
Jorge Lorenzo Speaks… (Winner with a time of 45’35.522)"What a day! I’m so happy to win here again in the same track where I won my first MotoGP race last year. I worked so hard in the break on my fitness with my father and maybe that’s given me a little bit of extra speed, I certainly felt so strong this weekend and it is great to win like this after being top in every session as well. I got a good start and it took me just a couple of corners to get past Dani and take the lead, but I honestly didn’t expect to be unchallenged from then on or to finish with such a big gap. This is a good track for me but I am fast more or less everywhere now. The championship is closer now; it’s still not easy but we have nothing to lose! I’m proud that we have won the Team Title and I want to say thanks and congratulations to everyone. I liked my leathers and helmet a lot this weekend and I wanted to celebrate Neil Armstong and his landing on the moon so this is why I made this ‘moonwalk show’ after the race!"Rossi had struggled to match his Jorge Lorenzo’s pace all weekend and a problem with rear grip plagued him today and compounded his difficulties. He dropped to fourth on the first lap after starting from second and was unable to make any headway into the gap to Stoner and Pedrosa, eventually coming home some 13 seconds behind the Lorenzo. It was Rossi’s 100th start for Yamaha, from which he has won an incredible 43 times.Yamaha are now assured of one of their riders being crowned World Champion but with Valentino Rossi’s lead now cut to 18 points from Jorge Lorenzo in second, the tension is mounting as to which one it will be. MotoGP for the double-header in Australia and Malaysia. Race Results: MotoGP Estoril 1. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team
45’35.522 2. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team
+ 6.294 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda
+ 9.889 4. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team
+ 23.428 5. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+ 32.652 6. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini
+ 35.709 7. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda
+ 35.723 8. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team
+ 38.830 9. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+ 44.093 10. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
+ 52.863 11. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP
+ 55.698 12. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team
+ 1’04.515 13. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing
+ 1’04.538 14. Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP
+ 1’27.299 NOT CLASSIFIED Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
8 Lap Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini
20 Lap Mika Kallio (FIN) Ducati Marlboro Team
23 Lap
MotoGP Championship Standings 1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team
250 2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team
232 3. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda
173 4. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team
170 5. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda
142 6. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
134 7. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
97 8. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP
93 9. Marco Melandri (ITA) Hayate Racing Team
91 10. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
90 11. Toni Elias (SPA) San Carlo Honda Gresini
90 12. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini
88 13. James Toseland (GBR) Monster Yamaha Tech 3
85 14. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team
81 15. Mika Kallio (FIN) Ducati Marlboro Team
51 16. Niccolo Canepa (ITA) Pramac Racing
38 17. Gabor Talmacsi (HUN) Scot Racing Team MotoGP
14 18. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Grupo Francisco Hernando
12 19. Yuki Takahashi (JPN) Scot Racing Team
9 20. Alex Espagaro (SPA) Pramac Racing
8 Estoril: Record Lap
J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2008, 1’37.404
Estoril: Best Lap
J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2008, 1’35.715