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DANI PEDROSA TOOK POLE ON SATURDAY AND, GIVEN HIS USUAL LIGHTNING START, IT SEEMED POSSIBLE THAT HE MAY STREAK OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. BEN SPIES, WHO HAD PUT IN A SCINTILLATING LAP TO LEAD THE WAY IN QUALIFYING, ALMOST HELD ON TO POLE UNTIL DANI MADE HIS MOVE NEAR THE END. JORGE LORENZO CAN USUALLY BE RELIED UPON TO BE ON THE FRONT ROW BUT HAD TO SETTLE FOR 3RD AFTER CRASHING OUT ON HIS FINAL RUN, AS DID VALENTINO ROSSI IN THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
ALTHOUGH DANI GOT AWAY AND LED INTO THE FIRST TURN, WITH BEN HOT ON HIS HEELS, JORGE HAD REELED THEM BOTH IN BEFORE THE LAP WAS HALF OVER. THE RACE WAS VIRTUALLY OVER THERE AND THEN BECAUSE JORGE NEVER LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD SUCCUMB TO ANY CHALLENGE.
THE MAIN INTEREST AMONGST THE LEADERS WAS A LACK-LUSTRE PERFORMANCE FROM ROSSI AFTER HIS TEAM HAD GONE FOR A RADICAL SET-UP, IN THE ABSENCE OF MORNING WARM-UP DUE TO RAIN, THAT DID NOT WORK.
BUT THE CAMERAS LINGERED OFTEN OVER AN ENTHRALLING DICE FOR 7TH, 8TH, 9TH AND 10TH - NOT A USUAL SITUATION BUT THEN RANDY DE PUNIET IS NOT A USUAL RIDER. DESPITE BREAKING HIS TIBIA AND FIBULA IN HIS LEFT LEG IN GERMANY ONLY 4 WEEKS AGO, HERE HE WAS BATTLING FOR THE HIGHEST PLACE HE COULD REACH. EVENTUALLY, HIS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT ENABLED HIM TO CLAIM 9TH BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITION CHANGES AS 4 RIDERS FOUGHT IT OUT.
THERE WAS NO STOPPING JORGE TODAY, OR ANY OTHER DAY THIS SEASON IT SEEMS. HE HAS NOW WON 7 OUT OF 10 RACES AND BEEN 2ND IN THE REST, HE HAS SCORED 235 POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE MAXIMUM OF 250. AND THIS RUN STARTED BEFORE ROSSI BROKE HIS LEG AT MUGELLO, WHICH IS NOW VALENTINO'S HOME TRACK AS HE HAS SIGNED A 2-YEAR DEAL WITH DUCATI.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 2.
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Ben Spies
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| 3.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 4.
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Casey Stoner
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| 5.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 6.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 7.
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Colin Edwards
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| 8.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 9.
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Hector Barbera
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| 10.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 11.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 12.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 13.
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Mika Kallio
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| 14.
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Marco Melandri
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| 15.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 16.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 17.
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Alvaro Bautista
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Casey Stoner
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| 4.
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Ben Spies
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| 5.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 6.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 7.
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Colin Edwards
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| 8.
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Marco Melandri
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| 9.
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Hector Barbera
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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235
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| Dani Pedrosa
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158
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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115
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| Casey Stoner
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119
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| Valentino Rossi
|
101
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| Nicky Hayden
|
99
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| Ben Spies
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90
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| Randy de Puniet
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75
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| Marco Melandri
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61
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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240
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| Honda
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195
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| Ducati
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149
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| Suzuki
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48
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Race Results posted by
David Little
16th August 2010
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