Finishing Order: Le Mans MotoGP, Moto2, 125

MotoGP Results

Jorge Lorenzo’s lead at the top of the FIM MotoGP World Championship stretched to nine points after the Spaniard won the third round at Le Mans, his second victory of the season, triumphing in the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France ahead of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso.

Lorenzo’s success also made it three Yamaha wins in the opening three races of the season for the first time since 1980.

A superb start from Rossi from his pole position saw the Italian lead into the first turn ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo, but the latter quickly moved into second and set his sights on his Fiat Yamaha team-mate.

The early race order saw Ducati Marlboro pair Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner and Dovizioso inside the top five, whilst San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Melandri shot up from 11th on the grid to sixth.

A decisive moment in the race came on only the second lap when Stoner slid out at turn six, and the Australian was unable to remount his Desmosedici GP10 machine as he experienced the second non-finish of his stuttering season.

Shortly afterwards, the race of Ben Spies was ended prematurely with a fall, and Loris Capirossi was forced to retire too after damaging his bike when he went down.

The fight for the win started on lap seven when Lorenzo took the lead from Rossi, only to see the Italian immediately reclaim it. Undeterred, Lorenzo pushed again on lap ten, this time making his move stick as he moved into first and began to open up an advantage.

As the Yamaha duo occupied the top two spots, the battle for third was also extremely engrossing, and involved another pair of team-mates. Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa and Dovizioso were tight in third and fourth, with Hayden refusing to lose touch in fifth as well.

Lorenzo’s lead over Rossi at the front had stretched to over four seconds with four laps to go, and Pedrosa and Dovizioso were by now locked in a marvellous duel for the final podium spot.

Marco Simoncelli, Colin Edwards and Héctor Barberá were involved in another tricky encounter for eighth position, as was Hiroshi Aoyama until a moment on his bike saw him lose valuable seconds.

A thrilling last lap played out as Dovizioso forced his way through on Pedrosa to take third, and Hayden also squeezed past the Spaniard after he ran wide.

Lorenzo crossed the line to take victory by a gap of 5.672s from Rossi, with Dovizioso taking his second podium of the season in third place.

Hayden finished fourth for the third consecutive race, with Pedrosa ending the race in fifth. Melandri was sixth as a pre-race switch of suspension paid off for him, with Randy de Puniet taking seventh in his home GP.

The top ten was completed by Barberá, Aleix Espargaró and Simoncelli. Aoyama took 11th place, and was followed by Edwards and Mika Kallio.

Le Mans, Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	158.0	44’29.114
2	20	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	157.7	+5.672
3	16	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	157.6	+7.872
4	13	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	157.5	+9.346
5	11	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	157.3	+12.613
6	10	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	156.8	+21.918
7	9	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	156.3	+29.288
8	8	40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	156.1	+33.128
9	7	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	156.1	+33.493
10	6	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	156.1	+33.805
11	5	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	156.0	+34.346
12	4	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	155.9	+37.123
13	3	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	154.9	+55.061
Not Classified
		65	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	154.8	22 Laps
		11	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	153.9	22 Laps
		27	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	151.7	26 Laps

Moto2

Toni Elías opened up an 18-point lead at the top of the Moto2 World Championship standings with his second win of the season. The Spanish rider led a podium completed by Julián Simón and Simone Corsi, in a race that was extremely eventful in its opening stages.

Elías made a rapid start from seventh on the grid and took the early lead, but Alex Debón was soon in front. However, the Valencian rider was penalised for a jump-start and had to take a ride through penalty as he lost first position.

Yuki Takahashi crashed out from fourth, and pole position man Kenny Noyes suffered the same disappointment.

At the head of the race Elías, Jules Cluzel and Simón established a break, but disaster struck from the Frenchman Cluzel when he lost the front of his bike.

Championship leader at the start of the race, Shoya Tomizawa ran off twice, first as the result of De Rosa’s crash which forced him wide, then of his own accord, bringing down Mattia Pasini too.

As Elías stretched out his lead and Simón shored up second, Andrea Iannone and Corsi scrapped for third behind, with the latter coming out on top to claim his first Moto2 podium.

Le Mans, Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	150.1	43’29.277
2	20	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	150.0	+1.336
3	16	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	150.0	+2.831
4	13	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	149.8	+4.880
5	11	2	Gabor TALMACSI	HUN	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	149.4	+13.293
6	10	40	Sergio GADEA	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	149.4	+13.415
7	9	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG	Bimota	149.3	+14.294
8	8	10	Fonsi NIETO	SPA	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	149.3	+14.554
9	7	65	Stefan BRADL	GER	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	Suter	148.8	+23.503
10	6	44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	148.8	+23.687
11	5	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	148.8	+23.959
12	4	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	148.7	+24.955
13	3	52	Lukas PESEK	CZE	Matteoni CP Racing	Moriwaki	148.7	+25.068
14	2	25	Alex BALDOLINI	ITA	Caretta Technology Race Dept	I.C.P.	148.6	+26.023
15	1	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Forward Racing	Suter	148.5	+28.765
16		6	Alex DEBON	SPA	Aeroport de Castello – Ajo	FTR	148.3	+32.240
17		59	Niccolo CANEPA	ITA	RSM Team Scot	Force GP210	148.2	+33.607
18		41	Arne TODE	GER	Racing Team Germany	Suter	148.1	+34.789
19		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2	Moriwaki	147.7	+43.180
20		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	147.7	+43.522
21		61	Vladimir IVANOV	UKR	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	147.4	+47.761
22		53	Valentin DEBISE	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	ADV	147.2	+51.571
23		39	Robertino PIETRI	VEN	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	146.8	+59.692
24		5	Joan OLIVE	SPA	Jack & Jones by A.Banderas	Promoharris	146.8	+59.939
25		88	Yannick GUERRA	SPA	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	146.3	+1’07.377
26		8	Anthony WEST	AUS	MZ Racing Team	MZ-RE Honda	145.9	+1’16.171
27		21	Vladimir LEONOV	RUS	Vector Kiefer Racing	Suter	145.8	+1’16.528
28		95	Mashel AL NAIMI	QAT	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	145.6	+1’20.977
29		76	Bernat MARTINEZ	SPA	Maquinza-SAG Team	Bimota	145.5	+1’22.982
30		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	138.2	2 Laps
Not Classified
		55	Hector FAUBEL	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	143.2	10 Laps
		75	Mattia PASINI	ITA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	146.7	19 Laps
		48	Shoya TOMIZAWA	JPN	Technomag-CIP	Suter	146.7	19 Laps
		16	Jules CLUZEL	FRA	Forward Racing	Suter	149.1	20 Laps
		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Holiday Gym Racing	Moriwaki	148.1	20 Laps
		15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	RSM Team Scot	Force GP210	148.1	20 Laps
		35	Raffaele DE ROSA	ITA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	147.2	21 Laps
		80	Axel PONS	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	130.1	21 Laps
		9	Kenny NOYES	USA	Jack & Jones by A.Banderas	Promoharris	148.1	22 Laps
		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	147.9	22 Laps
		17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	FTR	99.2	25 Lap

125cc GP

Pol Espargaró took victory with a fantastic ride in the 125cc race, edging out Nico Terol for the victory and narrowing his rival’s lead at the top of the World Championship standings to two points.

Terol led into the first turn after a storming start from his pole position, and Espargaró stuck on the Bancaja Aspar rider’s back wheel as the duo pulled away after the early stages of the race.

Espargaró eventually made his decisive move to secure the win on the last lap as he crossed the line ahead of Terol.

A marvellous battle for third occurred behind, with Bradley Smith, Marc Márquez, Efrén Vázquez , and Sandro Cortese all engaged in a thrilling encounter.

After Smith had been in the podium slot for most of the race, Márquez sneaked past him on the final lap, and despite the Briton’s attempts to claim the spot, in touching fairings with Marquez, Vázquez squeezed through his off-line bike for fourth.

Smith finished fifth, with Cortese completing the top six.

Le Mans, Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	143.9	41’52.280
2	20	40	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	143.9	+0.957
3	16	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	Derbi	143.7	+4.428
4	13	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	143.7	+4.736
5	11	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	143.6	+5.143
6	10	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Avant Mitsubishi Ajo	Derbi	143.6	+5.847
7	9	12	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Blusens-STX	Aprilia	143.3	+11.047
8	8	71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	143.3	+11.165
9	7	99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	141.8	+37.808
10	6	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	141.7	+39.585
11	5	14	Johann ZARCO	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	Aprilia	141.6	+40.519
12	4	53	Jasper IWEMA	NED	CBC Corse	Aprilia	141.6	+40.817
13	3	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	141.6	+42.149
14	2	35	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	141.4	+44.741
15	1	26	Adrian MARTIN	SPA	Aeroport de Castello – Ajo	Aprilia	141.3	+46.320
16		5	Alexis MASBOU	FRA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	141.3	+46.503
17		23	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	141.3	+46.979
18		78	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Interwetten Honda 125	Honda	140.6	+59.626
19		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	140.6	+59.770
20		50	Sturla FAGERHAUG	NOR	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	140.3	+1’04.405
21		69	Louis ROSSI	FRA	CBC Corse	Aprilia	140.3	+1’05.731
22		60	Michael VAN DER MARK	NED	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	139.0	+1’28.928
23		82	Kevin SZALAI	FRA	Equipe de France Vitesse Espoir	Honda	138.0	+1’47.143
24		81	Gregory DI CARLO	FRA	Equipe de France Vitesse Espoir	Honda	137.9	1 Lap
25		63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	136.5	1 Lap
26		83	Morgan BERCHET	FRA	Xtreme Racing Team	Honda	134.6	1 Lap
Not Classified
		72	Marco RAVAIOLI	ITA	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	138.4	6 Laps
		51	Riccardo MORETTI	ITA	Fontana Racing	Aprilia	137.4	8 Laps
		32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Matteoni CP Racing	Aprilia	138.1	18 Laps