Motogp: Pedrosa wins in Germany

SACHENRING: Dani Pedrosa won his third successive German MotoGP to open his account for the year. While the Spaniard took the honours, his Honda teammate Casey Stoner, destined to take second, crashed out with two bends of the final lap remaining to dent his hopes of defending his world title before he heads into retirement. The main beneficiary of Stoner’s spill was Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo who was gifted the runner-up spot to move clear at the top of the rider’s standings on 160 points. Pedrosa climbed into second on 146 with Stoner on 140. “At the start, I wasn’t comfortable because of the changes to my bike,” said Pedrosa. “As I became used to all the changes I passed Casey, and was feeling good. I had to fight for the win, on the last lap I was racing at my maximum.”

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2012.