Gran Premio bwin De España 2010
After the Japanese Grand Prix got postponed, it was a long break in the MotoGP calendar. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland spat smoke and ash for days, disrupted air traffic, and with it played havoc with the circus’ movement between Qatar and Japan. Thus, after a much longer wait came the Spanish Grand Prix 2010, and it proved to be worth the wait. It was a dominating performance by the young turk, Jorge Lorenzo as he edged his compatriot Dani Pedrosa out moved to the top of the World Championship standings, with Valentino Rossi completing the podium in third. With this win, Lorenzo moved to lead the World Championship, with Valentino Rossi close behind. A rapid start to the race saw pole holder Pedrosa lead into Turn1, with Rossi rising from fourth on the grid to follow the Spaniard and Hayden also shooting up from the second row as the riders all battled for early positions. Lorenzo fought his way up the order, and on lap 21, passed his team-mate and then began hunting down Pedrosa’s leading Honda. With two laps to go Lorenzo caught up with the factory Honda rider and made his move to pass, but Pedrosa held his line and the two almost touched as the excitement continued to increase. And so it came down to the last lap and as Pedrosa pushed it wide at the Dry Sack corner Lorenzo swept through to assume the lead and the win. Completing the top five were Ducati Marlboro riders Nicky Hayden, who repeated his fourth spot from Qatar, and Casey Stoner, with Andrea Dovizioso taking sixth place.
After the original Moto2 race at Jerez was red flagged due to a big crash on the opening lap, Toni Elías won a
condensed, action-packed 17-lap contest ahead of Shoya Tomizawa and Thomas Lüthi. The race had seen a pile-up at the first corner of the opening lap of the original race, leading it to be red-flagged and then cut short into a 17 lap event. It proved to be some very exciting 17 laps, as there were a number of overtakes on display. With six laps to go there were still up to nine riders in with a chance of taking victory. Elías pulled off a double overtake to take the chequered flag, 0.190s ahead of Tomizawa who maintains his Championship lead with his podium finish.
Pol Espargaró won the 125 cc event. Nico Terol and Esteve Rabat completing the top three, and ensured an all-Spanish rostrum. Terol got off to a good start from the second row and there was to be immediate drama before the opening lap had been completed, as pole position holder and one of the strong favourites for victory on home soil Marc Márquez (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) crashed out, sustaining a dislocation in his right arm in the process. he early stages of the race saw a group of five riders establish themselves as the main competitors for the podium, and by the midway point it was still Terol (Bancaja Aspar), Espargaró (Tuenti Racing), Efrén Vázquez (Tuenti Racing), Sandro Cortese (Avant Mitsubishi Ajo) and Rabat (Blusens-STX) who were challenging one another at the front of the race. Coming into the final lap Espargaró stretched his leading advantage to win by a margin of 1.886s ahead of Championship leader Terol, who maintains his lead in the overall standings, with Rabat a further 13 seconds back. Bradley Smith (Bancaja Aspar) took fourth place at the track at which he won last season, with Tomoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) completing the top five.
The next event is at Le Mans, France – track which suits the Yamahas. Valentino Rossi would be licking his wounds and looking for pay back – his biggest rival being his team-mate. Not too many people would have tipped Lorenzo to take the Championship lead at this early stage, after he had started off the 2010 season not being a 100% fit. However, the postponement of the Japanese event seems to have given him much-needed time for rest, and things might have played into his hands. Let’s find out which the fight shapes out at France, in two week’s time.
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