"This is a great feeling! It’s taken me some time to get used to Misano and view it as a ‘home’ race because Mugello is so special to me, but I can honestly say that winning here today, in front of everyone dressed in yellow and with 46s everywhere, is a great emotion and I want to thank everyone for making it so special. Today I had to go quite carefully with the full tank at the start and I took some time to get to the front but once I was there it was great and my bike felt fantastic. We didn’t expect to be this competitive here but it’s been a perfect weekend, so I have to say a huge thank you to the team for a brilliant job. Since Indianapolis, when I made that mistake, we have been so focused and concentrated and everyone deserves this result. I was the ‘flying donkey’ today! I am happy that we are going into a month without racing with these memories and this points lead, but as we saw in Indy everything can change quickly so we will be fully focused once again in Estoril when we come back."Jorge Lorenzo Speaks… Position: 2nd Time: +2.416
"I did what I had to do today and took as many points as I could, which is the most important thing when you’re not perfect. Unfortunately we struggled a bit all weekend to find the right setting and so I thought it was better to take care and ensure the second place today. I took some time to get past Dani and Toni and then it was too far to Valentino. After I was nearly brought down on the second corner I wanted to make sure I got the points in order to keep the championship alive. We have some work to do but we will make sure we’re back to our best in Estoril, where I have great memories from last year and my first win."Davide Brivio Speaks…
"I think it’s been a perfect weekend! We came here after Indy feeling very motivated to make sure we got a good result and we’ve done just that. We led in almost all the sessions, took the pole and won the race. The team and the engineers worked in a fantastic way because the bike, since Friday afternoon, worked well and we only had to fine-tune it to get the perfect setting for today. We have to continue in this way for the last four rounds, with the same system, and we’re looking forward to the next one. We’ve increased the gap and decreased the number of races so this is the right way forward for us! Congratulations to all the team and thank you for such a good reaction to last weekend, this is a great reward."
Daniele Romagnoli Speaks…
"Overall we’re satisfied with today’s result, although of course our aim is to win races and try to keep the tension on this fantastic championship to the end. This weekend we encountered a few more difficulties with the setting but today we were in better shape for the race than we were in all the practice sessions so this is positive. The championship is difficult but we will fight to the end and keep trying to improve at every race." Race Results 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team
44’32.882 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team
+ 2.416 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda
+ 12.400 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda
+ 26.330 5. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
+ 26.539 6. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini
+ 28. 7. Mika Kallio (FIN) Ducati Marlboro Team
+ 30.184 8. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team
+ 31.757 9. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
+ 31.909 10. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+ 38.347 11. Alex Espagaro (SPA) Pramac Racing
+ 46.673 12. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP
+ 52.041 13. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing
+ 1’03.198 14. Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP
+ 1’22.347 NOT CLASSIFIED Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini
28 Lap Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
28 Lap Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team
28 Lap MotoGP Championship Standings 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team
237 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team
207 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda
157 4. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team
150 5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda
133 6. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
123 7. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
97 8. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini
88 9. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP
88 10. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team
87 11. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
84 12. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini
80 13. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
78 14. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team
73 15. Mika Kallio (FIN) Ducati Marlboro Team
51 16. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing
35 17. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Grupo Francisco Hernando
12 18. Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP
12 19. Yuki Takahashi (JPN) Scot Racing Team
9 20. Alex Espagaro (SPA) Pramac Racing
8 Misano: Record Lap
V. Rossi (Yamaha) 2008, 1’34.904 Misano: Best Lap
C.Stoner (Ducati) 2008, 1’33.378