Results from Jerez – MotoGP (don’t look if you don’t want to know)
- From: TRS Media | Published: March 30th, 2008 - 8:44 am
Honda rider Dani Pedrosa took the championship lead after powering to victory in front of his home crowd at the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez.
Pedrosa, last year’s championship runner-up, took the race lead early from the front of the grid and finished ahead of Valentino Rossi.
Jorge Lorenzo finished third. Defending champion Casey Stoner was 11th after twice running onto the gravel.
Pedrosa passed his compatriot on the first corner and was never seriously challenged in the rest of the race.
Stoner was trying make up ground from the very start, having begun the day seventh on the grid, but his chances of a decent finish took a knock early on when he ended up in the gravel on lap three and he was relegated to the back of the field.
By the end, he had battled his way through to 11th place but another misjudgement as he tried to pass Shinya Nakano and Chris Vermeuelen saw him end up in the gravel again.
Jerez MotoGP result:
1 D Pedrosa (Sp) Honda
2 V Rossi (It) Yamaha
3 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha
4 N Hayden (US) Honda
5 L Capirossi (It) Suzuki
6 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha
7 J Hopkins (US) Kawasaki
8 A Dovizioso (It) Honda
