Motorcycling: Stoner wins Britain MotoGP

SILVERSTONE: Australian Casey Stoner raced to victory for Honda in a wet British Grand Prix to oust world champion Jorge Lorenzo from the top of the MotoGP standings. Yamaha’s Lorenzo, who led into the first corner, was one of several big name fallers as riders battled through standing water and spray. Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso was second for Honda, 15.159 seconds behind Stoner, with American veteran Colin Edwards taking an astonishing third place. Stoner was the first Honda rider to win three races in succession since Italian Valentino Rossi in 2003.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 13^th, 2011.