Casey Stoner of Repsol Honda wins the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca – MotoGP news
Casey Stoner was able to snatch the victory from Jorge Lorenzo on Sunday in the United States Grand Prix held at the Laguna Seca circuit.
The fight for the first three places was between Stoner, Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa. The three were able to leave others following with a significant time lead.
In the third lap of the race, Stoner was able to get the second place from Dani Pedrosa. He had started at second grid position but dropped to third place from the very beginning.
From that point, he started creating pressure on Lorenzo for the ten following laps and eventually in the 22nd lap the Australian was able to get to the first place. Then he retained his place by the end of race, registering his fourth win of
the year.
Pedrosa dropped to third place and ended the race at the same place. Even after these results, he holds second place in the championship.
Ben Spies was able to retain fourth place till the 21st lap when he crashed and had to bear a loss of his Yamaha’s swingarm.
Spies’ crash promoted Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow to a place ahead in fourth and fifth places.
Nicky Hayden was able to finish the race at sixth place. He started from the 8th position but dropped to 9th place in the very first lap. Hayden was able to take his 8th place back in the 6th lap.
Ben Spies crash promoted him to 7th place in the 22nd lap and later the 27th lap promoted him to 6th place which he retained until the end of the Grand Prix.
Valentino Rossi was ruling his 8th place for quite long until he crashed in the 29th lap just two laps from the finish line. Although the crash was severe, but he was able to come out uninjured.
Among the Claiming Rule Teams, (CRT) Aleix Espargaro was the top finisher at ninth place. His teammate Randy de Puniet faced an incident with Michele Pirro and was able to conclude the race at the 11th place. Pirro retired in result of a crash while Elias
retired in early in the race.
Attack Performance was not able to get a wildcard CRT entry to start the US Grand Prix. However, they will try again in the upcoming Indianapolis Grand Prix.
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