For the second straight week Casey Stoner has won a MotoGP and for the second straight week he held off Jorge Lorenzo in winning the Portuguese MotoGP.
The victories in Jerez (Spain) and now Estoril has put the Australian into the lead of the championship standings.
The defending world champion led for the whole race and, despite Lorenzo (Yamaha) closing to within a few bike lengths at the halfway point, the Australian was able to win his second successive race.
Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa was third, with Andrea Dovizioso fourth ahead of Tech 3 Yamaha team-mate Cal Crutchlow.
Stoner now has a one-point lead over Lorenzo in the championship.
“I was under pressure throughout the race,” said Stoner.
“I felt good on the first few laps but then we had severe chattering with the bike.
“In the middle laps I didn’t feel confident and I couldn’t push. I just tried to keep Jorge behind me we were lucky to hold on for the win in the end.”
The win was Stoner’s 35th in MotoGP and means he has now won at every circuit on the current calendar.
Repsol Honda team-mate Pedrosa picked up his 100th grand prix podium in third as Crutchlow – who struggled with braking all weekend – was beaten by team-mate Dovizioso for the first time since his move to the Tech 3 Yamaha team over the winter.
RESULTS : Grande Premio De Portugal – Circuito Estoril
|
Pos. |
Points |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Bike |
Km/h |
Time/Gap |
|
1 |
25 |
1 |
Casey Stoner | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda |
154.0 |
45:37.513 |
|
2 |
20 |
99 |
Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha |
153.9 |
+1.421 |
|
3 |
16 |
26 |
Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda |
153.8 |
+3.621 |
|
4 |
13 |
4 |
Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha |
153.2 |
+13.846 |
|
5 |
11 |
35 |
Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha |
153.1 |
+16.690 |
|
6 |
10 |
19 |
Alvaro Bautista | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda |
152.8 |
+21.884 |
|
7 |
9 |
46 |
Valentino Rossi | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati |
152.5 |
+26.797 |
|
8 |
8 |
11 |
Ben Spies | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha |
152.1 |
+33.262 |
|
9 |
7 |
6 |
Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda |
152.0 |
+35.867 |
|
10 |
6 |
8 |
Hector Barbera | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati |
151.0 |
+53.363 |
|
11 |
5 |
69 |
Nicky Hayden | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati |
150.5 |
+1’02.630 |
|
12 |
4 |
41 |
Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART |
149.6 |
+1’20.736 |
|
13 |
3 |
14 |
Randy de Puniet | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART |
149.4 |
+1’23.483 |
|
14 |
2 |
51 |
Michele Pirro | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR |
148.7 |
+1’37.905 |
|
15 |
1 |
9 |
Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda |
147.2 |
1 Lap |
| Not Classified | ||||||||
|
17 |
Karel Abraham | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati |
144.7 |
5 Laps | ||
|
77 |
James Ellison | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART |
146.4 |
10 Laps | ||
|
68 |
Yonny Hernandez | COL | Avintia Blusens | BQR |
148.7 |
12 Laps | ||
|
54 |
Mattia Pasini | ITA | Speed Master | ART |
148.8 |
17 Laps | ||
|
22 |
Ivan Silva | SPA | Avintia Blusens | BQR |
144.0 |
17 Laps | ||
STANDINGS
|
Pos. |
Rider |
Bike |
Nation |
Points |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | AUS | 66 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | SPA | 65 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | SPA | 52 |
| 4 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | GBR | 37 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | ITA | 35 |
| 6 | Alvaro Bautista | Honda | SPA | 29 |
| 7 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | GER | 24 |
| 8 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | USA | 23 |
| 9 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | ITA | 22 |
| 10 | Hector Barbera | Ducati | SPA | 19 |
| 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | USA | 18 |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | ART | SPA | 9 |
| 13 | Randy de Puniet | ART | FRA | 6 |
| 14 | Colin Edwards | Suter | USA | 4 |
| 15 | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda | ITA | 4 |
| 16 | Michele Pirro | FTR | ITA | 2 |
| 17 | Mattia Pasini | ART | ITA | 2 |
| 18 | Yonny Hernandez | BQR-FTR | COL | 2 |
| 19 | Ivan Silva | BQR | SPA | 1 |
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