Spain’s Dani Pedrosa claimed his first win of the season at the German MotoGP after Casey Stoner crashed out on the last lap. As a result, Jorge Lorenzo was gifted second place and he now leads Pedrosa by 14 points in the standings, with Stoner dropping to third place.
Jorge Lorenzo wins at Silverstone
Jorge Lorenzo won the British MotoGP at Silverstone to extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings.
Lorenzo wins in Barcelona
Jorge Lorenzo has extended his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings after winning the Cataluña Grand Prix in Baecelona.
Lorenzo moves to the top of the standings
Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo was a fairly comfortable winner of a wet French MotoGP in Le Mans and in doing so he moves into the lead in the World Championship. A revitalised Valentino Rossi, nine-times world champion, was second and Casey Stoner was third.
Stoner triumphs in Jerez
Reigning champion Casey Stoner held off the challenge of home favourite Jorge Lorenzo to win the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez having moved up from fifth on the grid to first place within two laps. Dani Pedrosa was third and British rider Cal Crutchlow fourth.
Lorenzo wins opening race in Qatar
Jorge Lorenzo won the opening race of the new MotoGP season in Qatar after reigning champion Casey Stoner suffered problems with his forearm in the latter part of the race.
Stoner wins in Valencia
Casey Stoner produced a late charge to win in Valencia as MotoGP remembered Marco Simoncelli. The riders in all three racing classes gathered for a tribute before the race to Simoncelli who was killed in the Malaysian MotoGP.
Pedrosa wins in Japan
Dani Pedrosa claimed his third victory of the season at the Japanese MotoGP, taking advantage of a spill by Casey Stoner to come home first ahead of fellow countryman and reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo.
Lorenzo back to winning ways
Jorge Lorenzo ended Casey Stoner’s winning streak with victory in Misano with fellow countryman Dani Pedrosa in second and Stoner in third. Lorenzo took the lead at the first corner and held on to cut Stoner’s championship lead to 35 points.
Stoner victorious at Indianapolis
MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner continued his winning ways at the United States MotoGP in Indianapolis, finishing ahead of last year’s winner Dani Pedrosa with American Ben Spies claiming the third podium spot at the Brickyard.