MotoGP – Jerez Race – Lorenzo wins an elimination race, Rossi vs Stoner what a disaster!
Heavy rain "welcomes" the premier class riders to the Jerez de la Frontera track. The 17 riders on the grid will start on a much wetter track than in the morning warm up: the challenge of the Spanish GP is open, with Stoner on pole and Rossi 12th.
At the start of the race, Casey Stoner got off to a great start from pole, followed closely by Lorenzo. The Hondas immediately battled with Pedrosa and Dovizioso, but the Spaniard lost several positions already during the first lap. Simoncelli takes third place, while Stoner already gives 7 tenths to Lorenzo. The Yamaha Spaniard, however, doesn't give up, and on the second lap he sets the fastest lap, reducing the gap on the Australian.
Rossi in the meantime is involved in a series of overtaking on Hayden, Spies and Dovizioso, and from 12th position he is 4th in pursuit of Marco Simoncelli. Up front the brawl between Stoner and Lorenzo begins, but this time it is Rossi who sets the fastest lap. Simoncelli, however, becomes very dangerous behind Por Fuera and prepares to overtake: with 22 laps to go the Italian passes the Spaniard, but is not satisfied. SuperSic also passes Stoner and takes first position, while Valentino arrived on Lorenzo's exhaust.
The Doctor passes him but the real twist comes on the eighth lap: Rossi, in an attempt to pass Stoner, enters too hard and slips, taking the Australian into the gravel too. Casey fails to restart, while Valentino rejoins the race in 15th: a race definitively thrown away for both. Yet another blow occurs 16 laps from the end: Simoncelli, with a 2 second advantage over Lorenzo, also falls and is forced to retire. The official M1 then leads the race, but Pedrosa has recovered a lot and follows him in second position.
The HRC Spaniard tries to close the gap on his eternal rival, but with 10 laps to go, probably due to problems with his left arm, he slows down the pace considerably. Spies in the meantime leads a great race in third place, followed by his compatriot Hayden. Pedrosa, however, continues to lose ground, and a one-two is expected for the Yamaha team: Texas Terror in fact becomes threatening behind the number 26, and passes him with 4 laps to go. Yet another twist after one lap: Spies himself falls and throws away an almost perfect race, giving up second position to Pedrosa, while Edwards incredibly takes the third step of the podium. On the last lap, the American himself crashes and leaves third position to Hayden.
Lorenzo deservedly wins the Spanish GP, ahead of Pedrosa and Hayden, while Rossi eventually finishes fifth. Today was a real race and elimination: in addition to the Rossi-Stoner episode, there were numerous crashes and retirements and so were the twists and turns.
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MotoGP Race Austin - Americas GP - Times
| Pos | Num | Rider | Motorcycle | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Maverick Vinales | aprilia-racing | 41:09.503 | ||
| 2 | 31 | Peter Acosta | Red Bull Gasgas Tech3 | +1.728 | ||
| 3 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | DucatiLenovoTeam | +2.703 | ||
| 4 | 89 | George Martin | First Pramac Racing | +4.690 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Francis Bagnaia | DucatiLenovoTeam | +7.392 | ||
| 6 | 49 | Fabio DiGiannantonio | Pertamina Enduro Vr46 Racing Team | +9.980 | ||
| 7 | 41 | Alex Espargaro | aprilia-racing | +12.208 | ||
| 8 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina Enduro Vr46 Racing Team | +13.343 | ||
| 9 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | +14.931 | ||
| 10 | 25 | Raul fernandez | Trackhouse Racing | +16.656 | ||
| 11 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Trackhouse Racing | +18.542 | ||
| 12 | 20 | fabio quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | +22.899 | ||
| 13 | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | +24.011 | ||
| 14 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Red Bull Gasgas Tech3 | +27.652 | ||
| 15 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | +32.855 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Luca marini | Repsol Honda Team | +33.529 | ||
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LORENZOOOO!!! THE C…. WHAT DO YOU HAVE NO ONE IN MOTO GP HAS NEVER HAD!! JUST AS YOU WON THE 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, SOME IN A WHEELCHAIR, YOU WILL WIN THIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE SAME WAY...WITHOUT DOING A S***... YOU REALLY DESERVE IT AS YOU DESERVED THIS RACE THANKS TO YOUR MAGNIFICENT OVERTAKINGS AT THE LIMIT EHEHEHEH!! !! BUT IN THE
To Valerinik:….I don't understand your comment well, so I'm forced to say something sensible. “every time Casey Stoner falls it's always the fault of...Ducati!!”
Poor Casey, he was going to win this race...at that moment he was just saving the tires a bit.
Lorenzo well done and very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very lucky.
Valerinik, as you can see, those of you who support Valentino only have eyes for him. Let's give credit to those who finished the race and didn't "FALL". Now that Rossi is riding the Ducati and crashes three times in two races, no one is talking...last year Stoner crashed and everyone was trying to take the credit away from the rider when it's the bike that's wrong....
Maybe there's the front that needs fixing?????
Stoner has already been saying this for two years!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disaster for Valentino who ruined his race and especially that of Stoner who has every reason to be furious. This makes us even more angry, given that Lorenzo, who has an incredible CU..O, gained from it. Absurd!!
Lorenzo may have been lucky but the others gave him a big hand..
In some way he is repeating the consistency of performance he had last year, always on the podium and always there fighting to win!
@jack
I remind you that Stoner also crashed with the Aprilia (125 and 250), hence the nickname "Rolling Stoner"; and also in MotoGP, in 2006, with the Honda 211V he recorded 7 crashes in the race out of 15 GPs, a real record that year!!! In reality, the year in which Caesy was more consistent was 2007, in which, thanks to the tyres, he had such an advantage that he didn't have to pull out all the stops at every GP.
This is to say that it seems a little early to say that Stoner crashed because of the Red!
@lucar. What does it mean to say that Stoner also fell due to the front end of the Ducati? That if Rossi continues to fall then it's the bike's fault, but if instead he manages to stand a little better then it was Stoner's fault? You look like Meda to me. :-) go la go la.. Remove the ham from your eyes! And if in 2007 Stoner had the best tyres, then they were like those of Capirossi. Instead in the vale world championships only vale had good Michelins. ! !
@clak
Let me explain.
So: if it was Ducati's fault, explain to me why the Australian also crashed with the Honda 211V and Aprilia, so much so that everyone made fun of him! (And nicknamed Rolling-Stoner indeed.)
It's easy to become experts, only to then forget about past seasons: Stoner often fell when he was under pressure; an example without Ducati??? Philip Island 2005! It is enough for you?
Finally, a piece of advice from a friend: before being a know-it-all, take a bath in humility! Maybe you're right, but the hams and the comparisons with Meda are with your friends.
The Rossi phenomenon takes them from everyone, he lands twice in two days and mows down Stoner, otherwise he would have seen him at the Paddock bar..
His supporters will have to mentalize that the descent has begun, inevitable even for a champion like him, who has always been unpleasant to me (especially the three or four times I met him), but no one can deny that he was the most strong in recent years. Only that time passes for everyone, and when you have to go to the limit to keep up with the young people, you fall, you break, and you have to try not to descend into ridiculousness by always bringing up the shoulder, which strangely makes the year last time, right after the surgery... it worked well!
@Akrapovic
Here's another one who doesn't know what he's saying: the shoulder was a problem already in the first GPs (Jerez and Le Mans)... re-read the interviews!
And then if that wasn't the case, explain to me why poor Valentino, now finished, was making up for all the new phenomena in the wet?!
And again, if it was a fiction, then would he have had the operation for nothing? and he would also have paid the doctors to say that the shoulder was beat up and that it would take 3-4 months for rehabilitation?…
You're paranoid!
@Akrapovic
Here's another: if you reread the interviews from last year you would know that the shoulder has always been a problem; Furthermore, do you think Valentino would have had the operation done for a trifle? Just to have some more justification? And he would have paid the doctors to say (November '10) that the shoulder was incredibly damaged? And also that it would take several months to recover???
Come on…
@lucaR
Calm down, in every comment you make you are pedantic, aggressive and rude. Let a good person show you that you need it, we're talking about sport, relax!
@Akrapovic
HI. Meanwhile, I'm much less mean than you are to Rossi; furthermore, I write true things and if you don't remember them it's your fault...and then I'm very calm, I'll just point out that you make great inaccuracies and know little of the facts.
For the rest, if you want, I'll show myself to you: let's see if you would say certain things even in person...
But get treated!
@Akrapovic
And why ever??? Just because I exposed all your ignorance?
I repeat that everyone is good at being a braggart like that, so avoid it. IF you really have to open your mouth do it to say sensible things...
Poor thing, as well as being incredibly rude you are also ignorant as hell.
@Akrapovic
IF I were as ignorant as you say, you would prove me (citing the facts) that I am wrong: EXACTLY LIKE I DID WITH YOU! You, on the other hand, as a football fan, are only capable of insulting a champion like Rossi, and spitting out nonsense.
Unfortunately people like you should be banned from talking about motorbikes, go back and get them at the stadium, you can't do more.
@Akrapovic
PS just to show your total incompetence when it comes to the world championship, here's what you wrote:
“…and you have to try not to become ridiculous by always bringing up the shoulder, which strangely last year, immediately after the surgery… worked well!”
You see, LAST YEAR, the surgery HAD NOT YET BEEN DONE!
Get yourself settled…
Expecting you to be able to understand that after the operation on the tibia and fibula he started to bring up his shoulder is too much. Of course it hurt before, otherwise he wouldn't have had the operation... but on many occasions it was a " political evil”. After his return for the podiums and the victory in Malaysia, his shoulder worked well, but when he got it, it hurt!
I'm not surprised that you can't get there, after all for someone who can't even read or even interpret other people's comments is normal. Avoid falling into ridicule when you write that I insult Rossi and I'm a football fan! I wrote which was THE STRONGEST IN RECENT YEARS, can you read??
Now it's in its waning phase, it's normal, only you don't understand it, others have also tried to explain things to you, but there's really nothing you can do!
@Akrapovic
But look, maybe you think you're talking to someone who barely finished high school, maybe like you, I don't know. However you are quite off track. Now, beyond your childish statements, what's funny is that every time you open your mouth you say nonsense:
1. Meanwhile, you mentioned a shoulder operation that last year (during the season) didn't happen at all, and for this reason you should apologize.
2. then, just to say, Rossi also complained when the first podiums arrived after the leg injury: and note that his complaints were always consistent, even now, namely tiredness and loss of strength in the final stages of the race. (Remember Motegi?) And note that he also complained about this in France, when he had a similar decline to those of Misano, Motegi, Valencia etc...
3. and to conclude, in case you haven't had enough of being proven wrong, of course, you insult Rossi, all right: saying that he uses his shoulder as a "political" excuse, that he had surgery but in reality his shoulder wasn't a big deal problem, in other words calling it FALSE is insulting people... I don't know where you live, I don't know who you hang out with, but if you don't understand it I feel sorry for you.
Oh I forgot: how is it possible that THE BEST, as you yourself say, becomes a supporting character in a year and a half? And what's more, at just 32 years old?!? And in perfect physical shape?!? You're a poor thing...LEARN TO RESPECT ATHLETES.
…even if perhaps you don't even know what respect is.
A donkey will never become a thoroughbred!!
@Akrapovic
You speak from personal experience I see...and as usual you are not capable of replying except with insults, confirming all your limits.
Don't worry, at the "cepu" there will always be room for guys like you!