Dani Pedrosa won the Italian GP at the Mugello with dominating and solitary ride from start to finish and breaking the circuit record with a best lap 1′49″531 and a massive and more than a 7 second lead on the rest of the field until pulling in the reins and cruising to his first win of the season and his ninth of his MotoGP career.
It was a no story race for the other front runners who just didn’t have his race pace.
Jorge Lorenzo took second and had to work for it at the beginning of the race battling with an excellent Andrea Dovizioso who started 9th on the grid was able to fight with the Spaniard until he started to fade and finished in third.
The trio Casey Stoner, Marco Melandri and Randy DePuniet offered the best fight for fourth place, with the three riders exchanging positions until Stoner on the final lap was able to pass the Gresini rider to take fourth and his best result of the season and leaving De Puniet the sixth spot.
Ben Spies took seventh after running as high as fourth in the early laps, but couldn’t quite catch the battling group in front of him.
The eighth spot went to Aleix Espargaro followed by Marco Simoncelli who also went for ride through the gravel trap on the opening lap and Loris Capirossi closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Mugello Race Results:01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 23 giri in 42′28.
06602- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 4.
01403- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 6.
19604- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 25.
70305- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 25.
73506- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 25.
96507- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 28.
80608- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 40.
17209- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 41.
39410- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 42.
10711- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 43.
09512- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 43.
36313- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1′14.
39314- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1′24.
389DNF:Mika Kallio FIN Pramac RacingNicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team