Jorge Lorenzo’s winning form continued in Brno yesterday where he won his seventh race of the season. A front row start was converted into another 25 points by the Spaniard, who maintained his record of having finished inside the top two in every race so far.
Lorenzo engaged in an early battle with pole sitter Dani Pedrosa, exchanging fastest lap times as they set the pace but the Championship leader slowly began to pull away, the pair well ahead of Casey Stoner in third place.
Loris Capirossi and Andrea Dovizioso fell in the opening stages of the race. Mika Kallio was another early faller.
Lorenzo cruised across the line 5.494s ahead of Pedrosa to extend his Championship lead over his fellow Spaniard to 77 points. The Repsol Honda rider was followed onto the podium by Stoner, who finished third at almost six seconds back and moved into third in the Championship ahead of Dovizioso.
Ben Spies came home fourth from his first MotoGP front row grid position having made an impressive start, with Valentino Rossi fifth at just over four seconds off the rookie.
CARDION AB GRAND PRIX CESKÉ REPUBLIKYMotoGP Race Classification
Brno, Sunday, August 15, 2010
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap 1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 164.4 43'22.638 2 20 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 164.1 +5.494 3 16 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 163.7 +11.426 4 13 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 163.6 +13.723 5 11 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 163.3 +17.930 6 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 162.7 +26.815 7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 162.3 +33.396 8 8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 162.0 +39.406 9 7 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 162.0 +39.639 10 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 161.9 +40.893 11 5 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 161.8 +42.032 12 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 161.5 +47.091 13 3 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 161.2 +51.368
Not Classified 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 161.8 1 Lap 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 160.9 15 Laps 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 149.7 16 Laps 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla
