San Marino 2009
AFTER HIS MAIDEN PODIUM FINISH LAST WEEK, ALEX DE ANGELIS APPEARED TO LET IT GO TO HIS HEAD AT MISANO. GOT TOO EXCITED IN FREE PRACTICE AND CRASHED, WHILST IN THE RACE HE APPEARED TO BRING DOWN COLIN EDWARDS AND NICKY HAYDEN AT TURN ONE AFTER THE START.
HOWEVER, CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT AS WELL AS HIS EXUBERANCE IN HIS HOME RACE, THERE WAS ALSO A COMPRESSION OF RIDERS WITH JORGE LORENZO SLOWING, COLIN GOING UP THE INSIDE THEN BRAKING AS JORGE STARTED TO MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN INTO TURN 2, ALEX TRYING TO OVERTAKE THEM BOTH BY DIVING UP THE INSIDE AND NICKY GOING ROUND THE OUTSIDE.
INEVITABLY, THE THREE OF THEM COLLIDED BUT THE AMAZING THING WAS THAT JORGE EMERGED FROM THE CARNAGE STILL UPRIGHT AND STARTED TO REEL IN VALENTINO ROSSI WHO HIMSELF WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET PAST DANI PEDROSA AND TONY ELIAS!
VALENTINO DID GET TO THE FRONT FAIRLY SOON AND WAS EVENTUALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH BY LORENZO BUT JORGE, TRY AS HE MIGHT, NEVER REALLY LOOKED LIKE GETTING PAST ROSSI WHO WENT ON TO WIN. DANI PEDROSA HAD KEPT THEIR PACE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF A SLIGHT MISFIRE AND INDEED HIS ENGINE STOPPED ON THE COOLING DOWN LAP.
SO ROSSI EXTENDED HIS LEAD TO 30 POINTS AND, USING LORENZO'S LOGIC AFTER INDIANAPOLIS OF 'A 50-POINT LEAD IS IMPOSSIBLE, A 25-POINT LEAD IS DIFFICULT', THE LEAD IS VEERING TOWARDS THE IMPOSSIBLE AGAIN FOR HIM.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 4.
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Tony Elias
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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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Alex de Angelis
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| 8.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 9.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 10.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 11.
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Mika Kallio
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| 12.
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Marco Melandri
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| 13.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 14.
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James Toseland
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| 15.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 16.
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Niccolo Canepa
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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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Valentino Rossi
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| 2.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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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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Loris Capirossi
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| 6.
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Tony Elias
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| 7.
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Mika Kallio
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| 8.
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Marco Melandri
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| 9.
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Chris Vermeulen
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Valentino Rossi
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237
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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207
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| Dani Pedrosa
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157
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| Casey Stoner
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150
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| Andrea Dovizioso
|
133
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| Colin Edwards
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123
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| Loris Capirossi
|
97
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| Alex de Angelis
|
88
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| =Randy de Puniet
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88
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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305
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| Honda
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220
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| Ducati
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191
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| Suzuki
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120
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| Kawasaki
|
87
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Race Results posted by
David Little
7th September 2009
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