As you may or may not know, last weekend's Japenese MotoGP was postponed due the Icelandic volcano known as 'Eyjafjallajokull' (say that three times fast), blowing its ashy load all over Europe and fucking up air travel in the process. This gave the riders an extra week to injure themselves in motorcross and mountain bike accidents. It also gave me an extra week to get a new laptop...someone destroyed my old one.
Qualifying came and went, and is was Lil' Danny (hold the soft egg and pickled onions, please) Pedrosa on pole, with KC Stoner and Lorenzo rounding out the front row. Rossi, Hayden, and some French guy made up the 2nd row. The other Americans, Edwards and Spies, started from 7th and 8th. Go team!
Race day...the riders took the grid spots, a giant flying saucer landed above the starting grid, the 120,000+ fans simultaneously shit their pants, and the riders got their motors running and headed out on the...um...race track. As usual, Pedrosa took the lead into the first corner, followed by Rossi, Hayden, Lorenzo, Stoner, and Spies. Everyone held station for the first few laps, and then Pedro and Rossi put a gap on Hayden and the rest. To his credit, Hayden was still looking strong in 3rd, and had a decent gap over teammate Stoner and JLo. Meanwhile, Capirossi chucked his Suzuki down the road, and Spies was fading fast, until he finally pulled the plug on his race due to a seized tire manifold. Bummer, dude.
At the front, Pedrosa was starting to open a gap over Rossi. While all seemed fine and dandy for Pedrosa, it was his compatriot and Facebook friend, Lorenzo, who was about to take Hayden for 3rd and eventually make his way to the front. Lorenzo quickly went past Hayden and closed down Rossi. 6 laps to go, and Lorenzo smashes through Rossi's dangling Yellow leg and takes the lead into turn 1. 2 laps to go, and Lorenzo is right on Pedro's arse. Lorenzo made his first move on the inside a the end of the back straight, but just smashed into Pedro's rear tire and had to back off. JLo's next attempt came two corners later as he tried to go around the outside. This didn't work, either, but he was successful in again bashing into Pedro and probably tearing off a knee slider and a few sponsors' stickers.
Last lap...JLo lines up Pedro at the end of the back straight, and completely stuffs him into the corner so hard that Pedro almost runs it off into gravel-land. Pedro manages to get his shit together in time before Rossi gets past.
Lorenzo cruises home to an epic win at his home GP in front of 120,000+ apeshit fans. Once Lorenzo crossed under the flying saucer for the final time, he did what everyone who wins their home GP does...parked his bike and jumped into the trackside lake. Excellent.
El resultado de la carrera:
1 Jorge Lorenzo/Fiat Yamaha
2 Dani Pedrosa/Repsol Honda
3 Valentino Rossi/Fiat Yamaha
4 Nicky Hayden/Marlboro Ducati
5 Casey Stoner/Marlboro Ducati
6 Andrea Dovizioso/Repsol Honda
7 Mika Kallio/Pramac Racing Ducati
8 Marco Melandri/San Carlo Gresini Honda
9 Randy De Puniet/LCR Honda
10 Alvaro Bautista/Rizla Suzuki
11 Marco Simoncelli/San Carlo Gresini Honda
12 Colin Edwards/Tech 3 Yamaha
13 Hector Barbera/Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati
14 Hiroshi Aoyama/Interwetten Honda
15 Aleix Espargaro/Pramac Racing Ducati
No está completa
Ben Spies/Tech 3 Yamaha/Broken Tire
Loris Capirossi/Rizla Suzuki/Fell Over
There you have it...Lorenzo takes a 4 point championship lead over Rossi with Pedrosa sitting/standing in 3rd. Hayden and Dovizioso are tied for 4th at 26 points each. Stoner, Spies, and Melandri are all tied for 8th with 11 points each.
Next stop...The French Grand Prix at Le Moans on May 23rd. T...out.
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