Andrea Dovizioso took his first ever MotoGP win at Donington Park in treacherous track conditions and unpredicatable weather which saw two satellite riders, Colin Edwards and Randy DePuniet take their places on the podium.
Coming in a lonely fourth was a happy Alex DeAngelis.
Toni Elias led the first two laps fell back to fifth and then crashed on the 8th lap.
The race also saw Jorge Lorenzo crash out while leading in the 9th lap after breaking on the slippery white line and also saw Valentino Rossi crash while he was leading on the 20th lap, but the Italian was able to restart and finish in fifth in front of homeboy James Toseland.
Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden both gambling on rain tires, the only two riders to do so on the grid and finished 14th and 15th but were lapped by the other riders.
None of the top six finishers pitted in to change bikes.
Marco Melandri changed his bike for a rain tire shod one and finished 7th.
Niccolo Canepa was eighth, Dani Pedrosa who had been running as high as second and after battling for several laps with Randy DePuniet, crossed the finish line in 9th.
Mika Kallio finished tenth after changing to rain tires and Loris Capirossi 11th he too having pitted while Gabor Talmacsi finished a career-best 12th on slicks in front Chris Vermeulen who also changed to rain tires.
Donington Race Results: 1.
Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Honda) 48′26.
267 2.
Colin EDWARDS (Yamaha) 1.
360 3.
Randy DE PUNIET (Honda) 1.
600 4.
Alex DE ANGELIS (Honda) 8.
958 5.
Valentino ROSSI (Yamaha) 21.
622 6.
James TOSELAND (Yamaha) 22.
465 7.
Marco MELANDRI (Kawasaki) 35.
284 8.
Niccolo CANEPA (Ducati) 38.
769 9.
Dani PEDROSA (Honda) 42.
112 10.
Mika KALLIO (Ducati) 45.
845 11.
Loris CAPIROSSI (Suzuki) 53.
190 12.
Gabor TALMACSI (Honda) 1′12.
315 13.
Chris VERMEULEN (Suzuki) 1′20.
398 14.
Casey STONER (Ducati) 1 lap 15.
Nicky HAYDEN (Ducati) 1 lap