Lorenzo leads the championship with 210 points, Pedrosa second in the standings on 138 and Dovizioso third on 115.
The Fiat Yamaha rider won the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix ahead of Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi, in a round nine race that saw Dani Pedrosa crash out when leading.
A lightning start from Pedrosa saw him lead into turn one of the first lap and the Spaniard appeared to be making a similar break for victory as he had done in the previous round, as he led for the early part of the race whilst setting a fierce pace.
However, on Lap 11 and with Lorenzo pressuring him for the lead the Repsol Honda rider crashed out at turn five, leaving his fellow Spaniard to take his M1 to a sixth win of the season as he tasted victory on the Californian circuit for the first time.
In second place at 3.517s behind Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner scored his best result of the season so far – his fourth podium in a row – and a comfortable finish with a distance of almost ten seconds back to third place. That was taken by Valentino Rossi, the reigning World Champion achieving a superb podium finish in only his second race back from injury and one which he worked hard for throughout the race.
MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 157.8 43'54.873 2 20 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 157.6 +3.517 3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 157.0 +13.420 4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.0 +14.188 5 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 157.0 +14.601 6 10 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 156.7 +19.037 7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 155.4 +40.721 8 8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 155.1 +47.219 9 7 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 154.7 +52.813 10 6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 154.7 +52.814 11 5 95 Roger Lee HAYDEN USA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 153.5 +1'14.089 12 4 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 153.5 +1'14.666
Not Classified 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 154.7 4 Laps 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 155.4 14 Laps 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.6 21 Laps 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 147.3 29 Laps 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla
