MotoGP: Misano Grand Prix Results

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Following a qualifying session that included many blistering laps on his Repsol Honda RC212V, pole-sitter Dani Pedrosa kept his rhythm solid Sunday, and won the Misano Grand Prix, Round 12 of the 2010 MotoGP Championship.

It was the Spaniard’s fourth win this season, and his first back-to-back victory after his first-place finish at the Indy GP. Pedrosa was joined on the podium by the Fiat Yamaha team of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, respectively.

Pedrosa was quickest in warm-up, and when the 28-lap race started, he got out front first, and led every lap in San Marino.

There was an accident at turn one, as Ducati Team rider Nicky Hayden hit Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi, and both went down. Hayden would return, but didn’t finish. As for Capirossi, the Italian suffered a DNF during his 200th premier-class race.

While Pedrosa was out front, Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner and the nine-time world champion Rossi swapped the lead a few times until Rossi made it stick. A few laps later, Pedrosa’s teammate Andrea Dovizioso also passed the Australian to capture fourth. Stoner finished fifth.

Behind Stoner came the American duo on the Monster Tech 3 Yamahas, Ben Spies and Colin Edwards in sixth and fifth, respectively. Rounding out the top ten were Álvaro Bautista, Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	160.0	44’22.059
2.	20	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	159.9	+1.900
3.	16	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	159.8	+3.183
4.	13	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	159.6	+6.454
5.	11	27	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Team	Ducati	158.9	+18.479
6.	10	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	158.3	+28.385
7.	9	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	157.9	+34.934
8.	8	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	157.8	+38.157
9.	7	40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	157.6	+40.943
10.	6	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	157.5	+42.377
11.	5	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	157.3	+45.906
12.	4	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	157.3	+46.394
13.	3	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	157.0	+50.481
14.	2	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	155.2	+1’23.143
Not Classified
		36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	155.3	11 Laps
		69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	122.9	25 Laps
		65	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki		0 Lap

MotoGP Championship Points (after 12 of 18 rounds)

1. Jorge Lorenzo, 271

2. Dani Pedrosa, 208

3. Andrea Dovizioso, 139

4. Valentino Rossi, 130

5. Casey Stoner, 130

6. Ben Spies, 120

7. Nicky Hayden, 109

8. Randy de Puniet, 81

9. Marco Melandri, 67

10. Colin Edwards, 66