Bad MotoGP crash!!

[dougster]

On live from Catalunya now. Sete Gibernau had a massive crash when he ran into the back of someone and locked up his front brake sending him over the bars!!

Marco Milandri got caught up and looks in a bad way. Fingers crossed he is OK.

[gus the bus]

all looks a bit nasty Dougster[]

[the squiggle]

You should see Motogp on the 360.

The first corner accidents online are a sight to see with bikes and riders flying everywhere.

I have been watching the Lemans 24hrs on Motors TV but will catch the Motogp later on

[st3ph3n]

Capirossi has internal bleeding and bruising. Gibernau mild concussion and broken collarbone. Melandri dislocated shoulder and a neck injury (road rash rather than broken neck I think).

Biggest accident I've seen for a while in MotoGP.

[higgy]

But the Doctor went off and won it.[]

 

Higgy

[andy]

I'm on the Honda Racing mailing list. Their report:

In perfect conditions, before a crowd of 107,000 sun-baked race fans, the

seventh race of this year’s MotoGP World Championship unfolded in dramatic

fashion. A first turn six-bike pile-up from the start resulted in a

restarted race, which was won by Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), with Nicky

Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V) second, and Kenny Roberts (Roberts KR211V) an

encouraging third.

Six riders went down in the first turn incident at the start. Among them

Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda RC211V), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC211V),

the two Ducati riders Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau, John Hopkins

(Suzuki), and Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki).

As marshals attended to the stricken riders and machine debris, the red

flags went out and a restarted race, reduced from 25-laps to 24, was

scheduled for the off half an hour later than the usual 2:00pm start.

Sixteen riders lined up including Pedrosa, Hopkins and de Puniet. But there

was no Melandri, who was taken to hospital with neck and shoulder injuries,

without Capirossi who was admitted with a bruised abdomen, and with no

Gibernau, who has damaged a plate holding together his left collarbone, a

legacy of a previous accident.

Casey Stoner (LCR Honda RC211V) had sped into the lead at the original

start and the Aussie did exactly the same when the lights went out at the

restart. He was closely followed into turn one by John Hopkins (Suzuki),

Hayden and Kenny Roberts. Nicky soon moved up to second place setting an

early fastest lap of the race as he did so.

Rossi, who had consolidated fifth place by lap three, moved to fourth on

lap four, while Pedrosa was circulating in ninth. By lap seven there was

already a six-rider group at the head of the field, which comprised Stoner,

Hayden, Rossi, now third, Hopkins, Roberts and Vermeulen.

By the next lap Rossi has secured second spot from Hayden and on the next

tour of this demanding 4.727km track Rossi was in the lead having taken

Stoner at turn one. Casey then crashed, without injury, entering the

stadium section, and it was then left to Hayden to make chase.

This Hayden duly did, setting a fastest lap of the race on lap ten. Rossi

and Hayden now had a 1.1 second advantage over Hopkins and Roberts,

followed by Pedrosa. This trio was now one second ahead of Toni Elias

(Fortuna Honda RC211V), who crashed on the same lap.

On lap 11 Pedrosa went down at turn one while holding fifth. It was a war

of attrition, with a mere 11 riders left on track. Although Dani remounted

he pitted on lap 12 and did not re-emerge to contest this torrid race.

Now, at mid-race distance, it became a straight fight between Rossi and

Hayden for the win. The pair held a four second advantage over Roberts and

Hopkins who were dueling fiercely over the third-placed podium slot. It

would all come down to the final few laps.

In the final four laps Rossi gradually moved clear of Hayden and he won by

4.509 seconds as he took the flag. Hayden was well clear of Roberts, who in

turn was more than four seconds ahead of Hopkins.

Makoto Tamada (Konica Minolta Honda RC211V) finished seventh, while there

were four Honda non-finishers among the eight riders who failed to complete

this punishing race.

Nicky said, “There was a lot of drama at the first corner, but I just had

to stay focused – that’s my job. Luckily it seems like everyone’s OK, which

is really important. Rossi was playing today – he was saving his tyres. So

I knew it was going to be hard to stay with him at the end of the race,

especially the hotter it got out there because that made traction an even

bigger issue. Somewhere along the way consistency won’t be enough though –

I want to win some races.”

A delighted Kenny said, “It’s great to be here because in the winter I

thought I would be at home sitting on the couch watching the races till my

Dad called and asked if I wanted to ride his bike with a Honda engine and

Michelin tyres. You bet I did. We got the bike working 50% at Le Mans, 75%

at Mugello and then 100% at the test after Mugello. This is just the start

– when the team gets a second rider we will really go places.”

Tamada said. “This time I really had a good start and this permitted me not

to be involved in the huge crash at the first corner. Even the second start

was positive, I could immediately recover some positions, but later I start

suffering from a strong traction lack I was not able to accelerating hard

when exiting each corner I had to partialize the gas to avoid useless sliding.”

A disconsolate Dani said, “Today was not my day. We were very unlucky at

the first start – but even in that moment I was the lucky one because I was

totally unhurt after the crash, and that’s the most important thing. But

also the other lucky thing was that I could take part in the second race.

We had some more problems at the restart with Vermeulen and the race was

restarted again. So I think there was too much confusion and this caused me

to lose a little bit of concentration.”

Elias said, “It was a race to forget. I’m sorry for Marco and I wish him a

speedy recovery. I got a good start and tried to stay with the lead group,

riding around the traction problems and just giving it my all. I had a good

pace but I just lost the front and went down. It was a real shame and I’m

disappointed because I was riding well and could have got a good result.”

Stoner said, “I’m not happy, not just because of my mistake, but because of

everything today. I feel for all the riders who crashed. Not a good

situation, I saw all the incidents on replay. I got a good a start and

everything, even though the track was slick today. But even when Valentino

came past, I was going at my own pace and everything felt comfortable.”

Melandri said, “I didn’t get away from the line well but I made up a few

positions – and then the crash – I don’t remember anything else. I’ve got a

lot of pain coming from my shoulder but I’m conscious and my memory should

improve over time. I want to say thanks to Doctor Costa and all the staff

who looked after me and stayed by my side.”

As this intense series nears the halfway point of the season Hayden heads

the standings with 119 points to second-placed Capirossi’s 99. Rossi now

lies third with 90 points, Melandri fourth on 89, Dani remains in touch

with 86 and Stoner sits in sixth with 65.

Andrea Dovizioso (Humangest Racing Honda RS250RW) won a nail-biting 250cc

race from Jorge Lorenzo in second and Alex de Angelis third (both Aprilia)

to record his first win in the class since moving up as World 125cc

Champion in 2004.

The Italian qualified on pole and was always convinced he had the speed to

shine here. But it was a tough race. Roberto Locatelli (Aprilia) led into

turn one and Dovi, who did not get the best of starts, made a masterful

manoeuvre up the inside of the pack at turn five to take second.

He then set an early fastest lap of 1m 47.420 seconds on lap three and took

the lead to head a three-rider group including Locatelli and de Angelis.

Alex Debon (Aprilia), standing in for the injured Hector Barbera, was ahead

of his team-mate Lorenzo in fourth, but the pair were three seconds adrift

of the leaders.

As mid-race distance approached the lead group dropped their pace as first

de Angelis and then Locatelli led, and as the final laps were reeled off, a

gap that had been more than three seconds had been reduced to 0.5 seconds

as Lorenzo, who had overhauled Debon, closed on the leaders.

With the home crowd willing him on, Lorenzo was in touch with two laps to

go. Into turn one on the final lap, Dovi leapt from third to first on the

brakes, Locatelli was pushed wide and then it was just Dovi, Lorenzo, who

was now second, and de Angelis left to fight it out. Dovi held on to a

well-deserved lead to win, and match Max Biaggi’s 1996 record of seven

podiums in the opening seven races of a season.

Dovi said, “In France, I pushed very hard throughout the whole race in

order to improve the gap, but I wore out the tyres and so I lost the race

at the photo-finish. For this reason, I decided to slow down even though I

knew Lorenzo was closing the gap. The last lap has been wonderful and

tonight I want to celebrate this victory along with my friends. I’ve been

told I matched Biaggi’s record made in ’96 – this is a positive because he

has been a great rider in the 250cc class.”

His team-mate Yuki Takahashi (Humangest Racing Honda RS250RW) finished

seventh and said, “I made a good start, but in the first part of the race I

didn’t have a good feeling with the front of the bike. When I was behind

Lorenzo I took some risks and so I slowed down. But then, from halfway on

things went much better and I was able to run with the same lap times as

the top riders even with worn tyres. For this reason I’m happy, and also

motivated for next race.”

Martin Cardenas (Würth Honda RS250RW) was tenth, while Shuhei Aoyama

(Repsol Honda RS250RW) crashed out of the race in the early laps. Dovi has

now increased his lead at the top of the points table and has 133 points to

Lorenzo’s 108, with Takahashi third on 89 points.

Local man Alvaro Bautista won a typically fraught 125cc race from his

Aprilia team-mates Hector Faubel and Sergio Gadea, making it an all-Spanish

podium. The fourth member of the team, Italian Mattia Pasini was fourth.

Bautista started from pole, but was headed into turn one on the opening lap

by Pablo Nieto (Aprilia). Thomas Luthi (Elit Grand Prix Honda RS125R), who

started from 10th on the grid, had hoisted himself to second by lap two and

the Swiss World Champion looked as if he had the speed to stick with the

leader.

As early as the fourth lap a nine-rider group had broken away from the

pack, but by mid-race that group had been whittled down to just six men:

Bautista, Pasini, Lukas Pesek (Derbi) Hector Faubel, Sergio Gadea and

Luthi. Fabrizio Lai (Seedorf Racing Honda RS125R) had been in the group but

was now off the pace and finished tenth.

As the final laps unfolded Bautista upped the lap times to a level where

only his team-mates could remotely cope with the increase in speed. This is

his third win of the season so far and he leads the World Championship with

144 points to Mika Kallio’s 88 – the KTM rider only completed two laps of

the race. Luthi, who finished sixth, lies seventh with 54 points.

He said, “I got with the fast group and was comfortable. Acceleration was

good but I was a little down on top speed but I was confident I could get a

podium. But with three laps to go I had some big slides on the two fast

right-hand corners. I knew then I could not win so I took as many points as

possible from the race.”

Gabor Talmacsi (Humangest Honda RS125R), who was eighth, said, “We’re

improving but I need a bit more acceleration as today I couldn’t pass

Nieto. I tried every strategy but I was slower even when I was behind him

and so I lost time and couldn’t stay with the front group. We are not so

far away, but we have to make another step forward in order to fight for

the top positions.”

Honda GP rider quotes: Sunday June 18.

MotoGP:

Nicky Hayden, Repsol Honda: 2nd. “Sure I want to win, but I’m kinda happy

with being able to run that pace today because I’ve struggled a bit all

weekend. I was 10th in the warm up this morning and 10th on Friday, and I

knew today that when the light went out I really had to find some speed and

really dig in to recover as best I could. So I was really happy to be able

to raise my game. There was a lot of drama at the first corner, but I just

had to stay focussed, that’s my job, and luckily it seems like everyone’s

ok, which is really important. Rossi was playing today – he had more in the

tank and was saving his tyres so I knew it was going to be hard to stay

with him at the end of the race, especially the hotter it got out there

because that made traction an even bigger issue. I wanted to be smart and

stay consistent today – I can’t afford to have any off-days. Somewhere

along the way consistency won’t be enough though - I want to win some races.”

Kenny Roberts Jnr, KR Honda: 3rd. “What I wanted didn’t really happen

today. I’m not really confident in myself in the beginning of the race but

I’m getting there. In the race I was running with John (Hopkins) but I

didn’t know if there was somebody behind him. When I let him passed I

realised we were alone. So I kept pushing and passed him down the straight

with Honda power, it was awesome. It’s great to be here because in the

winter I thought I would be at home sitting on the couch watching the races

till my Dad called and asked if I wanted to ride his bike with a Honda

engine and Michelin tyres. You bet I did. We got the bike working 50% at Le

Mans, 75% at Mugello and then 100% at the test after Mugello. This is just

the start, when the team get a second rider we will really go places.”

Makoto Tamada, Konica Minolta Honda: 7th. “This time I really had a good

start and this permitted me not to be involved in the huge crash at the

first corner. Even the second start was positive, I could immediately

recover some positions, but later I start suffering from a strong traction

lack I was not able to accelerating hard when exiting each corner I had to

partialize the gas to avoid useless sliding.”

Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda: dnf – crash damage. “What can I say? I think

today was not my day. We were very unlucky at the first start – but even in

that moment I was the lucky one because I was totally unhurt after the

crash, and that’s the most important thing. But also the other lucky thing

was that I could take part in the second race. We had some more problems at

the restart with Vermeulen and the race was restarted again. So I think

there was too much confusion this caused me to lose a little bit of

concentration - and I was nervous too by now. I made a bad start second

time round but I was actually quite calm to make my way through the field

and overtake one by one. But then I crashed - I don’t know why because I

was not going so fast at that moment. Anyway, we must look forward to the

next race and try to get a better result there.”

Marco Melandri, Fortuna Honda: dnf – crash. "I didn't get away from the

line well but I made up a few positions and then the crash - I don't

remember anything else. I've got a lot of pain coming from my shoulder but

I am concious and my memory should improve over time. I want to say thanks

to Doctor Costa and all the Clinica Mobile staff who looked after me and

stayed by my side."

Toni Elias, Fortuna Honda: dnf - "It was a race to forget. I'm sorry for

Marco and I wish him a speedy recovery. I got a good start and tried to

stay with the lead group, riding around the traction problems and just

giving it my all. I had a good pace but I just lost the front and went

down. It was a real shame and I'm disappointed because I was riding well

and could have got a good result.

Casey Stoner, LCR Honda: dnf – crash. “I’m not happy, not just because I

made a mistake but because of everything that happened today. I’m feeling

for all the guys who crashed and it wasn’t a good situation during the

stoppage, I saw all the incidents on replay. I made a very good start and I

was doing it easy, even though the track was a bit slick today. When

Valentino came past I was happy to do my own pace and wait for the race to

unfold, I was feeling comfortable.

250cc:

Andrea Dovizioso, Humangest Honda: 1st. “At the beginning of the last lap,

Aprilia riders overtook me on the straight and so I had to recover in the

braking points. I was able to take the lead braking incredibly hard, do my

pace and nobody was able to pass me back.  It has been quite long time

since my last victory and I did it with this incredible overtaking, it is

very special for me. But this time I took some risks. At the beginning I

tried to go away, but the gap I was able to build in the turns I lost in

the straight and so, thinking about what happen in Le Mans, I changed my

strategy. In France, I pushed very hard throughout the whole race in order

to improve the gap, but I wore out the tyres and so I lost the race at the

photo-finish. For this reason, I decided to slow down even though I knew

Lorenzo was closing the gap.  The last lap has been wonderful and tonight I

want to celebrate this victory along with my friends. I’ve been told I

matched Biaggi’s record made in 96: this is for sure positive because he

has been a great rider in 250cc. Next week we are going to Assen, which is

a track I like even though last year I struggled a lot. But this year we

are definitely more competitive and the feeling with the team is perfect. I

want to thank all the guys that work with me!”.

Yuki Takahashi, Humangest Honda: 7th. “I made a good start, but in the

first part of the race I didn’t have a good feeling with the front of the

bike. When I was behind Lorenzo I took some risks and so I slowed down. But

then, on the half way on things went much better and I was able to run with

the same lap times of the top riders even with worn tyres. For this reason,

I’m happy and also motivated for next race. Congratulations to Andrea, he

did a great race today”.

Martin Cardenas, Wurth Honda BQR: 10th. “That was a very good race for me.

My start was not so special and in the beginning I found it difficult to

get a good rhythm. The bike was very good today the set up just about

perfect and the engine was consistently fast for the whole race. At about

half race distance I was riding well and in a very good rhythm I caught the

group and eventually managed to get tenth place.”

Arturo Tizon, Wurth Honda BQR: 14th. “After my no-so-good qualifying I was

fast off the start and was fast enough to catch, then follow the group in

front of me. The bike was so much better than qualifying, I had a very good

engine today. But as the race went on I could feel the rear tyre sliding

and I could not go any faster.”

Fabrizio Perren, Stop and Go Racing: 15th. “I got a good start but the

group in front of me were too fast at the start of the race and I could not

stay with them. I raced almost all the way with Arnaud Vincent. He has so

much experience and I learned a lot from him in that race. We passed and

re-passed each other many times. My bike was a little faster than his so I

had to check I could pass him out of the slipstream before the line if he

was leading into the last lap. I managed to do it. I’m happy for the team

because they have worked hard to get me here.”

Arnaud Vincent, Molenaar Honda: 16th. “I gave my maximum every lap and only

over the last two laps did I have problems with the ribs I cracked in my

Mugello crash. The bike was good today suspension, tyres and chassis set up

was good. My engine was better than yesterday but not as good as my best

engine.”

Sebastian Porto, Repsol Honda: Sebastian Porto has announced his retirement

from racing.

Shuhei Aoyama, Repsol Honda: dnf – crash. "It's been a shame. We had some

problems this morning with the first bike and I had to take the start of

the race with bike number two, so even if the set-up was the same, the bike

didn't work the same way. I made a good start but I lost some positions in

the first corner; I guess it's because I still have what happened in Turkey

in my mind. On lap number four, my

bike's steering closed in the last left-hander of the circuit and that was

the end of my race. I'm sorry for my team, for Alberto and for Repsol

because the race here was like a home race for them."

125cc:

Thomas Luthi, Elit Honda: 6th. “My start was so-so but I had a great first

corner and passed a few riders on the outside. I got with the fast group

and was comfortable. Acceleration was good but I was a little down on top

speed but I was confident I could get a podium. But with three laps to go I

had some big slides on the two fast right hand corners. I knew then I could

not win so I took as many points as possible from the race.”

Gabor Talmacsi, Humangest Honda: 8th. We are improving but I need a bit

more of acceleration as today I couldn't pass Nieto. I tried every strategy

but I was slower even behind him and so I lost time and couldn't stay with

the front group. We are not so far away, but we have to make another step

forward in order to fight for the top positions".

Sandro Cortese, Elit Honda: 19th. “I was behind the first big crash and

lost time. Then I got into a race with De Meglio. Our bikes were pretty

equal and we were running the same speed  I would get passed him on the

brakes and he would pass me out of the slipstream. My bike was very good

today and the result could have been better but for that crash.”

Fabrizio Lai, Seedorf Racing World: 10th. "As usual I started very well

recovering some positions. I tried to keep the pace of the leaders but my

Honda wasn’t fast as the other bikes. I think that Luthi’s Honda is faster

and has something more than mine. However I have a good feeling with my

team and we are working in the right direction to reach good results in the

next races".

Bradley Smith, Repsol Honda: 16th. "I'm happy in a sense, I did a good race

but I'm not happy for missing out on the points. I had a good start and did

a good first lap, and I learned a lot from the first lap. I realised how

hard you've got to push; the limit that you got to beat, and that if you're

in the top group it's much easier than when your fighting with people that

aren't as fast so I'm happy in that way but disappointed because I didn't

get any points."

Mike Di Meglio, FFM Honda: 18th. "I did not have a good race. My start was

not so bad but I had no feeling with the bike and was not confident. I

could not catch the second group and could not get a better result."

Lorenzo Baroni, Humangest Honda: 25th. "Today I was unlucky as I knew I

could do well here. I made a strong start, recover many positions and in

the first lap I was almost in 15th place. Then, though, two riders in front

of me collided and I went wide in order to avoid them. So, I lost many

positions and couldn't recover so much. Anyway it has been quite positive

today as we made a big step forward in

the chassis set-up".

Joey Litjens, Molenaar Honda: 29th. “It was again Grotzky who got in my way

and ruined my race. He hit me last week and did it again today. I was of

the track and lost a lot of time and its difficult to make up time round

here when you are racing alone. The next race is Assen so I hope

for  better things..”

Michele Conti, Seedorf Racing World: dnf - "I started in the back and it

was impossibile for me avoid the big group of riders in the first corner.

Someone hit against me and I ran onto the grass losing imprtant seconds.

When I rejoned the race my painful right knee didn’t permitted me to ride

well and I preferred to entered in the pit lane".

Aleix Espargaro, Wurth Honda BQR: dnf – clutch problem. “This morning in

the warm up the things began to get better for me I felt I would ride well

today the engine had a very good feeling. I was OK in the beginning of the

race but after about eight laps the clutch broke and I had to stop. It’s a

shame because the team and mechanics have worked so hard. When we get to

Assen w have to keep working on the line we found in the warm up today.”

Tito Rabat, Wurth Honda BQR: dnf- crash. “I had a crash on the first lap ad

was out of the race. I was on the outside of Terol and we clashed. I was on

the gas when we hit so I lost the rear end when the wheel hit the grass.”

Results

MotoGP

Race Classification MotoGP : (24 laps = 113.448 km)

Pos/ Rider / Nat / Team / Motorcycle / Time/ KM/H / Gap

1 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Camel Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 41'31.237 / 163.939 / 2 / Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 41'35.746 / 163.643 /

4.509

3 / Kenny ROBERTS JR / USA / Team Roberts / KR211V / 41'40.411 / 163.338 /

9.174

4 / John HOPKINS / USA / Rizla Suzuki MotoGP / SUZUKI / 41'44.702 / 163.058

/ 13.465

5 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / Camel Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 41'53.785 / 162.469

/ 22.548

6 / Chris VERMEULEN / AUS / Rizla Suzuki MotoGP / SUZUKI / 41'56.435 /

162.298 / 25.198

7 / Makoto TAMADA / JPN / Konica Minolta Honda / HONDA / 42'01.859 /

161.949 / 30.622

8 / Carlos CHECA / SPA / Tech 3 Yamaha / YAMAHA / 42'02.514 / 161.907 / 31.277 9 / James ELLISON / GBR / Tech 3 Yamaha / YAMAHA / 42'30.440 / 160.134 / 59.203 10 / Alex HOFMANN / GER / Pramac d'Antín MotoGP / DUCATI / 42'45.299 /

159.206 / 1'14.062

11 / Jose Luis CARDOSO / SPA / Pramac d'Antín MotoGP / DUCATI / 43'18.052 /

157.199 / 1'46.815

Pole Position: Valentino ROSSI 1'41.855 167.072 Km/h

Fastest Lap(New record): Nicky HAYDEN 1'43.048 165.138 Km/h Lap 10 Circuit Record Lap: 2005 Valentino ROSSI 1'43.195 164.903 Km/h Circuit Best Lap: 2006 - Valentino ROSSI 1'41.855 167.072 Km/h

World Championship Positions:

1 HAYDEN 119, 2 CAPIROSSI 99, 3 ROSSI 90, 4 MELANDRI 89, 5 PEDROSA 86, 6 STONER 65, 7 EDWARDS 60, 8 ELIAS 53, 9 TAMADA 49, 10 ROBERTS 44, 11 GIBERNAU 44, 12 HOPKINS 40, 13 NAKANO 37, 14 VERMEULEN 31, 15 CHECA 24.

250cc

Race Classification 250cc: (23 laps = 108.721 km)

Pos / Rider / Nat / Team / Motorcycle / Time / KM/H / Gap

1 / Andrea DOVIZIOSO / ITA / Humangest Racing Team / HONDA / 41'28.179 /

157.302 /

2 / Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Fortuna Aprilia / APRILIA / 41'28.274 / 157.296 /

0.095

3 / Alex DE ANGELIS / RSM / Master - MVA Aspar Team / APRILIA / 41'28.601 /

157.275 / 0.422

4 / Roberto LOCATELLI / ITA / Team Toth / APRILIA / 41'29.766 / 157.201 / 1.587 5 / Alex DEBON / SPA / Fortuna Aprilia / APRILIA / 41'31.315 / 157.104 / 3.136 6 / Hiroshi AOYAMA / JPN / Red Bull KTM GP 250 / KTM / 41'32.211 / 157.047

/ 4.032

7 / Yuki TAKAHASHI / JPN / Humangest Racing Team / HONDA / 41'32.251 /

157.045 / 4.072

8 / Sylvain GUINTOLI / FRA / Equipe GP De France - Scrab / APRILIA /

41'35.494 / 156.84 / 7.315

9 / Anthony WEST / AUS / Kiefer - Bos - Racing / APRILIA / 42'11.286 /

154.623 / 43.107

10 / Martin CARDENAS / COL / Wurth Honda BQR / HONDA / 42'11.372 / 154.617

/ 43.193

11 / Manuel POGGIALI / RSM / Red Bull KTM GP 250 / KTM / 42'11.761 /

154.594 / 43.582

12 / Andrea BALLERINI / ITA / Campetella Racing / APRILIA / 42'12.584 /

154.543 / 44.405

13 / Jules CLUZEL / FRA / Equipe GP De France - Scrab / APRILIA / 42'20.605

/ 154.056 / 52.426

14 / Arturo TIZON / SPA / Wurth Honda BQR / HONDA / 42'33.655 / 153.268 /

1'05.476

15 / Fabricio PERREN / ARG / Stop And Go Racing Team / HONDA / 42'37.050 /

153.065 / 1'08.871

Pole Position: Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1'46.792 159.349 Km/h

Fastest Lap: Alex DE ANGELIS 1'47.327 158.554 Km/h Lap 10 Circuit Record Lap: 2004 - Dani PEDROSA 1'47.302 158.591 Km/h Circuit Best Lap: 2005 - Jorge LORENZO 1'46.220 160.207 Km/h

World Championship Positions:

1 DOVIZIOSO 133, 2 LORENZO 108, 3 TAKAHASHI 89, 4 AOYAMA 85, 5 LOCATELLI 80, 6 BARBERA 78, 7 DE ANGELIS 71, 8 GUINTOLI 51, 9 SIMONCELLI 40, 10 AOYAMA 34, 11 WEST 34, 12 CARDENAS 28, 13 SMRZ 27, 14 DEBON 22, 15 POGGIALI 22.

125cc:

Race Classification 125cc (22 laps = 103.994 km)

Pos / Rider / Nat / Team / Motorcycle / Time / KM/H / Gap

1 / Alvaro BAUTISTA / SPA / Master - MVA Aspar Team / APRILIA / 40'56.370 /

152.411 /

2 / Hector FAUBEL / SPA / Master - MVA Aspar Team / APRILIA / 40'56.557 /

152.399 / 0.187

3 / Sergio GADEA / SPA / Master - MVA Aspar Team / APRILIA / 40'56.793 /

152.384 / 0.423

4 / Mattia PASINI / ITA / Master - MVA Aspar Team / APRILIA / 40'57.464 /

152.343 / 1.094

5 / Lukas PESEK / CZE / Derbi Racing / DERBI / 40'58.605 / 152.272 / 2.235 6 / Thomas LUTHI / SWI / Elit - Caffe Latte / HONDA / 40'58.770 / 152.262 / 2.4 7 / Pablo NIETO / SPA / Multimedia Racing / APRILIA / 41'11.826 / 151.458 /

15.456

8 / Gabor TALMACSI / HUN / Humangest Racing Team / HONDA / 41'11.899 /

151.453 / 15.529

9 / Joan OLIVE / SPA / SSM Racing / APRILIA / 41'21.629 / 150.859 / 25.259 10 / Fabrizio LAI / ITA / Valsir Seedorf Racing / HONDA / 41'21.811 /

150.848 / 25.441

11 / Nicolas TEROL / SPA / Derbi Racing / DERBI / 41'22.770 / 150.79 / 26.4 12 / Raffaele DE ROSA / ITA / Multimedia Racing / APRILIA / 41'27.959 /

150.476 / 31.589

13 / Pol ESPARGARO / SPA / Team RACC Derbi / DERBI / 41'30.142 / 150.344 /

33.772

14 / Manuel HERNANDEZ / SPA / Nocable Angaia Racing / APRILIA / 41'30.626 /

150.314 / 34.256

15 / Lorenzo ZANETTI / ITA / Skilled I.S.P.A. Racing Team / APRILIA /

41'32.584 / 150.196 / 36.214

Pole Position: Lukas Alvaro BAUTISTA 1'50.281 154.307 Km/h Fastest Lap (New record): Hector FAUBEL 1'50.773 153.622 Km/h Lap 19 Circuit Record Lap: 2004 - Hector BARBERA 1'50.903 153.442 Km/h Circuit Best Lap:2003 Dani PEDROSA 1'50.178 154.451 Km/h

World Championship Positions:

1 BAUTISTA 144, 2 KALLIO 88, 3 PASINI 87, 4 FAUBEL 87, 5 GADEA 83, 6 PESEK 66, 7 LUTHI 54, 8 TALMACSI 52, 9 SIMON 46, 10 CORSI 43, 11 NIETO 43, 12 LAI  40, 13 OLIVE 39, 14 KOYAMA 23, 15 DE ROSA 22.

[jcscoob]

And the prize[G] for longest post ever go's to ...........  andywrx, weldone !! [][]

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[] must have taken ages to type that![]

[andy]

And the prize[G] for longest post ever go's to ...........  andywrx, weldone !! [][]

Well [:$] erm... I don't quite know what to say. I'd like to thank my agent, my make-up artist and of course my parents. It's an  honour for me to accept this award...erm...I think. I may now cry in a Gwyneth Paltrow type style []

[st3ph3n]

That's a fair race report. 125, 250 and MotoGP fills my Sunday morning when they're on. Or saturday if it's Qatar or Assen .

The doctor was just toying with them this afternoon. Last lap powerslides and a wave to the crowd. Assen on Saturday too. One of the great racetracks of the world.

[dougster]

All that an no pictures of Suzi Perry.............

Stand in a corner for 30 minutes.

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[the squiggle]

Suzi Perry, she is right up there with Vicky Butler Henderson in the crackoneoff stakes

Looking forward to this first corner melee when Eurosport reshow the race later on