MotoGP : 2011 Spain - Race result – Jorge Lorenzo wins at home in Spanish 1-2

MotoGP results of the race at the circuit in Jerez - World Champion Jorge Lorenzo brought the Yamaha Racing M1 to the chequered flag ahead of the Repsol Honda of Dani Pedrosa after inheriting the lead early in the race when a low-side by the GP11 of Valentino Rossi, while working his way to the head of the field from his lowly grid starting position, ended in frustration for the Australian Casey
Stoner on the Repsol Honda who had his front wheel taken out from under him by the Desmosedici.

Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda held on to second place until he was passed, with 4 laps to go by a hard charging Ben Spies on the second factory Yamaha, having tracked the Spaniard for most of the latter part of the race and offered the position when the Honda had a ‘twitch’ in Turn 5, just to return the position moments later when the Texan was let down by his Bridgestone tyres and crashed out into the sand at the side of the circuit.




Veteran Colin Edwards kept his Tech 3 Yamaha upright and almost returned to the podium after a long hiatus, but had to face disappointment in what appeared to be a mechanical failure on the second last lap to present his fellow American Nicky Hayden on the Ducati with the last podium place.

Fourth over the line was Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyam on the San Carlo Honda Gresini, offering some compensation to the team whose Italian rider Marco ‘Super Sic’ Simoncelli, while in the lead and looking good for his first victory, lost grip to also slide out of the race.

Multiple champion Valentino Rossi worked his way back up the field to fifth as numerous riders were loosing traction and falling off from worn wet weather tyres in the worsening conditions, to take the chequered flag ahead of the satellite Aspar Ducati of Hector Barbera in sixth.
In what some commentators confessed to be controversial circumstances involving the track side marshals, who were deemed to have assisted Rossi return to the track without offering much help to Stoner, the disenchanted Australian retired to the back of the team garage and then after the race accepted the apologies from Rossi, jokingly suggesting to Vale: “Your ambition outweighed your talent?”

Weather: Wet | Air temp: 17ºC | Track temp: 15ºC | Humidity: 90%

MotoGP race results:



Pos.	Rider	Team	Bike	Speed	Time / Gap
1	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	141	50'49.046
2	Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	140.1	+19.339
3	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati Team	Ducati	139.7	+29.085
4	Hiroshi AOYAMA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	139.6	+29.551
5	Valentino ROSSI	Ducati Team	Ducati	138.2	+62.227
6	Hector BARBERA	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	137.9	+68.440
7	Karel ABRAHAM	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	137.7	+74.120
8	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	137.4	+79.110
9	Toni ELIAS	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	136.4	+102.906
10	John HOPKINS	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	136.2	+108.395
11	Loris CAPIROSSI	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	136	+111.876
12	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	133.6	1 lap
NC.	Colin EDWARDS	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	140	1 lap
NC.	Ben SPIES	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	141.3	3 laps
NC.	Randy DE PUNIET	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	140.3	11 laps
NC.	Marco SIMONCELLI	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	143.9	16 laps
NC.	Casey STONER	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	144	20 laps