MotoGP – The German Grand Prix lap by lap –

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The German Grand Prix lap by lap

MotoGP - The German Grand Prix lap by lap -

With 93,748 spectators this weekend, the Sachsenring is not unanimous among the drivers. Rossi in particular, who desperately needs points to win the title, doesn’t like the German track … World exclusive turn-based !

Particular point of the Sachsenring: it is a small circuit of 3,871 m that is taken "upside down", that is to say in an anti-clockwise direction. Built in 1996 on the site that hosted open road races in the past, it was revised and corrected in 1998 and then in 2003 to better accommodate the powerful MotoGP.

A little less "turnstile" than before, it has only four right turns against ten left, which poses many problems to break in the tires. So some pilots like Randy de Puniet will do two training laps so as not to run on a too new right blank. !

The short straight of 780m has no influence on the draw for the finish line, placed very soon after exiting the last corner. In total, the drivers of the three categories therefore do more laps than elsewhere, on the slowest route of the season at average speed..

Class 125

On the first day, Bautista unsurprisingly dominates the morning ahead of Pasini, Pesek and Kallio. Masbou is 36th just ahead of 15-year-old Clement Dunikowski, who has just won the Open title and has the heavy load of replacing Mike di Meglio. The first qualifying session saw Pasini take the provisional pole ahead of Pesek, Nieto, Kallio, Corsi, Bautista, Gadea, Lai and Talmacsi. Masbou is 33rd, Dunikowski 42nd and penultimate.

On Saturday Pasini was again the fastest in the morning ahead of Kallio, Faubel, Bautista, Pesek, Gadea and Terol. Masbou is 34th, Dunikowski 41st. During the qualifying session, Pesek wins pole 0.2 s ahead of Bautista, 0.3 s in front of Pasini and 0.5 s in front of Kallio. In 2nd row, Terol, Lai, Talmacsi and Nieto are between 0.7 and 0.9 s from pole. Corsi, Faubel, Cortese and Gadea are between 0.9 s and 1.1 s. Masbou is 38th at 2.9 s and Dunikowski 41st at 3 s. 43 pilots are qualified.

In the warm-up, Bautista set the best time: 0.4 s ahead of Pesek, 0.5 s ahead of Corsi and Pasini, 0.6 s on Kallio and 0.7 s on Olive and Talmacsi. Rodriguez, Luthi and Bradl are at 1 s and Faubel, Gadea, Nieto and Cortese at 1.1 s. Masbou is 31st at 2.6 s, Dunikowski 36th at 2.9 s.

Departure. Talmacsi took the best start and took the lead ahead of Bautista, Kallio, Lai, Pasini, Pesek, Nieto, Faubel and Cortese. Talmacsi starts off very hard and immediately sets a very fast pace. Only Bautista followed him at the start of the race: Kallio and Lai seemed to be stopping Pasini and Pesek, who had started poorly from pole. Bautista attacks Talmacsi who resists in the fast part before the descent. Pesek unsuccessfully attacks Pasini. At the bottom of the descent, Bautista took the lead under braking ahead of Talmacsi. Kallio got back on their feet, then a little further Lai, Pasini and Pesek hang on. A few pitches, Nieto, Faubel, Luthi and Gadea. Bautista immediately takes a step ahead of Talmacsi and Kallio. Pasini wins over Lai on the last uphill corner before the straight while Kallio comes out better than Talmacsi and goes 2nd.

In the first lap, the straight-line draw brought together the six leaders with Bautista leading ahead of Kallio, Pasini, Talmacsi, Lai and Pesek. A few pitches follow Faubel, Nieto, Luthi, Corsi, Cortese and Gadea. Clement Dunikowski is 37th, Masbou 38th. Pesek unleashed passes Lai, Talmacsi and Pasini in the slow part of the circuit! Faubel passes 5th in front of Lai at the bottom of the descent. Corsi, who is making the effort, has almost returned to the leading group.

On the second lap, Bautista leads ahead of Kallio, Pesek, Pasini, Faubel fastest lap, Talmacsi, Lai and Corsi. Luthi and Cortese are let go, then Terol, Gadea, Nieto, Koyama and Olive are even further. Pesek passed 2nd in front of Kallio under braking at the end of the straight line. Lai passed 6th in front of Talmacsi. Masbou is 36th, Dunikowski 38th. Pasini passed 3rd in front of Kallio in the fastest left, seeing Bautista and Pesek starting in front.

On the third lap, Pesek, the fastest lap in the race, was stuck to Bautista’s wheel. Pasini and Kallio are at the limit of their aspiration, then a few lengths Faubel distance little by little Lai, Talmacsi and Corsi while trying to get back on the leaders. In the fast part, Pasini returns to the leading duo and lets go of Kallio on who comes back Faubel.

At the 4th passage, Bautista and Pesek lead. Pasini, Kallio and Faubel come back, then Lai, Corsi and Talmacsi are more than 2s away. At the end of the straight, Pesek took the lead under braking ahead of Bautista. Pasini took the opportunity to get back into his teammate’s wheel while Kallio and Faubel were almost in contact. In the fast part, the leading trio (Pesek, Bautista and Pasini) distance Kallio and Faubel. At the bottom of the descent, Pasini passes 2nd in front of Bautista. On his tracks, Pasini takes the lead under braking the last corner in front of Pesek.

On the 5th lap, Pasini leads ahead of Pesek and Bautista. Kallio and Faubel return to the aspiration. Corsi, Lai and Talmacsi are 2.8 seconds behind the leader. Terol leads the chase at 3.9 s. At the end of the straight, Bautista came back to 2nd in front of Pesek, Kallio and Faubel came back. In the fast part, very fast Pasini sets a very high pace that neither Kallio nor Faubel can keep up..

At the 6th lap, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista and Pesek. Kallio and Faubel are at 0.8 s, then Corsi and Talmacsi at 3.1 s. Terol is 4 seconds ahead of Lai and Luthi. This time around, Kallio and Faubel didn’t quite get back to the top three in the draw. Tamburini fell and hampered Dunikowski who could not avoid going off the track and fell in turn. The young 15-year-old French champion leaves again but gives up in the next round after losing a round on all the competitors.

In the 7th lap, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista and Pesek. Faubel passed in front of Kallio kept the delay at 0.8 s. Kallio passes Faubel back but gets a heat from behind! Faubel immediately returned to 4th and quickly took a little lead over the Finn. At the bottom of the descent, Bautista came on the outside of Pasini, Pesek on the outside, but the Italian delayed his braking and retained the advantage. Faubel takes advantage of the attack to return to contact.

At the 8th passage, Pasini leads past Bautista, Pesek and Faubel. Kallio lost contact 1.4s from the leader, then Corsi 6th at 3.3s is now followed by Terol who passed Talmacsi. Luthi has returned to the Hungarian wheel. Bautista keeps showing Pasini his front wheel who delays all his braking and keeps the advantage…

On lap 9, Bautista took the lead on the draw ahead of Pasini and Pesek. Faubel at 0.7 s seems to be struggling to keep up. Kallio 5th is at 1.8 s, then Corsi at 3.4 s distance Terol at 4 s followed by Luthi who passed Talmacsi. Masbou is 29th.

On lap 10, Bautista leads ahead of Pasini, Pesek and Faubel. Kallio is only 5th, then Corsi, Terol, Luthi, Talmacsi let go of Lai, threatened by Cortese. Masbou returns 28th.

At the 11th passage, Bautista leads ahead of Pasini and Pesek. 1.6 s behind, Faubel lost contact. Kallio is at 4 seconds and is followed by Corsi. A second later, Terol and Luthi let go of Talmacsi.

On lap 12, Bautista, Pasini and Pesek were 2.3 seconds ahead of Faubel. Corsi at 4.7s passed 6th ahead of Kallio and Luthi moved back to 7th ahead of Terol.

On lap 13, Bautista, Pasini and Pesek were 3.3s ahead of Faubel, 5.1s over Corsi, 5.6s over Kallio and 6.3s over Luthi and Terol. Talmacsi is released at almost 10 s. At the end of the straight, Pasini regains the lead in front of Bautista at the cost of superb delayed braking.

On the 14th lap, the Pasini Bautista Pesek trio further increased their lead while Faubel rolled alone in 4th, then Corsi alone in 5th. Kallio is followed by Luthi who let Terol go. Luthi passes 6th ahead of Kallio now threatened by Terol.

At the 15th passage, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista and Pesek. Faubel sees his lead over Corsi gradually melt away. Then come Luthi, Kallio and Terol. Bradley Smith, the 15-year-old Englishman, is in the points, 15th. Masbou is 28th despite his arm which still makes him suffer.

On lap 16, Pasini still contained the assaults of Bautista and Pesek seemed to keep pace without wanting to pass. Faubel, Corsi and Luthi are within a second of each other. Kallio and Terol are 1 s behind the Swiss.

On lap 17, Pasini, Bautista and Pesek are now more than 5 seconds ahead of Corsi, who has passed 4th ahead of Faubel and Luthi. Kallio and Terol are 1.1s behind. Olive passes in front of Talmacsi who keeps dropping down after leading at the start of the race … Masbou passed 26th. At the bottom of the descent, Pasini comes out too wide in the grass beyond the vibrator and Bautista immediately takes the opportunity to regain the lead !

On the 18th lap, Bautista leads ahead of Pasini and Pesek wheel to wheel. Corsi and Luthi passed in front of Faubel are 6 seconds behind the leader. Lai and Kallio are more than 8 seconds away. Talmacsi at 17 s sees Gadea return. Luthi passed 4th in front of Corsi when braking at the end of the straight line.

On the 19th lap, Bautista and Pasini slightly picked up Pesek at 0.5 s. Luthi, Corsi and Gadea are at 6.7 s. Terol 0.5s later relegated Kallio 1s behind him. At the end of the straight, Pasini regains the lead from Bautista at the cost of another magnificent braking.

On lap 20, Pasini leads in front of Bautista while Pesek is 0.5s behind. Corsi and Faubel are passed in front of Luthi then come Terol, Kallio, Olive, Gadea, Lai and Talmacsi.

On the 21st lap, Pasini and Bautista are again joined by Pesek. Corsi is followed by Terol who overtook Faubel and Luthi. Kallio hangs in 1 s later.

In the 22nd lap, Pasini, Bautista and Pesek lead. 7.6 s later, Corsi tries to start in front of Terol, Faubel and Luthi. Kallio is 1.2s behind.

On the 23rd lap, Pasini still manages to contain Bautista and Pesek, then Corsi takes Faubel, Terol and Luthi. Kallio is pushing again to come back. Masbou is 27th.

On lap 24, Pasini, Bautista and Pesek, still in that order, were 9.1s ahead of Corsi, Faubel, Terol, Luthi and Kallio. Pasini under threat from Bautista and Pesek is forced to delay all braking to maintain the advantage, but the Italian is very good at this game and succeeds.

At the 25th passage, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista and Pesek. At the end of the straight, Pesek attacks and passes Bautista for 2nd place! The Czech takes the lead in the race for nerve in the fast-paced second half of the circuit! At the bottom of the descent, Pasini regains the lead at the cost of new braking of which he has the secret. And on the next braking, Bautista also passes the Czech !

At the start of the last lap, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista and Pesek. Corsi and Faubel let go of Luthi, Terol and Kallio. At the end of the straight line, Bautista, thanks to the suction, gets up to Pasini, tries to pass him but Pasini resists fairing against fairing, delays his braking and maintains the advantage: hot! Throughout the sequence, the three men are wheel to wheel, watching for the slightest error from the one in front … In the left before the descent, Bautista is wedged front wheel inside the rear wheel of Pasini and Pesek is in the fender of the spanish.

At the last braking, Bautista cuts the line, delays his braking and takes the lead! But the better-placed Pasini intersected inward and threw himself over the line to win him a hundredth of a second over Bautista and a tenth over Pesek! Faubel also takes advantage of the last corner to pass 4th in front of Corsi !

Pasini takes the victory, the 200th for the Aprilia brand and the 2nd of the season for the Italian. Bautista confirmed his position as leader of the championship with his 2nd place and Pesek 3rd completed the podium. Faubel is 4th, Corsi 5th, Luthi 6th, Terol 7th, Kallio 8th, Olive 9th, Gadea 10th, Lai 11th, Smith 12th, Cortese 13th, Talmacsi 14th and Koyama 15th.

In the championship, Bautista leads with 205 points ahead of Kallio 141. Pasini comes closer with 137 points. Faubel is 4th with 123 points, Gadea 5th (120), Pesek 6th (102), Luthi 7th (80), Corsi 8th (70) and Talmacsi 9th (65).

In terms of brands, Aprilia leads with 228 points ahead of KTM (146), Honda (108), Derbi (102), Gilera (70) and Malaguti (24).

Class 250

On Friday morning, Lorenzo announces the color by driving 0.5 s in front of De Angelis and 0.7 s in front of Locatelli. Dovizioso 4th time is already at 1.1 s! Barbera, Simoncelli, H. Aoyama and Cardenas are comfortable. Guintoli is 11th at 1.6 s, Vincent 21st at 2.9 s and Cluzel 24th at 3.6 s. In the afternoon, Lorenzo took provisional pole for 0.036 seconds ahead of Barbera, 0.5 seconds ahead of De Angelis, 0.6 seconds ahead of Takahashi and S. Aoyama and 0.7 seconds ahead of Simoncelli, Locatelli and West. Guintoli sets the 12th stopwatch at 1.6 s, Vincent the 21st at 2.8 s and Cluzel the 22nd at 3.4 s.

On Saturday morning, Lorenzo was the fastest again, this time ahead of Dovizioso and Takahashi in the same tenth. H. Aoyama and De Angelis are a quarter of a second away, then arrive Barbera and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 12th time, Cluzel 19th and Vincent 24th. In the afternoon, it was Lorenzo who took pole ahead of Takahashi and Barbera who did not improve in the same tenth and Locatelli at 0.183 s. In the 2nd row, De Angelis, H. Aoyama, West and Dovizioso are between 0.2 and 0.5 s. Simoncelli and S. Aoyama 0.7 s from pole are ahead on the 3rd row Guintoli and Baldolini 0.9 s, the last in the same second as Lorenzo. Vincent is 24th at 2.8 s, Cluzel 25th at 3.4 s.

Departure. Locatelli took the best start and took the lead ahead of Takahashi, Barbera, Dovizioso who started very well from the second row, Lorenzo, H. Aoyama, De Angelis, S. Aoyama and Cardenas. Dovizioso passed 3rd in front of Barbera in the fast part. At the start of the descent, Takahashi took the lead in front of Locatelli and Dovizioso took the opportunity to take 2nd. Lorenzo passed 4th in front of Barbera. At the last braking, Lorenzo passed 3rd in front of Locatelli.

In the first lap, Dovizioso took the lead on the line ahead of Takahashi, Lorenzo, Locatelli, Barbera, De Angelis and H. Aoyama. A little further, S. Aoyama was attacked by Simoncelli who passed 8th. At the end of the straight line, Takahashi came inside Dovizioso, delayed his braking, but the two men were surprised by an exceptional braking from Lorenzo who took the lead! Locatelli returned to 4th in front of Barbera at the same place. Guintoli is 14th, Cluzel 22nd and Vincent 24th. Lorenzo followed by Takahashi and Dovizioso prints a very fast pace. Locatelli, followed in his wheel by Barbera and De Angelis, struggles to follow. De Angelis attacked and passed Barbera at the start of the descent. At the bottom of the descent, Lorenzo took a few steps ahead of Takahashi and Dovizioso.

On the second lap, Lorenzo, who set the fastest lap, took 0.5 seconds over Takahashi, Dovizioso and De Angelis. Barbera, Locatelli, H. Aoyama and Simoncelli are a little further, then S. Aoyama 3s from the leader and 3.7s West, Guintoli, Espargaro and Cardenas. At the end of the straight, De Angelis passed 3rd ahead of Dovizioso. At the start of the descent, De Angelis attacked and passed Takahashi through a mouse hole: the Japanese forced to step aside nearly lost the front end and had to let Dovizioso and Barbera pass successively.

On the 3rd lap, Lorenzo leads with just under 0.5s over De Angelis, 1s over Dovizioso, Barbera and Takahashi and 2.1s over Locatelli, H. Aoyama and Simoncelli. Guintoli is 13th, Cluzel 21st, Vincent 23rd.

In the 4th lap, Lorenzo leads but De Angelis, who scored the fastest lap, returns by bringing in Dovizioso, Barbera and Takahashi. Locatelli, H. Aoyama and Simoncelli hook up…

On lap 4, Lorenzo and De Angelis were 0.8 seconds ahead of Dovizioso, Barbera and Takahashi, 2.2 seconds over Locatelli who let go of Simoncelli who passed 4th in front of H. Aoyama and 4.8 seconds over S. Aoyama. Guintoli passed 12th. Barbera passed Dovizioso on the draw, but the Italian came back on the brakes at the end of the straight. Ballerini falls and gives up.

On lap 5, Lorenzo leads just ahead of De Angelis in his wheel. Barbera passes Dovizioso back on the suction and has to brake really, really hard to keep the advantage over the Italian! Guintoli is 12th, Cluzel 20th, Vincent 22nd.

On lap 6, Lorenzo held on ahead of De Angelis but Barbera and Dovizioso were less than a second behind. Takahashi is 5th at 1.7 s, Locatelli 6th at 2.6 s, Simoncelli is 7th at 3.5 s ahead of H. Aoyama at 4 s, S. Aoyama is at 6.3 s, West at 8.3 s, Baldolini at 8.9 s and Guintoli at 9.9 s . Cardenas falls forward and gives up.

On lap 7, Lorenzo still leads ahead of increasingly pressing De Angelis … Barbera and Dovizioso come back and Takahashi is not far away while Locatelli, Simoncelli and H. Aoyama are spaced behind the leaders. Guintoli is 12th, Cluzel 19th, Vincent 21st.

On the 8th lap, Lorenzo and De Angelis are joined by Barbera and Dovizioso. Takahashi is also almost back in the leading group. Next come Locatelli, Simoncelli, H. Aoyama, S. Aoyama, West, Baldolini and Guintoli. Cluzel passes 18th just behind Smrz.

In the 9th lap, Lorenzo, De Angelis and Barbera made a slight hole on Dovizioso and Takahashi. Then come Locatelli, Simoncelli and the Aoyama brothers. De Angelis took the lead from Lorenzo under braking at the end of the straight line and pulled away slightly. Dovizioso passes 3rd in front of Barbera at the bottom of the descent.

On lap 10, De Angelis led by 0.4 seconds over Lorenzo, Dovizioso, Barbera and Takahashi. Guintoli is 12th, Cluzel 19th and Vincent 21st. At the end of the straight line, Barbera takes 3rd place in Dovizioso.

On lap 11, De Angelis still leads. Lorenzo and Barbera, enemy teammates, follow, ahead of Dovizioso and Takahashi. At the end of the straight line, Barbera attacked and passed Lorenzo for 2nd place. Arnaud Vincent returned to the pits and retired. At the bottom of the descent, Lorenzo returns to 2nd in front of Barbera.

On lap 12 De Angelis was three quarters of a second ahead of Lorenzo, Barbera, Dovizioso and Takahashi wheel to wheel. Locatelli is only 6th, Simoncelli only 7th, then H. Aoyama only 8th. At the end of the straight line, Barbera passed Lorenzo again under braking. Lorenzo stays outside and tries to come back inside the next left, fairing against fairing, but Barbera has the right trajectory and Lorenzo is forced to get on the vibrator: his pride could have cost him dearly … Barbera does the forcing and loose Lorenzo, Dovizioso and Takahashi.

On lap 13 De Angelis was 1 s ahead of Barbera. Lorenzo is back in his wheel and Dovizioso and Takahashi are slightly further. Locatelli is 6th, Simoncelli 7th, H. Aoyama 8th, then West 9th past S. Aoyama and Guintoli 11th. Cluzel is 19th.

On the 14th lap, De Angelis still leads but his lead drops to 0.9s over Barbera, Lorenzo, Dovizioso and Takahashi again regrouped. Takahashi delays his braking and slips through a mouse hole at the end of the straight to steal 4th place from Dovizioso! S. Aoyama returns to West. Simoncelli falls and must give up. Guintoli therefore passes 10th.

On lap 15 De Angelis was still almost 1 second ahead of Barbera, Lorenzo, Takahashi and Dovizioso. Locatelli is 6th, H. Aoyama 7th, West 8th, S. Aoyama 9th and Guintoli 10th. Cluzel is 18th. At the end of the straight, Takahashi passed 3rd ahead of Lorenzo. At the bottom of the descent, Lorenzo comes up to Takahashi, delays his braking, comes up to Barbera and settles the two men at once. !

On lap 16, thanks to the fight behind him, De Angelis was 1.2 seconds ahead of Lorenzo, Barbera, Takahashi and Dovizioso. Locatelli is 4.3 s further, H. Aoyama 7 s more, himself 2.3 s ahead of his brother who had passed West. At the end of the straight line, Dovizioso brakes Takahashi and goes back to 4th, but Takahashi stays on the outside and tilts in front again in the following left! Lorenzo pushed ahead and gradually released Barbera in the fast part of the circuit to try to catch up with De Angelis. At the bottom of the descent, sensing the danger, Takahashi passes Barbera under braking.

On lap 17, De Angelis was 1.2 seconds ahead of Lorenzo and 1.8 seconds over Takahashi, Barbera and Dovizioso. Barbera passed Takahashi on the draw but the Japanese crossed behind the Spaniard on the inside, delayed his braking and regained 3rd place at the entrance to the corner at the end of the straight. West came back 8th ahead of S. Aoyama, Guintoli was 10th, Cluzel 18th. In the quick left before the right of entry into the descent, De Angelis almost lost the front on the bumps, caught up with his bike but lost 0.2s of his lead. When braking at the bottom of the descent, Dovizioso passes 4th in front of Barbera.

On the 18th lap, De Angelis was just under 0.9sec over Lorenzo and 1.5sec over Takahashi, Dovizioso and Barbera. Barbera switches Dovizioso back to suction taking advantage of the superior power of his Aprilia. Locatelli is 5.7 s further, 7.4 s ahead of H. Aoyama. West is 2s further just ahead of S. Aoyama which hangs out. Guintoli fell back 0.8s from Japanese. At the bottom of the descent, Dovizioso returns to 4th in front of Barbera.

In the 19th lap, De Angelis was once again 1.2 s ahead of Lorenzo and Takahashi, who had returned to the Spanish, 2.2 s over Dovizioso and Barbera, 8.7 s over Locatelli, 16.2 s over H. Aoyama, 17.7 s over West and S. Aoyama and 18.7 s on Guintoli. At the end of the straight, Barbera passed Dovizioso but came out wide and again had to bow at the change of angle on the Italian who quickly took a few lengths ahead, favored a few meters further by the overtaking of the retarded.

On lap 20 De Angelis led with a 1.1s advantage over Lorenzo and Takahashi. Dovizioso and Barbera are 0.9 s ahead. Guintoli is 10th, Cluzel 18th.

On lap 21, De Angelis was just 0.9sec ahead of Lorenzo and Takahashi and 1.9sec of Dovizioso and Barbera. Locatelli is 8 seconds away. At the end of the straight, Lorenzo misses himself and goes outside: Takahashi takes the opportunity to pass 2nd! Behind them, Barbera delays his braking, passes Dovizioso but cannot hold the rope and must let n ° 34 pass again..

On the 22nd lap, De Angelis leads with 1 s lead over Takahashi, 1.4 s over Lorenzo, 2.1 s over Dovizioso and 3 s over Barbera: the leaders are pulling away from each other! Locatelli is still alone in 5th but behind, H. Aoyama is under threat from West and S. Aoyama. Guintoli 10th lost ground 1.6s behind the youngest of the Japanese brothers. Cluzel is still 18th. West passed 6th in front of H. Aoyama now under threat from his brother. The three men stumble on some laggards who do not stray well under the blue flag and on the 23rd row, H. Aoyama returns to 6th in front of West. S. Aoyama came close to West at the end of the straight, but the Australian delayed his braking and held onto his place.

On lap 24, De Angelis was still leading with 0.9sec over Takahashi, 1.4sec over Lorenzo, 2sec over Dovizioso. Barbera let go 3.8s behind the leader. Takahashi pushes hard and gradually returns to De Angelis.

On lap 25, De Angelis was just 0.5 seconds ahead of Takahashi and 0.9 seconds over Lorenzo. Dovizioso struggled to follow at 1.8 s behind the leader and Barbera was stalled at 4.2 s. Locatelli secured their 5th place at 14.1 s while West, H. Aoyama and S. Aoyama were at 21.8 s. Guintoli is at 23.9 s. Cluzel is 56 seconds behind in 18th position, the victim of an engine problem: his machine runs from time to time on a single cylinder…

At the 26th lap, De Angelis leads with 0.4s on Takahashi, 1s on Lorenzo and 1.8s on Dovizioso: nothing is done !

On lap 27 De Angelis lost almost nothing but Takahashi was almost back to his aspiration within 0.4s. Lorenzo is just under 1s away. Dovizioso at 2.1s lost ground on the leaders. At the end of the straight, Takahashi made up half of his delay thanks to superb braking. In the long bumpy left, De Angelis’s Aprilia who gives all he can move a lot when Takahashi’s Honda seems riveted to the track … At the bottom of the descent, Takahashi has returned to De Angelis’s wheel.

At the start of the last lap, Takahashi is glued to De Angelis‘ backsplash. Lorenzo is at 0.9 s, Dovizioso at 2.5 s, Barbera at 7.8 s, Locatelli at 18.3 s, H. Aoyama passed West and S. Aoyama at 25.2 s and Guintoli at 28.5 s. Cluzel holds his 18th place despite his mechanical problems, having enough lead over the 19th. Takahashi tried to attack De Angelis at the end of the straight line, but the San Marinese dived under the Japanese and retained the advantage. De Angelis is forcing every turn, helped by his Aprilia, but Takahashi comes back with every braking and shows his front wheel at the slightest opportunity, putting a lot of pressure on De Angelis.

At the bottom of the descent, the two pilots delay their braking. The two bikes move under acceleration and De Angelis sets off again to take the ideal trajectory: this is all that Takahashi was waiting for, braking without deviating, reaching up to De Angelis at the entrance of the last one. turn and take the lead, forcing De Angelis to deviate slightly! The advantage taken by the Japanese holds until the finish line despite the desperate attempt of De Angelis, gas in full: his bike rears but the San Marinais will not win yet this time … Lorenzo completes the podium without to have been able to fight for victory.

Takahashi therefore won his second victory in 250 ahead of De Angelis who climbed on his 19th podium, still without a victory, and Lorenzo 3rd who took the lead of the championship! Dovizioso is content with 4th place ahead of Barbera 5th, Locatelli 6th, West 7th, H. Aoyama 8th, S. Aoyama 9th, Guintoli 10th, Baldolini 11th, Battaini 12th, Poggiali 13th, Smrz 14th and Espargaro 15th. Jules Cluzel finished 18th, the last driver not to have taken a lap.

In the championship, Lorenzo takes the lead with 174 points ahead of Dovizioso (172). Takahashi with 133 points passed 3rd ahead of De Angelis (131), H. Aoyama (116), Locatelli (114), Barbera (100), Guintoli (65), West (58), Simoncelli (55) and S. Aoyama (48) ). In terms of brands, Aprilia leads with 221 points ahead of Honda (189), KTM (120) and Gilera (55).

MotoGP Category

On Friday morning, Roberts was the fastest in front of Hayden, Stoner, Melandri, Hopkins, Rossi, Capirossi, Pedrosa, Edwards, Checa and Tamada. De Puniet 12th is the first driver over a second. In the afternoon, Melandri set the best time 0.3s ahead of Pedrosa, Capirossi and Hayden, 0.5s ahead of Roberts and Hopkins and 0.7s ahead of Rossi and Stoner. De Puniet is 14th at 1.4 s.

On Saturday morning, Hayden leads the proceedings in front of Pedrosa, Melandri, Roberts, Stoner, Capirossi, Rossi, Checa, Edwards, Tamada, De Puniet and Nakano. The qualifying session saw Pedrosa take pole 0.09 s in front of Roberts and 0.2 s in front of Hayden. In 2nd row, Nakano, Capirossi and Melandri are between 0.4 and 0.6 s from pole. Gibernau, Stoner and Hopkins, in 3rd row, are between 0.6 and 0.8 s behind Pedrosa. Tamada 10th is next to Rossi at 1 s and Checa at 1.1 s. De Puniet is 13th, 1.1 s from pole.

During the warm-up, Capirossi sets the best time: 0.1 s ahead of Pedrosa and Hayden, 0.2 s ahead of Roberts and Checa, 0.3 s ahead of Rossi who has found solutions since his weekend tune-up difficulties, 0.5 s ahead of Gibernau and Hopkins, 0.6 s ahead of Nakano, 0.7 s in front of Tamada, 0.8 s in front of Edwards, 0.9 s in front of Vermeulen and De Puniet, last driver in the second. Stoner, victim of a big fall, is declared unfit by the circuit doctor, impressed by the shock of his helmet although the scan suffered by the Australian in the hospital shows no injuries…

Departure. Pedrosa took full advantage of his pole position and took the lead ahead of Roberts, Hayden, Tamada, who hadn’t been seen for a long time at such a party, Melandri, Capirossi, Nakano, Hopkins and Rossi. Hopkins and Rossi on the vibrator pass Nakano while Pedrosa starts off strong immediately and takes a few steps ahead of Roberts. Hopkins and Rossi pass Capirossi who had fallen a little behind Melandri. At the bottom of the descent, Hayden brakes beautifully and suddenly takes the lead in front of Pedrosa and Roberts! Rossi finished 6th in front of Hopkins with an equally magnificent exterior !

In the first lap, Hayden leads ahead of Pedrosa, Roberts, Tamada and Melandri, a few lengths ahead of Rossi and Hopkins, Capirossi, Nakano, Gibernau, Vermeulen, Checa, Elias, Edwards, De Puniet, Hofmann, Ellison and Cardoso. At the end of the straight, Tamada attacked and passed Roberts for 3rd place. Melandri took advantage of the American’s forced gap to slip into 4th position. At the bottom of the descent, Hayden, Pedrosa, Tamada, Melandri, Roberts and Rossi took a few lengths at Hopkins. Capirossi and Nakano let go of Gibernau. Melandri delays his braking and passes Tamada, but comes out a little wide and the Japanese regains his 3rd position.

On lap 2, Hayden leads in front of Pedrosa with a little lead over Tamada, Melandri, Roberts and Rossi fastest lap. Melandri attacks and passes Tamada at the end of the straight. Rossi also tries to attack Roberts but is unsuccessful. Capirossi, Hopkins and Nakano try to resist. Vermeulen passed 10th in front of Gibernau. Hofmann is forced to retire for his national Grand Prix! At the bottom of the descent, Rossi again shows Roberts his front wheel, but the American still resists. De Puniet passed 14th ahead of Edwards.

On lap 3, Hayden led with a small lead over Pedrosa and Melandri fastest lap, then Tamada, Roberts and Rossi were a little ahead of Capirossi who let Hopkins and Nakano go. Hopkins came out of the corner at the end of the straight and had to pass Nakano 8th. De Puniet passed 13th ahead of Elias. Checa passes Gibernau. Rossi passed 5th ahead of Roberts at the bottom of the descent. Capirossi has returned to the American wheel.

On lap 4, Hayden again had Pedrosa, who had the fastest lap on his wheel. Melandri is a little further, then come Tamada, Rossi, Roberts and Capirossi. Further on, Nakano and Hopkins are almost joined by Vermeulen.

On lap 5, Hayden held the lead ahead of Pedrosa, Melandri, Tamada, Rossi, Roberts and Capirossi. Nakano, 2.9 seconds behind the leader, took a little lead over Hopkins, Vermeulen and Checa returned to the Australian’s wheel. De Puniet is 13th behind Gibernau. Hayden and Pedrosa have a small advantage over Melandri, Tamada and Rossi, themselves a few lengths ahead of Roberts and Capirossi.

At the 6th passage, Hayden and Pedrosa lead. Tamada caught up with Melandri on the draft, delayed his braking and moved up to 3rd. At the bottom of the descent, Tamada shifts inside Pedrosa and Melandri inside Tamada, but neither manages to pass..

On lap 7, Hayden picked up some air on Pedrosa, Tamada, Melandri, Rossi, Roberts and Capirossi. Nakano is at 3.5 s, Hopkins, Vermeulen and Checa at 4.1 s, Gibernau and De Puniet at 5.3 s. Capirossi seems to be struggling to keep pace on this lap, probably still crippled by pain. At the bottom of the descent, Melandri returns to 3rd in front of Tamada.

On the 8th lap, Hayden still leads in front of Pedrosa who shows him his front wheel but fails to pass. Tamada passed Melandri again on braking but pulled away and had to give way again. Rossi, Roberts and Capirossi follow 0.5s behind the American. At the bottom of the descent, Melandri attacks and passes Pedrosa while Rossi attacks and passes Tamada.

On the 9th lap, Hayden leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa, Rossi, Tamada, Roberts and Capirossi well back. Tamada took advantage of the suction and delayed braking to retake 4th ahead of Rossi. At the bottom of the descent Rossi attacks and passes again Tamada who resists but has to bow.

At the 10th lap, at the end of the straight, Melandri delayed his braking and took the lead in front of Hayden. Behind them, Capirossi took full advantage of the power of the Ducati to pass 6th in front of Roberts. But Capirossi is less well placed for the turn at the end of the straight line and Roberts plunges back under his wheel! On the tight right, Pedrosa took advantage of Hayden’s slight gap to slip through a mouse hole and pass 2nd. In the break to the right which precedes the descent, as he had done on the previous lap with Tamada, Rossi gets into Hayden’s wheel under acceleration, carries himself up to him and passes him unstoppably under braking in low. The 46 has moved up to 3rd position! At the entrance of the last corner, Roberts tries a very daring maneuver on Tamada: he cuts the line, tries to brake very late but suddenly loses the front, his bike mowing that of the Japanese who will remain groggy for a few moments. Roberts will immediately apologize and check on the unfortunate pilot left on the ground….

On lap 11, Melandri leads ahead of Pedrosa, Rossi and Hayden. Capirossi who managed to avoid the fall of the two pilots is 5th at 1.1 s, Nakano is 6th at 3.7 s, then at 4.4 s Vermeulen passed in front of Hopkins and Checa. De Puniet is still 13th but has lost contact with Gibernau. At the bottom of the descent, Rossi repeated the delayed braking stroke at Pedrosa and passed 2nd !

At the 12th lap, Melandri leads ahead of Rossi, Pedrosa, Hayden and Capirossi back in the wheel of the American. Nakano 6th at 3s released Vermeulen 1s behind him. Hopkins is 0.7s behind with Checa in his wheel. Gibernau came back and released De Puniet 1s behind him. In front, Rossi takes the lead in front of Melandri once again under braking at the bottom of the descent where he is definitely very comfortable !

On lap 13 Rossi leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa, Hayden and Capirossi. De Puniet, victim of an engine failure, is forced to retire … Melandri tries to attack Rossi early in the fast game but has to give in and let the Doctor take a few steps ahead. Capirossi is again slightly off the hook.

At the 14th lap, Rossi leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa, Hayden and Capirossi. Nakano further increased his lead over Vermeulen, Hopkins and Checa. In the long straight, Pedrosa slipped under Melandri’s wheel, which had moved slightly off the rope. Hayden seems to struggle to keep up as Capirossi hangs on.

In the 15th lap, Rossi, Pedrosa and Melandri lead. Hayden still seems to be struggling and Capirossi is still holding on. Vermeulen is 1s ahead of Hopkins.

On the 16th lap, Rossi, Pedrosa, Melandri and Hayden are grouped together again: the American seems to have regained his means and has completed his personal best lap.

On the 17th lap, Rossi leads with a small lead over Pedrosa, Melandri and Hayden but Capirossi gradually loses ground 1.6 seconds behind the leader. Nakano alone holds his 6th place. Gibernau has moved closer to Checa whom he threatens directly. Hayden plays the accordion again in the quick part, losing and reconnecting with Melandri.

At the 18th passage, Rossi leads ahead of Pedrosa and Melandri. Hayden is at 0.9 s. Capirossi at 2.1 s lost ground. Nakano is at 4.1 s, Vermeulen at 6.5 s and Hopkins at 7.1 s. Checa at 8.4 s picked up a little air on Gibernau at 8.9 s. Edwards at 16.2 s and Elias at 18.8 s.

On lap 19, Rossi, Pedrosa and Melandri were still 0.9 seconds ahead of Hayden who grabbed a few hundredths but failed to really pick up. Gibernau is back in the wheel of Checa while Pedrosa is again stuck to that of Rossi. Hayden remakes the junction…

At the 20th lap, Rossi leads ahead of Pedrosa, Melandri and Hayden. Capirossi is only 5th and Nakano alone 6th. Hopkins returned to Vermeulen and Checa regained the lead over Gibernau. At the bottom of the descent, Melandri delays his braking and passes 2nd in front of Pedrosa.

On the 21st lap Rossi leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa and Hayden. At the end of the straight, Pedrosa tries to delay his braking but Melandri resists and Hayden who comes in strong must enter the curve outside Pedrosa.

At the 22nd lap, Rossi still leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa and Hayden. Capirossi picks up 3.2 s behind the leader. Nakano is at 5.5 s, Vermeulen at 8.5 s, Hopkins at 9.1 s, Checa at 9.9 s, Gibernau at 10.6 s, Edwards at 19.9 s and Elias at 23.3 s.

On lap 23 Rossi still leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa and Hayden. Pedrosa comes back to 2nd in front of Melandri at the end of the straight line. At the bottom of the descent, Melandri again takes 2nd in front of Pedrosa under braking. Checa gets closer to Hopkins.

At the 24th lap, Rossi leads ahead of Melandri, Pedrosa and Hayden. Capirossi is 5th, Nakano 6th, Vermeulen 7th and Hopkins 8th comes back to Vermeulen under pressure from Checa.

On lap 25 Rossi still leads. Melandri takes a chance but also has to resist Pedrosa who himself remains under threat from Hayden! At the end of the straight, Pedrosa forced his braking but Melandri resisted and retained the advantage. Vermeulen, Hopkins, Checa and Gibernau are grouped together again. On the slower right, Pedrosa took advantage of Melandri’s gap to return to 2nd. At the bottom of the descent, Melandri delayed his braking, caught up with Pedrosa who tried to resist but had to give way and move away, which instantly benefited Hayden, who was better placed under acceleration to take 3rd! Rossi takes advantage of the fight behind him again to regain a small advantage.

On the 26th lap, Rossi has a very slight advantage over Melandri, Hayden and Pedrosa. Rossi tried to take the opportunity to get ahead and increased his lead halfway to 0.5 sec. Pedrosa seems to struggle to keep up with the pace imposed by Rossi.

On lap 27, Melandri did not ask himself any questions: he attacked at the end of the straight line and took the lead in front of Rossi with superb late braking! Pedrosa took the opportunity to get back into the Hayden wheel. At the bottom of the descent, Rossi attacks Melandri but the latter expected and resists. Checa and Gibernau pass Hopkins.

At the 28th passage, Melandri, Rossi, Hayden and Pedrosa are wheel to wheel. At the end of the straight, Hayden was forced to delay his braking to counter Pedrosa, forcing him to pass outside Rossi. The American still manages to catch the rope in front of his teammate. Behind them, Elias passed Edwards for 12th place. In the very tight right, Pedrosa tries to infiltrate under Hayden’s wheel who forces the Spaniard on the rope: the two men touch each other and Pedrosa stuck on the vibrator is forced to give in, losing a little contact on his teammate! Hayden immediately forces himself to come back to Rossi, himself glued to Melandri’s wheel! At the bottom of the descent, Rossi attacks and passes Melandri to regain control !

At the start of the last lap, Rossi leads ahead of Melandri, Hayden and Pedrosa. Capirossi 5th is only 0.7 seconds ahead of Nakano. Vermeulen is under threat from Gibernau and Checa who let Hopkins go. At the end of the straight, Melandri and Hayden try to attack the Doctor who delays his braking and dives while maintaining his position. Rossi takes a slight advantage in the twisty part as Melandri is stuck by Hayden and Pedrosa grabs. In the fast part, Melandri comes back to Rossi’s wheel. Hayden picks up very lightly and Pedrosa moves a lot.

Coming out of the break that controls the descent, Melandri comes close to Rossi who accelerates better and maintains the advantage. Under braking from the bottom Rossi takes the middle of the track to close the door, Melandri still attacks from the outside to both attack Rossi and resist Hayden who dives inside! Pedrosa seems beaten. Rossi keeps the rope and accelerates past Melandri who forces Hayden to stay on the outside! Pedrosa tries to take advantage but his maneuver is desperate and he must give in. Rossi enters the last corner on the inside, Melandri is beside him on the outside, Hayden just behind them with Pedrosa still trying to keep the rope! Rossi is once again in a better position to accelerate and maintains the advantage over Melandri. Hayden who had to give in still manages to keep the advantage over Pedrosa by just over 4 / 100ths !

Rossi shows if he still needed to that even in difficulty he can win: he is only eleven victories off Agostini’s record! Melandri 2nd and Hayden 3rd complete the podium. Pedrosa is 4th, Capirossi 5th, Nakano 6th, Vermeulen 7th, Gibernau 8th, Checa 9th, Hopkins 10th, Elias 11th, Edwards 12th, Ellison 13th and Cardoso 14th.

In the championship, Hayden retains the lead with 169 points, 26 ahead of Rossi (143) who takes 2nd position from 3rd Pedrosa (140). Melandri is 4th with 134 points, Capirossi 5th (118), Stoner remains 6th (91), Edwards is 7th (77), Nakano 8th (67) and Roberts 9th (66). Randy de Puniet is tied for 18th with Ellison and remains with his 17 points.

On the brands side, Honda leads with 221 points ahead of Yamaha (172), Ducati (127), Suzuki (81), Kawasaki (71) and KR211V (66). The Repsol Honda team leads the way with 309 points ahead of Camel Yamaha (220), Fortuna Honda (192), Ducati Marlboro (117) and Rizla Suzuki (110).

J. ARSOUILLE – Photos DR and Milagro

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