U.S.A. 2010
LAGUNA SECA ALWAYS SEEMS TO PROVIDE DRAMA AND 2010 WAS NO EXCEPTION. IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE THE FASTEST RACE BUT PERHAPS THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A SHORT TRACK WITH NO TRUE STRAIGHTS - THE BIKES ARE NEVER VERTICAL FOR MORE THAN 2 OR 3 SECONDS IN A LAP. NO REST FOR RIDER AND SPECTATOR ALIKE!
JORGE LORENZO WAS ON POLE AGAIN WITH CASEY STONER 2ND AND ANDREA DOVIZIOSO 3RD AND DANI PEDROSA ON THE SECOND ROW IN 4TH. FROM THE START, DANI ROCKETED AWAY AND, AT FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO REPEAT HIS RIDE OF LAST YEAR AND WIN BY A COUNTRY MILE. BUT CASEY HAD OTHER IDEAS.
HE HUNG ON TO PEDROSA FOR THE FIRST FEW LAPS BUT THEN MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE THAT LET JORGE THROUGH. JORGE THEN SET OFF AFTER DANI AND WHETHER IT WAS THE PRESSURE OF KNOWING THAT JORGE WAS ON HIS CASE OR JUST A SIMPLE MISTAKE BUT DANI SLID OFF AND OUT OF THE RACE.
JORGE AND CASEY THEN CIRCULATED COMFORTABLY UNTIL THE END OF THE RACE AND THE MAIN QUESTION TO BE SETTLED WAS THE 3RD PLACE ON THE PODIUM. WOULD IT BE ANDREA, VALENTINO ROSSI, BEN SPIES, NICKY HAYDEN OR COLIN EDWARDS?
FOR THE LAST FEW LAPS, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT ANDREA AND VALENTINO WERE THE FAVOURITES AND, WITH JUST A FEW LAPS REMAINING, VALENTINO POUNCED. ANDREA TRIED TO RESPOND AND GRADUALLY CLOSED ON VALENTINO BUT ROSSI WAS NOT TO BE DENIED.
THE WIN BY LORENZO COUPLED WITH HIS CLOSEST CHALLENGER'S CRASH HAS PUT JORGE IN A VERY STRONG POSITION NOW WITH A 72-POINT LEAD BUT WITH 9 OF THE 18 RACES STILL TO BE RUN HE WILL BE TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Casey Stoner
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| 3.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 4.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 5.
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Ben Spies
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| 6.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 7.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 8.
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Colin Edwards
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| 9.
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Marco Simoncelli
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| 10.
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Hector Barbera
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| 11.
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Marco Melandri
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| 12.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 13.
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Aleix Espargaro
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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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| 16.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 17.
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Roger Lee Hayden
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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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Casey Stoner
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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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Nicky Hayden
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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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Marco Melandri
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| 9.
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Mika Kallio
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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210
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| Dani Pedrosa
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138
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| Andrea Dovizioso
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115
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| Casey Stoner
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103
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| Valentino Rossi
|
90
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| Nicky Hayden
|
89
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| Ben Spies
|
77
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| Randy de Puniet
|
69
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| Marco Melandri
|
53
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Constructors :
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| Yamaha
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215
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| Honda
|
175
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| Ducati
|
133
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| Suzuki
|
48
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Race Results posted by
David Little
26th July 2010
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