Spain 2010
JEREZ ALWAYS PRODUCES GOOD RACING AND THE SPANISH RIDERS ALWAYS FEATURE SOMEWHERE, IF NOT EVERYWHERE, IN THE ACTION. 2010 WAS NO EXCEPTION - POL ESPARGARO WON THE 125'S, WITH 2 OTHER SPANIARDS ON THE PODIUM, AND TONY ELIAS WON A GRIPPING, RESTARTED, SHORTENED, MOTO2 RACE AFTER 9 RIDERS CAME DOWN SHORTLY AFTER THE FIELD HAD STARTED LAP 2 AFTER THE SCHEDULED START.
SO THERE WAS NO PRESSURE ON DANI PEDROSA AND JORGE LORENZO TO CONTINUE THE SPANISH SUCCESS IN THE MOTOGP RACE, WAS THERE? THE DUCATI MACHINE SEEMS TO HAVE FRONT-END PROBLEMS AND THIS HAS LED TO TOO MANY CRASHES BY ALL DUCATI RIDERS WHILST VALENTINO ROSSI DAMAGED HIS SHOULDER IN THE USUAL 'TRAINING' ACCIDENT ON A MOTO-CROSS BIKE BUT MADE IT HERE, STILL WITH PROBLEMS, WHEREAS HE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE POSTPONED MOTEGI RACE
CONSEQUENTLY, IT WAS LEFT TO DANI AND JORGE TO FILL THE FIRST TWO PLACES ON THE FRONT ROW OF THE GRID WITH CASEY STONER THIRD. WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, DANI WENT IMMEDIATELY INTO THE LEAD OFF THE LINE, HOTLY PURSUED BY ROSSI AND NICKY HAYDEN, WHO IS SEEMINGLY REJUVENATED BY A MORE USER FRIENDLY BIKE. LORENZO HAD DROPPED BACK AT THE START AND WAS PLAYING 'CATCH-UP'.
ROSSI WAS ABLE TO RIDE AT THE SAME PACE AS PEDROSA BUT NEVER SEEMED LIKELY TO CATCH HIM, WHILST JORGE WAS KEEPING STATION ON THE TWO OF THEM - LURKING WITH INTENT! AS THE LAPS WENT BY, LORENZO STARTED TO REEL IN ROSSI, WHO MAY HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HIS SHOULDER INJURY, AND WITH 6 LAPS LEFT, JORGE GOT PAST ROSSI AND SET OFF AFTER DANI.
AS EACH LAP WAS COMPLETED, SO DANI'S LEAD WAS CUT UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH THE FINAL LAP JORGE SURGED PAST HIM INTO THE LEAD AND HELD IT TO THE LINE TO COMPLETE A MEMORABLE VICTORY.
ROSSI DULY TOOK THE FINAL PLACE ON THE PODIUM WITH THE DUCATI PAIR IN 4TH AND 5TH. TO SAY THAT SPANIARDS HAD TRIUMPHED IN SPAIN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT - THEY WERE DOMINANT IN ALL THREE CLASSES.
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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Nicky Hayden
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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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Ben Spies
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| 9.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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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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Hiroshi Aoyama
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| 13.
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Alvaro Bautista
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| 14.
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Hector Barbera
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| 15.
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Aleix Espargaro
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| 16.
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Marco Simoncelli
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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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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Valentino Rossi
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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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Andrea Dovizioso
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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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Randy de Puniet
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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45
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| Valentino Rossi
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41
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| Dani Pedrosa
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29
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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26
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| =Nicky Hayden
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26
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| Randy de Puniet
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17
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| Colin Edwards
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12
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| Casey Stoner
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11
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| =Ben Spies
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11
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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50
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| Honda
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36
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| Ducati
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26
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| Suzuki
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13
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Race Results posted by
David Little
3rd May 2010
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