Dani Pedrosa has taken his fifth German Grand Prix victory at the Sachsenring.
Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo pipped Casey Stoner at the final corner to take second, while Andrea Dovizioso won a tight battle with Ben Spies and Marco Simoncelli for fourth.
An equally intense scrap for seventh was eventually decided in favour of Alvaro Bautista, while Nicky Hayden, Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards rounding out the top 10.
Hector Barbera fought through the field after an opening lap off to take a well deserved 11th.
The podium place getters all took turns at the front of the race, with Pedrosa getting the best of the starts to lead the opening laps.
Stoner retook the ascendancy by lap five, having had to make his way past Pedrosa, Lorenzo and a fast-starting Dovizioso.
Having failed to break the field apart, Stoner then backed off his pace as the race drew towards half-distance – with Lorenzo retaking the lead on Lap13 of 30.
Pedrosa eventually made his way past the pair of former MotoGP World Champions to take the top spot with nine laps remaining, and was never headed for the duration.
Stoner now leads the standings by 15 points.
See below for the full results
|
Pos. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Bike |
Time/Gap |
|
1 |
Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 41’12.482 |
|
2 |
Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | +1.477 |
|
3 |
Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +1.568 |
|
4 |
Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | +10.513 |
|
5 |
Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | +10.719 |
|
6 |
Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | +10.923 |
|
7 |
Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | +27.451 |
|
8 |
Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | +27.510 |
|
9 |
Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | +27.576 |
|
10 |
Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | +33.491 |
|
11 |
Hector BARBERA | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | +38.944 |
|
12 |
Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | +39.148 |
|
13 |
Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | +39.415 |
|
14 |
Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | +39.477 |
|
15 |
Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | +54.516 |
|
16 |
Toni ELIAS | SPA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | +1’12.335 |
|
17 |
Sylvain GUINTOLI | FRA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1 Lap |
See below for the current championship points
|
Pos. |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 | Casey STONER | 168 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | 153 |
| 3 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | 132 |
| 4 | Valentino ROSSI | 98 |
| 5 | Dani PEDROSA | 94 |
| 6 | Ben SPIES | 85 |
| 7 | Nicky HAYDEN | 85 |
| 8 | Marco SIMONCELLI | 60 |
| 9 | Colin EDWARDS | 59 |
| 10 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | 57 |
| 11 | Hector BARBERA | 49 |
| 12 | Karel ABRAHAM | 41 |
| 13 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | 39 |
| 14 | Toni ELIAS | 35 |
| 15 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | 34 |
| 16 | Loris CAPIROSSI | 22 |
| 17 | Randy DE PUNIET | 15 |
| 18 | John HOPKINS | 6 |
| 19 | Kousuke AKIYOSHI | 3 |
