Pedrosa won the German MotoGP after a three-bike crash on lap nine involving Randy de Puniet, Aleix Espargaro and Alvaro Bautista halted the race, which was red flagged, restarted and reduced to 21 laps This was his second win of the season.
Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo took second place and Casey Stoner beat the returning Valentino Rossi to the final podium spot with an overtake on the last corner of the race. This was Rossi 's first race back after injury
On the re start Pedrosa got his nose in front on the first lap, but Lorenzo quickly assumed the race lead . Stoner in third, and Rossi and Dovizioso battling for fourth. The reigning World Champion was in front of his Italian compatriot before too long, and the Repsol Honda man was caught by the chasing pack shortly after.
The battle between Lorenzo and Pedrosa was developing into a thriller with the two Spaniards swapping the lead as they constantly looked for ways through on one another, and Pedrosa was at his best as he set a new circuit lap record on lap 10 and then again on 12, assuming the race lead and breaking his own record from the previous year and consistently riding in the low 1’22”s .
There was a good scrap going on for fifth between Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team), Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team), and the latter two went through on the rookie when he had a wobble but held onto his bike well.
Rossi was defying his precarious physical condition to engage in a great contest with Stoner for third, the two side by side with only a few laps to go and taking their duel to the bitter end.
Pedrosa crossed the line in first position, 3.355s clear of Championship leader Lorenzo thanks to a faultless ride, and Stoner managed to edge Rossi for third with a final corner move that handed the Italian fourth on his return from injury, a highly impressive result.
Dovizioso finished fifth, with Simoncelli achieving his best premier class result to date in sixth. American duo Hayden and Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) were seventh and eighth respectively, with Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) completing the top ten.
The final two riders to complete the race in 11th and 12th were Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) and stand-in rider Alex de Angelis (Interwetten Honda MotoGP). Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) had crashed out on lap seven of the original race.
Lorenzo now has 185 points at the top of the standings, with Pedrosa second on 138 and Dovizioso third on 102. Stoner moves into fourth, 19 points off Dovizioso.
German MotoGP race result:
1 D Pedrosa (Sp) Repsol Honda 28mins 50.476secs2 J Lorenzo (Sp) Fiat Yamaha 28:53.8313 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 28:55.7334 V Rossi (It) Fiat Yamaha 28:56.0995 A Dovizioso (It) Repsol Honda 29:07.6346 M Simoncelli (It) San Carlo Honda Gresini 29:08.2337 N Hayden (US) Ducati 29:08.4118 B Spies (US) Tech 3 Yamaha 29:11.4339 H Barbera (Sp) Aspar Ducati 29:12.47610 M Melandri (Ita) San Carlo Gresini Honda 29:25.69311 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 29:35.51812 A de Angelis (SM) Interwetten Honda 29:35.680
MotoGP championship standings:
1 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha 185 points2 D Pedrosa (Sp) Honda 1383 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 1024 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 835 N Hayden (USA) Ducati 786 V Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 747 R de Puniet (Fr) Honda 698 B Spies (USA) Yamaha 67 9 M Simoncelli (Ita) Honda 4910 M Melandri (Ita) Honda 45,11 H Barbera (Sp) Ducati 41 12 C Edwards (USA) Yamaha 3913 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 30 14 A Espargaro (Sp) Ducati 28 15 A Bautista (Sp) Suzuki 2516 M Kallio (FIN) Ducati 24,17 H Aoyama (Jpn) Honda 1818 A de Angelis (SM) Honda 419 K Akiyoshi (Jpn) Honda 4,20 W Yoshikawa (Jpn) Yamaha 1
Moto2 result:
1 T Elias (Spa) Moriwaki 41 mins 57.745secs2 A Iannone (Fra) Speed Up 42:01.0423 R Rolfo (Ita) Suter 42:04.319
Moto2 championship standings:
1 T Elias (Spain) Moriwaki 136 points2 T Luethi (Switzerland) Moriwaki 943 A Iannone (Italy) Speed Up 90
125cc race result:
1 M Marquez (Spa) Derbi 41:28.2742 T Koyama (Jpn) Aprilia 41:45.8523 S Cortese (Ger) Derbi 41:46.537
5 B Smith (GB) Aprilia 41:47.9877 D Webb (GB) Aprilia 42:21.517
125cc championship standings:
1 M Marquez (Spain) Derbi 157 points2 P Espargaro (Spain) Derbi 1313 N Terol (Spain) Aprilia 1184 B Smith (Britain) Aprilia 105
