Great Britain 2010
IN THE RECENT PAST, PREVIOUS MOTOGP VISITS TO BRITAIN HAVE BEEN TO DONINGTON PARK BUT THE PROBLEMS THAT THE TRACK ENCOUNTERED WHEN THE FORMULA ONE RIGHTS HOLDER TRIED TO RE-VAMP THE CIRCUIT TO SUIT F1 STANDARDS MEANT THAT MOTOGP VISITS HAVE RETURNED TO SILVERSTONE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR 23 YEARS.
THE BRITISH RACING DRIVERS CLUB (B.R.D.C.), WHO OWN SILVERSTONE, HAVE ALSO GOT A LONG-TERM DEAL TO RUN F1 EVENTS AND THE TRACK HAS BEEN RE-DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE BIKES AND CARS. THERE ARE STILL SOME CHANGES TO BE MADE AND THESE WILL BE COMPLETED FOR NEXT YEAR BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE THAT THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF SILVERSTONE AS A HIGH-SPEED VENUE HAS BEEN RETAINED. IT CERTAINLY PRODUCED AN EXCITING MOTOGP MEETING.
ONE NOTABLE ABSENTEE HERE WAS VALENTINO ROSSI, STILL RECOVERING FROM HIS ACCIDENT, AND HIS TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED AS YET. THE QUALIFYING SESSION WAS SCINTILLATING STUFF WITH RANDY DE PUNIET HOLDING PROVISIONAL POLE POSITION UNTIL ALMOST THE END OF THE SESSION WHEN JORGE LORENZO JUST PIPPED HIM. STILL A REMARKABLE RESULT FROM A CASH-STRAPPED, PRIVATEER TEAM.
THE NEW TRACK LAYOUT IS NOW THE LONGEST IN MOTOGP AND A RACING LAP IS OVER TWO MINUTES. THE FIRST LAP OF THE RACE SAW SO MANY CHANGES OF POSITION, INCLUDING THE LEAD, THAT IT TOOK A MOMENT, AS THEY CROSSED THE LINE FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO REALISE THAT ALL THAT HAD HAPPENED ON THE SAME LAP!
JORGE HAD GAINED THE LEAD FROM DANI PEDROSA, WHO THEN GRADUALLY FELL BACKWARDS THROUGH THE FIELD, POSSIBLY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF HIS QUALIFYING CRASH THAT HAD SEEN HIM CARRIED OFF ON A STRETCHER. RANDY AND ANDREA DOVISIOSO SPENT QUITE A TIME BATTLING EACH OTHER TOGETHER WITH A RESURGENT NICKY HAYDEN.
CASEY STONER SUFFERED A VERY BAD START AND WAS LAST GOING INTO THE FIRST BEND ON LAP 1. HE GRADUALLY MOVED UP THE FIELD ONCE HIS BRAND NEW TYRES HAD WARMED UP AND EVENTUALLY FINISHED 5TH. NICKY HAYDEN HAS TO BE THE MOST DISAPPOINTED RIDER - HE WAS IN 3RD PLACE TOWARDS THE END AND WENT INTO THE FINAL LAP BEING HARASSED BY BEN SPIES BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, HE MADE A SMALL MISTAKE AT ABBEY CORNER TO LET HIS FELLOW AMERICAN THROUGH. NICKY HAS NOW FINISHED 4TH IN FOUR OUT THE FIVE RACES SO FAR!
JORGE HAD BUILT UP A LEAD OF ALMOST 10 SECONDS AT ONE POINT AND THOROUGHLY DESERVED HIS VICTORY. ALL IN ALL, A VERY INTERESTING RACE THAT WAS FULL OF ACTION FROM THE START.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Randy de Puniet
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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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Nicky Hayden
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| 6.
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Casey Stoner
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| 7.
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Ben Spies
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| 8.
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Marco Melandri
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| 9.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 10.
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Colin Edwards
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| 11.
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Hector Barbera
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| 12.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 13.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 14.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 15.
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Mika Kallio
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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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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 3.
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Ben Spies
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| 4.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 5.
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Casey Stoner
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| 6.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 7.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 8.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 9.
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Colin Edwards
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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115
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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78
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| Dani Pedrosa
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73
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| Valentino Rossi
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61
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| Nicky Hayden
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52
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| Randy de Puniet
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46
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| Ben Spies
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36
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| Casey Stoner
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35
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| Marco Melandri
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32
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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120
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| Honda
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97
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| Ducati
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65
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| Suzuki
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23
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Race Results posted by
David Little
21st June 2010
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