Indianapolis 2009
THIS TRACK IS NOT EASY TO SAY THE LEAST - WITH MANY DIFFERENT SURFACE CHANGES WHERE SECTIONS OF ONE CIRCUIT MEET UP WITH SECTIONS OF OTHER CIRCUITS TO MAKE UP THE TRACK, BUMPS AND ALSO ROAD HUMPS POSING AS KERBS TO DELINEATE THE ONLY PART OF THE VERY WIDE OVAL THAT THE RIDERS HAVE TO USE. CRASHES IN THE DRY WERE COMMON ALL WEEKEND.
NEVERTHELESS, DANI PEDROSA, JORGE LORENZO AND VALENTINO ROSSI HAD CONQUERED IT TO MAKE UP THE FRONT ROW OF THE GRID IN THAT ORDER. DANI GOT HIS USUAL LIGHTNING START AND I THOUGHT THAT COLIN EDWARDS, 5TH ON THE GRID, HAD JUMPED THE LIGHTS. HOWEVER, WITH CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE VIDEO, IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS SIMPLY THAT HE GOT A VERY GOOD START AND JORGE LORENZO, IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF HIM, HAD GOT A BAD ONE.
DANI, VALENTINO AND JORGE SETTLED DOWN IN THAT ORDER FOR A FEW LAPS BUT DANI INEXPLICABLY SLID OUT OF THE LEAD AFTER ONLY A FEW LAPS. JORGE THEN ATTACKED AND SOON PASSED VALENTINO TO TAKE THE LEAD. IN TRYING TO COME BACK AT JORGE, ROSSI WENT WIDE ON A LEFT-HAND CORNER, TRIED TO RECOVER IN TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT RIGHT TURN BUT WAS OFF-LINE AND SLID OUT.
THE FRONT THREE HAD 'ESCAPED' THE FIELD BEFORE DANI CRASHED OUT SO JORGE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS LUCK WHEN HE FOUND HIMSELF WELL AHEAD OF ANY DANGER AND HE COULD LITERALLY CRUISE HOME TO WHEELIE OVER THE LINE IN EXUBERANT FASHION TO CUT HIS DEFICIT TO ROSSI FROM 50 TO 25 POINTS.
UNLIKE ROSSI, PEDROSA WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE AND FOUGHT HIS WAY FROM A VERY DISTANT LAST PLACE TO FINISH 10TH.
ALEX DE ANGELIS ROAD BRILLIANTLY TO TAKE 2ND PLACE ON HIS FIRST PODIUM AND AN EXCITED NICKY HAYDEN TOOK A WELL-DESERVED 3RD PLACE. HE HAS BEEN ABSENT FROM THE PODIUM FOR TOO LONG BUT IT SEEMS THAT HE IS NOW COMING TO TERMS WITH THE DUCATI'S HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS.
STARTING GRID
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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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Valentino Rossi
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| 4.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 5.
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Colin Edwards
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| 6.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 7.
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Tony Elias
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| 8.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 9.
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Marco Melandri
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| 10.
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James Toseland
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| 11.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 12.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 13.
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Niccolo Canepa
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| 14.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 15.
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Mika Kallio
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| 16.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 17.
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Gabor Talmasci
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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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Alex de Angelis
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| 3.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 4.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 5.
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Colin Edwards
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| 6.
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James Toseland
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| 7.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 8.
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Mika Kallio
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| 9.
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Tony Elias
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Valentino Rossi
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212
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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187
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| Casey Stoner
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150
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| Dani Pedrosa
|
141
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| Colin Edwards
|
123
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| Andrea Dovizioso
|
120
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| Alex de Angelis
|
88
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| Loris Capirossi
|
86
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| Randy de Puniet
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84
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
|
280
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| Honda
|
197
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| Ducati
|
182
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| Suzuki
|
109
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| Kawasaki
|
79
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Race Results posted by
David Little
31st August 2009
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