamaha, Michelin went to look for new tires for the M1: case to be continued…

In the warm-up run on a dry and tricky track, Hayden takes the best time ahead of Nakano at 0.2 s, Vermeulen at 0.5 s, Hofmann at 0.6 s, Melandri at 1.6 s, Rossi at 1.7 s, Stoner at 1.9 s, Hopkins at 2 s and De Puniet at 2.1 s. Capirossi finishes far behind: the Italian takes care of himself…

Departure. It was Marco Melandri who got off the best start and took the lead ahead of Pedrosa, Stoner, Vermeulen, Hopkins, Roberts, Nakano, Capirossi, Hayden, Edwards, Rossi and De Puniet who got off to a disastrous start from his 6th position on the grid … Vermeulen passed 3rd in the first corner inside Stoner, imitated in the next corner by Hopkins. Capirossi passed 7th in front of Nakano on the next bend. Rossi passed 11th ahead of De Puniet and Hayden made the outside to Nakano at the bottom of the descent. When braking in the chicane, Hopkins passed 3rd in front of Vermeulen while Rossi passed 10th in front of Edwards.

In the first lap, Melandri leads ahead of Pedrosa, Hopkins, Vermeulen, Stoner, Roberts, Capirossi, Hayden, Nakano, Rossi, Edwards and De Puniet. Stoner took 4th strong on the inside of the first straight downhill. A small hole was made between Nakano and Rossi but the Italian caught up with the Japanese in the winding, bringing Edwards and De Puniet back.

At the second passage, Melandri leads in front of Pedrosa. Hopkins is 0.5s behind the Spaniard and takes Stoner the fastest lap in the race who took a few lengths over Vermeulen, Roberts, Capirossi, Hayden, Nakano, Rossi and Edwards who let De Puniet.

On the 3rd lap, Melandri leads in front of Pedrosa and Hopkins the fastest lap in the race, Stoner very close, then a few lengths away Roberts passed in front of Vermeulen, Capirossi, Hayden, Nakano, Rossi, Edwards and De Puniet who reunited the Texan. Pedrosa shows Melandri his front wheel at almost every corner entry, but the Italian delays his braking and resists the Spaniard.

At the 4th passage, Melandri and Pedrosa lead. Hopkins hangs 0.5s from the Italian, Stoner is 1.1s, Roberts almost 2s. Then at 2.7 s follow Vermeulen, Capirossi, Hayden, Nakano and Rossi who gradually let go of Edwards and De Puniet. Pedrosa is literally glued to Melandri’s wheel but still fails to pass. Hayden passed 7th in front of Capirossi on the descent. Roberts passed 4th ahead of Stoner. When braking from the hairpin, Pedrosa delays his braking, returns very hard to the front, loses the rear next to Melandri, passes him but loses the trajectory, misses to go to the high side, releases, deviates under the wheel before Melandri and goes outside, having to let Hopkins pass !

On lap 5, Melandri led 0.4 s ahead of Hopkins. Pedrosa is at 1.2 s, Roberts at 1.9 s, then at 2.7 s Stoner takes Vermeulen, Hayden who gets closer to the Australians, Capirossi and Rossi who managed to pass Nakano with whom Edwards and De Puniet got closer again. Silva, replacing Hofmann, returns to the pit. Rossi delayed his braking at the entrance to the hairpin bend and passed 8th in front of Capirossi.

On lap 6, Melandri led ahead of Hopkins and Pedrosa, who set the fastest lap, which again came close to the American. Roberts is close, then 1.1 s later arrive Stoner, Vermeulen, Hayden and Rossi who gradually let go of Capirossi, Nakano, Edwards and De Puniet. Rossi quickly approaches Hayden on the descent. At the bottom he is in his wheel as, further in front, Pedrosa is in that of Hopkins … Hayden attacks and passes Vermeulen under braking of the chicane but cannot take the trajectory and goes out in the gravel, taking again the track behind Vermeulen and Rossi. Hayden comes back and runs up to Rossi, but at the hairpin, the Italian unstoppably over the American on the inside after superb braking.

On lap 7, Melandri still leads ahead of Hopkins, Pedrosa and Roberts. Stoner was 5th at 2.8 seconds behind the leader, then at 4 seconds, Vermeulen was followed by Rossi who quickly left Capirossi behind. Edwards and Nakano drove past Hayden. Pedrosa takes 2nd place in the straight ahead of the chicane.

On the 8th lap, Melandri leads in front of Pedrosa who comes back and gradually releases Hopkins and Roberts. Stoner was at 2.8 s and Rossi at 4.5 s took Vermeulen a second ahead of Capirossi, Nakano, Edwards, Hayden and De Puniet. Checa passes 13th in front of Tamada. Pedrosa comes back into Melandri’s wheel at the bottom of the descent. When braking the hairpin, Hopkins, who is pushing to keep contact, pulls in a little hard, pulls away and manages to get back on the rope without wasting too much time. But Roberts took advantage of this mistake to get back on his wheel and take 3rd, taking advantage of Hopkins’ gap to the left before the straight….

On lap 9, Melandri and Pedrosa lead ahead of Roberts and Hopkins at 1.2 s. Stoner is at 2.6 s, Rossi at 4.4 s, Vermeulen at 5.3 s, Capirossi, Nakano and Edwards at 6.6 s and Hayden and De Puniet at 7.5 s. Coming out of the chicane, Melandri slips from behind but manages to stay ahead of Pedrosa.

At the 10th passage, Melandri leads in front of Pedrosa. Roberts at 0.8 s let go of Hopkins at 1.6 s. Stoner is 5th at 2.5 s, Rossi at 4.4 s and Vermeulen at 5.9 s. Capirossi, Nakano, Edwards and Hayden come back to 7s. De Puniet was dropped by this group 8.6 s behind the leader. Melandri made a new heat coming out of the chicane but kept the lead. Roberts takes advantage of the slowdown to get back into Pedrosa’s wheel.

On lap 11, Melandri, Pedrosa and Roberts lead. Hopkins was close to 0.9s from Roberts, Stoner 5th fell within 2s of the leader and Rossi remained at 4.5s. Vermeulen followed, Nakano passed 9th ahead of Capirossi, Edwards, Hayden and De Puniet returned to contact on this lap. Pedrosa tries to take the lead on the right downhill but Melandri dives in front of him and keeps the advantage! Pedrosa finally prevailed on the change of angle of the last sequence of the descent, coming in close to Melandri on the outside on the left and winning on the right! Stoner got back into the Hopkins wheel at the bottom of the descent as Pedrosa slowly took a few steps ahead of Melandri.

On the 12th lap, Pedrosa, who had the fastest lap in the race, led 0.5 s ahead of Melandri, 0.9 s in front of Roberts, 2.3 s in front of Hopkins and Stoner, 4.8 s in front of Rossi and 7.4 s in front of Vermeulen – on which came Nakano who let Capirossi, Edwards, Hayden and De Puniet. Hopkins steps back off the rope, this time at the start of the descent, and must let Stoner pass. Pedrosa releases Melandri who climbs on the vibrators to try to keep in touch, in vain.

On the 13th lap, Pedrosa who smashed his lap record 1.5 seconds ahead of Melandri and Roberts, 3.3 seconds on Stoner, 4.7 seconds on Hopkins on whom Rossi pounded 5.6 seconds behind the leader. Vermeulen is almost joined by Nakano at 7.1s from the little Spaniard who imprints his rhythm and distance his pursuers. Rossi came back on Hopkins’ heels from the bottom of the descent: the Italian passed the American under the braking of the chicane and released him quickly. Nakano was forced to retire as he held a nice 8th place and was about to pass Vermeulen !

On the 14th lap, Pedrosa was 2 s ahead of Melandri, 2.8 s on Roberts, 3.5 s on Stoner, 6.3 s on Rossi, 6.8 s on Hopkins, 11 s on Vermeulen and Edwards and 12.5 s on Capirossi, Hayden and De Puniet . At the bottom of the descent, Hayden crosses Capirossi’s trajectory on the right, the American comes out inside and passes 9th ahead of the Italian.

On lap 15, Pedrosa was 2.5 seconds ahead of Melandri, who took cover from Roberts. But the American has lowered the pace and sees Stoner return. Rossi was 2.7s behind the Australian, Hopkins 2s behind, Vermeulen and Edwards almost 4s more, then Hayden came back 1s behind the Texan, releasing Capirossi and De Puniet. Stoner comes back hard on Roberts who himself gets closer to Melandri.

On lap 16, Pedrosa was 3.2 seconds ahead of Melandri, Roberts and Stoner. Rossi came back 2.4 seconds behind the Australian. Vermeulen makes a mistake and starts again penultimate at 43 s from Pedrosa! He returns to the pits and will leave last, 2 ‘late…

On lap 17, Pedrosa led by 3.7 seconds over Melandri, Roberts and Stoner combined. Rossi is only 2.2s behind the Australian … Hopkins is 6th at 12.4s from the leader, Edwards at 14.2s, Hayden at 15.3s, Capirossi at 16.5s and De Puniet at 17.2s.

On lap 18 Pedrosa was now 4.3sec ahead of Melandri, Roberts and Stoner while Rossi came back 1.7s behind the young Australian. Hopkins 6th sees Edwards come back on him like a rocket, then Hayden within a second of the Texan dropped Capirossi and even more De Puniet.

On the 19th lap, Pedrosa still drives home the point with 4.6 s ahead of Melandri, Roberts and Stoner. Rossi took another 0.2s from the Australian, Hopkins was followed by Edwards and Hayden was a second behind. At the bottom of the descent, Roberts and Stoner are increasingly pressing on Melandri who is sliding a lot. Edwards passes 6th in front of Hopkins on whom Hayden almost came back.

On lap 20 Pedrosa was 5.3 seconds ahead of Melandri, Roberts and Stoner. Rossi, who has taken another 0.2 seconds, begins an alien descent and is only 0.8 seconds from Stoner down! Stoner attacks and passes Roberts on hairpin braking.

On lap 21, Pedrosa was 5.7 seconds ahead of Melandri, who had temporarily taken cover, 0.5 seconds ahead of Stoner and Roberts. Rossi is only 0.5 seconds behind the American! Hayden passes 7th ahead of Hopkins.

On lap 22, Pedrosa leads by 6 seconds over Melandri, Stoner, Roberts and Rossi. Edwards 6th 18.1s ahead 1.8 seconds ahead of Hayden, who is hanging on Hopkins. Capirossi 2 s later left De Puniet at 6.5 s. In the chicane, Melandri climbs on the curb on the exit, slides forward for a good ten meters, miraculously recovers, pulls aside and forces Roberts to lose the line! Stoner takes the opportunity to pass 2nd and opportunistic Rossi passes between Melandri and Roberts in 3rd position !

On lap 23, Pedrosa was 6.6 s ahead of Stoner, Rossi, Melandri and Roberts. 10 seconds later, Edwards was 2 seconds ahead of Hayden and Hopkins, followed by Capirossi and De Puniet. Melandri attacks and passes Rossi again under braking in the chicane. Roberts seems to be struggling to keep up with Stoner’s new pace.

On lap 24, Pedrosa only slightly increased his lead over Stoner. Melandri made her personal best lap with Rossi in her wheel while Roberts clinched. Edwards increases his lead over Hayden. Melandri, who definitely liked the braking of the chicane, returned to second in front of the Australian and Roberts took advantage of the fight to come back behind Rossi! Braking the hairpin, Rossi attacks Stoner who resists and dives inward, but the Italian insists and wins !

On lap 25, Pedrosa was 6.9 seconds ahead of the brawling quartet. Behind, Edwards was still 2 seconds ahead of Hayden who accelerated again and let Hopkins loose. Capirossi is 9th, De Puniet 10th. Rossi puts the maximum pressure on Melandri and assists Melandri’s favorite braking at the entrance to the chicane! When braking in the chicane, n ° 46 brakes almost in the middle of the track to close the door to Melandri and Stoner wheel to wheel! A little further, Roberts follows the debates.

On lap 26, Pedrosa was 7.4 s ahead of Rossi, Melandri, Stoner and Roberts. Edwards put Hayden back to 2.1s behind him while Rossi and Melandri took down Stoner and Roberts slightly on the descent. Checa passes 10th ahead of De Puniet.

On lap 27, Pedrosa slowing down and securing a 6.5s lead over Rossi, Melandri beating her personal best lap, Stoner hanging on and Roberts slowly letting go. Edwards increased his lead over Hayden to 2.6 s. Hopkins is still 2.4 s later. On the descent Rossi and Melandri let go of Stoner.

On lap 28, Pedrosa was 5.6 seconds ahead of Rossi and Melandri who both improved their personal best times. Stoner is 0.8 seconds behind the two Italians and Roberts another 0.8 seconds behind. Edwards is more than 3 seconds ahead of Hayden. Gliding at every turn, Rossi fails to win Melandri.

At the start of the last lap, Pedrosa, who manages 4.8 seconds ahead of Rossi and Melandri. Stoner secured his 4th position, Roberts his 5th, Edwards his 6th and Hayden his 7th. When braking in the chicane, Melandri delays his braking as much as possible and passes Rossi while sliding! When braking the hairpin, Melandri who has been watching Rossi in turn brakes away from the outside to close the door, but pulls aside and has to let Vale pass again! When accelerating, the two Italians are practically side by side on the last brake! Rossi in turn brakes the middle of the track to close the door, Melandri tries to tighten the rope to possibly take the inside but Rossi tightens his trajectory on the curb and maintains the advantage until the end !

Pedrosa won but the two injured Italians, Rossi with his fracture and Melandri with his sternoclavicular sprain, both reached the podium! Stoner finished "only" 4th after some practice which placed him favorite alongside Pedrosa while Roberts increasingly asserted himself with his 5th place. Edwards did his job as a teammate keeping Hayden behind him. And what about Capirossi who rolls with a thoracic trauma, an intercostal dislocation which handicaps breathing and movements, 9th behind Hopkins? On the other hand, the poor performance of Randy de Puniet, doubled by Tamada in the last lap, who finished 12th after tests which had placed him in second row…

Pedrosa therefore wins his second victory in the premier class ahead of Rossi 2nd who saves big points. Melandri 3rd also had a superb race in view of his injuries ahead of Stoner 4th, Roberts 5th, Edwards 6th, Hayden 7th, Hopkins 8th, Capirossi 9th, Checa 10th, Tamada 11th, De Puniet 12th, Hofmann 13th, Ellison 14th and Cardoso 15th.

In the championship, Hayden retains the lead with 153 points but sees Pedrosa return 2nd (127), Rossi 3rd (118) and Melandri 4th (114). Capirossi 5th has 107 points ahead of Stoner (91), Edwards (73), Roberts (66), Tamada (59), Hopkins (58), Nakano (57), Elias (53) and Gibernau (44). Finally De Puniet, with his n ° 17, is 17th with 17 points…

On the brands side, Honda takes off with 201 points ahead of Yamaha (147), Ducati (116) and Suzuki (72) while KR211V (66) passed Kawasaki (61). The Honda Repsol team leads with 280 points ahead of Camel Yamaha (191), Fortuna Honda (167) and Ducati Marlboro (158). Suzuki Rizla (95) leads Honda LCR (91), Kawasaki (74), Roberts (66), Konica Minolta Honda (59), Tech 3 (51) and Pramac D’Antin (18).

J. ARSOUILLE – Photos DR and Milagro

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