Sunday, May 3, 2009

Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Rossi rules, Simoncelli scores

It was another very rewarding weekend for the AGV Dainese riders at the Spanish MotoGP and 250cc races, despite a crash and DNF for MotoGP pole sitter Dainese's Jorge Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi started 3rd and made his way to the front for his first win of the year, after short battles with Stoner and Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo who started a disappointing 4th was making his way back on Casey Stoner when he low-sided and lost all chances to score points.

All at AGV Dainese are proud to see Vale take the points lead ahead of Ducati's Casey Stoner and Fiat Yamaha team mate, Jorge Lorenzo.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, results:
1Valentino RossiFiat YamahaYamaha
2Dani PedrosaRepsol HondaHonda
3Casey StonerDucati MarlboroDucati
4Randy De PunietLCR HondaHonda
5Marco Melandri
Kawasaki

MotoGP Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009
1 ROSSI Valentino ITA 65
2 STONER Casey AUS 54 (-11)
3 LORENZO Jorge SPA 41 9-24)
4 PEDROSA Dani SPA 41 (-24)
5 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 30 (-35)

In the 250cc races, Mrco Simoncelli who injured his wrist in a motocross crash 5 weeks ago, was in a 4-way battle with Aoyama, Barbera and Bautista for the full race. Marco took the lead a few times but ended 3rd, scoring his first podium of the year. This is a great result for the Gilera rider who is making his way back in the title chase.

The other 250cc Dainese riders had rather positive results as the MotoGP scene is moving to the French Grand Prix in 10 days.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, 250cc results:
1 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA HONDA
2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA APRILIA

3 58 Marco SIMONCELLI GILERA

4 40 Hector BARBERA APRILIA

5 12 Thomas LUTHI APRILIA

6 75 Mattia PASINI APRILIA

7 28 Gabor TALMACSI APRILIA

8 16 Jules CLUZEL APRILIA

9 15 Roberto LOCATELLI GILERA

10 35 Raffaele DE ROSA HONDA

11 63 Mike DI MEGLIO APRILIA

12 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA HONDA

13 52 Lukas PESEK APRILIA

14 55 Hector FAUBEL HONDA

15 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT HONDA

FIM 250cc Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009;
1 AOYAMA Hiroshi JPN 58
2 BAUTISTA Alvaro SPA 54 (-4)
3 BARBERA Hector SPA 43 (-15)
4 LUTHI Thomas SWI 29 (-29)
5 CLUZEL Jules FRA 28 (-30)
6 TALMACSI Gabor HUN 28 (-30)
7 PASINI Mattia ITA 26 (-32)
8 DI MEGLIO Mike FRA 21 (-37)
9 DE ROSA Raffaele ITA 21 (-37)
10 SIMONCELLI Marco ITA 16 (-42)
11 PESEK Lukas CZE 15 (-43)
12 LOCATELLI Roberto ITA 14 (-44)
13 TOMIZAWA Shoya JPN 14 (-44)
14 DEBON Alex SPA 13 (-45)
15 AOYAMA Shuhei JPN 10 (-48)