Germany 2010
DANI PEDROSA RODE AT HIS BEST TO TAKE AN EMPHATIC WIN HERE, BEATING JORGE LORENZO INTO 2ND PLACE WITH CASEY STONER 3RD. FROM THE START, DANI AND JORGE WERE BATTLING FOR THE LEAD AND THEY STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE PACK BUT JORGE LOOKED TO BE IN CONTROL.
HOWEVER, HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL OF DANI BUT EVEN JORGE CANNOT CONTROL THE REST OF THE FIELD AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY CAN GET UP TO. RANDY DE PUNIET WAS RIDING INJURED AFTER CRASHING IN QUALIFYING WHEN HE AND BEN SPIES HIT THE OIL AND WATER THAT HAD ESCAPED FROM LORENZO'S ENGINE WHEN IT BLEW UP IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. ON LAP 9 IN THE RACE, HE CRASHED MORE SERIOUSLY AND HAS BROKEN THE TIBIA AND FIBULA IN HIS LEFT LEG.
NEITHER ALVARO BAUTISTA NOR ALEIX ESPARGARO COULD AVOID DE PUNIET'S BIKE, WHICH CAUGHT FIRE AND THE RACE WAS RED-FLAGGED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE NEW, SHORTENED 21-LAP RACE AFTER FAILING TO RETURN TO THE PIT-LANE WITH THEIR BIKES WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 5-MINUTES.
AT THE RE-START, IT WAS ALMOST A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE FIRST START, WITH DANI AND JORGE DICING FOR THE LEAD AND ONCE AGAIN JORGE SEEMED TO BE CONTROLLING IT ONCE HE GAINED THE LEAD. BUT DANI WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND, AFTER A FEW LAPS, HE GOT TO THE FRONT AND NEVER LOOKED BACK OR, INDEED, NEVER LOOKED LIKE RELINQUISHING IT.
VALENTINO ROSSI HAD MADE AN EARLIER THAN EXPECTED RETURN TO RACING AFTER ONLY 6 WEEKS. CLEARLY, THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO HIS FITNESS LEVELS BUT ALSO TO THE HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT HE HAS RECEIVED. THIS INVOLVES BREATHING PURE OXYGEN AT HIGHER THAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES IN AN ENCLOSED CHAMBER, WHICH STIMULATES THE BONE RE-GROWTH AT A FASTER RATE THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE THE CASE. (DE PUNIET HEADING FOR THE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER?)
THIS TREATMENT IS NOT SO MAGICAL THAT IT CONJURED UP A WIN FOR ROSSI BUT HE CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE LAST SPOT ON THE PODIUM AND WAS ONLY DENIED BY CASEY STONER IN AN ENTHRALLING LAST FEW LAPS WHEN THEY SWOPPED 3RD AND 4TH PLACES CONSTANTLY.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Casey Stoner
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| 3.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 4.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 5.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 6.
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Hector Barbera
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| 7.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 8.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 9.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 10.
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Marco Melandri
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| 11.
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Mika Kallio
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| 12.
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Colin Edwards
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| 13.
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Ben Spies
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| 14.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 15.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 16.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 17.
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Alex de Angelis
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 2.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 3.
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Casey Stoner
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| 4.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 5.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 6.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 7.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 8.
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Ben Spies
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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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185
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| Dani Pedrosa
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138
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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102
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| Casey Stoner
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83
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| Nicky Hayden
|
78
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| Valentino Rossi
|
74
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| Randy de Puniet
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69
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| Ben Spies
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67
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| Marco Simoncelli
|
49
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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190
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| Honda
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162
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| Ducati
|
113
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| Suzuki
|
42
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Race Results posted by
David Little
19th July 2010
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