San Marino 2010
THE MOTOGP RACE AND THE RESULT WERE, UNFORTUNATELY, OVERSHADOWED BY A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN THE PRECEDING MOTO2 RACE IN WHICH SHOYA TOMIZAWA WAS KILLED. HE CRASHED IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE PURSUING BIKES RIDDEN BY ALEX DE ANGELIS AND SCOTT REDDING. THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE RACE WHEN ALL 3 BIKES WERE LINE ASTERN AS THEY ROUNDED A TURN WITH SHOYA LEADING AND THEN SHOYA MADE A MINOR ERROR THAT WAS TO COST HIM HIS LIFE.
HIS WHEELS WENT OVER THE KERB ONTO THE GRASS AND, WITH THE LEAN ANGLE THAT MOTORBIKES HAVE, IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT THE BIKE WOULD SKID AWAY, SPIN AND DEPOSIT HIM INTO THE PATH OF THE FOLLOWING RIDERS. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO AVOID HITTING HIM AND BIKES AND RIDERS WERE SPREAD-EAGLED ALONG THE TRACK. FORTUNATELY, ALEX AND SCOTT WERE RELATIVELY UNINJURED ALTHOUGH CLEARLY VERY SHAKEN.
SHOYA WAS INITIALLY TREATED AT THE TRACK AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES. THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF THE MOTOGP RACE AND THE PODIUM CEREMONY WAS CURTAILED.
IN THE MOTOGP RACE ITSELF, DANI PEDROSA WON AS HE PLEASED, LEADING FROM START TO FINISH. JORGE LORENZO PROTECTED HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD, TAKING NO UNDUE RISKS TO ENSURE HE FINISHED SECOND AND VALENTINO ROSSI SECURED A FINE THIRD SPOT HAVING FOUGHT OFF THE ATTENTIONS OF ANDREA DOVIZIOSO.
SHOYA'S DEATH, AND THAT OF YOUNG PETER LENZ AT INDIANAPOLIS LAST WEEK, SERVE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS SPORT AND ALWAYS WILL BE. WEEK AFTER WEEK WE SEE RIDERS CRASH AND OFTEN WALK AWAY UNINJURED OR OCCASIONALLY SUFFER BROKEN BONES AND WE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THAT AND THINK IT IS THE NORM. BUT THE LIFE-THREATENING POSSIBILITY IS ALWAYS EVER PRESENT THOUGH, FORTUNATELY, IT IS ALSO VERY RARE.
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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Casey Stoner
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| 4.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 5.
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Ben Spies
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| 6.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 7.
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Colin Edwards
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| 8.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 9.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 10.
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Marco Melandri
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| 11.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 12.
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Hector Barbera
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| 13.
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Hiroshi Aoyama
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| 14.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 15.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 16.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 17.
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Mika Kallio
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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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Valentino Rossi
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| 4.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 5.
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Casey Stoner
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| 6.
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Ben Spies
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| 7.
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Colin Edwards
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| 8.
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Alvaro Bautista
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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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271
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| Dani Pedrosa
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208
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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139
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| Valentino Rossi
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130
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| =Casey Stoner
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130
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| Ben Spies
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120
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| Nicky Hayden
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109
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| Randy de Puniet
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81
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| Marco Melandri
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67
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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280
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| Honda
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245
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| Ducati
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170
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| Suzuki
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64
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Race Results posted by
David Little
6th September 2010
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