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Pedrosa rules in Aragón
The Spaniard is in the best form of his career, and he confirmed it with another victory, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea DoviziosoIn a thrilling MotoGP race in Aragón, Spain on September 30, it was Honda’s Dani Pedrosa who took a dominant victory under sunny skies at his home race ahead of Yamaha pair Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.
"It was good overall, especially after all of the problems at the last race," said Pedrosa. "This weekend I had a crash and broke one bike, so it wasn’t easy for the mechanics, but I was calm and well-focussed. I started well and was able to stay with him and keep the pace."
"The bike was working well overall and especially in the corners. Thanks to all of the mechanics, my fans and my family – this victory is for them."
Lorenzo got the holeshot ahead of Pedrosa, with Ben Spies (Yamaha) in tow. The first two laps were not good for the Ducati team, as Valentino Rossi touched the rear wheel of Jonathan Rea (Honda), with the Italian forced to run off. This was followed by a big crash form Nicky Hayden, who was violently thrown over the advertising boards in turn 16, after failing to slow down on time. He received instant medical attention and was later declared okay by the medical centre, yet has been given a neck brace and will undergo more precautionary checks to rule out internal injuries.
Lap four saw Pedrosa close in on Lorenzo’s rear wheel, as Stefan Bradl (Honda) took Spies for third, yet crashed out a few turns later as he lost the front pushing too hard. This left teammates Cal Crutchlow and Dovizioso to hunt down the American for a spot on the podium.
It took Pedrosa until lap seven to make his move on Lorenzo, taking the lead for the first time.
On lap nine Lorenzo had a big wobble giving Pedrosa a bigger gap at the front, as Rossi was making his way up through the pack. With 13 laps left, Crutchlow ran wide coming onto the home straight, letting Dovizioso into fourth. Six laps later Pedrosa had pulled out a gap of over four seconds at the front, as Dovizioso made his way past Spies, with Crutchlow probing the inside line of the American, but to no avail. A lap later Rossi’s day took another bad turn as he ran wide through the gravel, but retained eighth place.
Crutchlow and Dovizioso provided a thrilling last couple of laps fighting for the final podium spot, with the Brit desperately looking for a way past. In some hard passing where the two went fairing-to-fairing Crutchlow was altering his line in numerous corners to get past the Italian who was defending aggressively.
In the end it was Pedrosa who crossed the finish line first over six seconds ahead of second placed Lorenzo, with Dovizioso taking his sixth podium this year. Pedrosa has now cut the championship gap to Lorenzo to 33pts. Crutchlow came in a close fourth, with Álvaro Bautista (Honda), Rea, Rossi, and Karel Abraham (Ducati) completing the top nine. Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaró came in as top CRT in 10th.
In Moto2, Anthony West was 10th, and in Moto3 Arthur Sissis ninth and Jack Miller 19th. For full results and standings, visit www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics.
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