Motorcycling: Stoner powers to Catalunya victory

BARCELONA: Australian Casey Stoner powered his Honda to victory in the Moto GP category of the Catalunya GP, the fifth race of the motorcycling world championship. Stoner finished ahead of Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo and American Ben Spies, both on a Yamaha, at the Montmelo circuit to claim his third victory from five starts after winning in Qatar and France. Lorenzo’s second place kept the Spaniard in the lead of the overall standings with a seven-point cushion on Stoner.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 6^th, 2011.