Today’s MotoGP race at Estoril, saw Jorge Lorenzo plant his flag on the Portughese soil, in total domination, while Casey Stoner took second, proving that his three race break did not harm his performance on the Ducati, putting in consistent lap times and going the entire race distance.
Third went to Dani Pedrosa,couldn’t catch up with the two front runners.
The last of the Fantastic Four, Valentino Rossi was fourth and with his pace simply couldn’t contest with the top three podium finishers, losing from one to a massive two seconds in the second half of the race, finishing 23.
4 seconds behind his super fast team mate.
If it wasn’t for some interesting battles in the middle of the grid and Mika Kallio crashing, Alex DeAngelis and Loris Capirossi pulling out due to unkown technical problems, we can safely say that this was one of the most boring races of the season.
The championship standings now sees Jorge Lorenzo just 18 points behind Rossi, with three races left in the season.
The next GP race will be at Phillip Island, Australia the 18th of October.
With Lorenzo’s win today, Yamaha has wrapped up the MotoGP Teams Constructor Championship.
MotoGP Estoril Race Results: 1.
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 45m35.
522s 2.
Casey Stoner Ducati + 6.
294s 3.
Dani Pedrosa Honda + 9.
889s 4.
Valentino Rossi Yamaha + 23.
428s 5.
Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 32.
652s 6.
Toni Elias Gresini Honda + 35.
709s 7.
Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 35.
723s 8.
Nicky Hayden Ducati + 38.
830s 9.
James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 44.
093s10.
Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 52.
863s11.
Randy de Puniet LCR Honda + 55.
698s12.
Marco Melandri Hayate Kawasaki + 1m04.
515s13.
Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati + 1m04.
538s14.
Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda + 1m27.
299sDNF:Loris Capirossi Suzuki 22 lapsAlex de Angelis Gresini Honda 9 lapsMika Kallio Pramac Ducati 6 laps