MotoGP: Lorenzo extends championship lead
The 25-year-old came home clear on his Yamaha ahead of Italy’s nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi on a Ducati.
MISANO:
Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo won the San Marino MotoGP to extend his lead in the world championship standings yesterday. The 25-year-old 2010 world champion, winning here for the second successive year, came home clear on his Yamaha ahead of Italy’s nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi on a Ducati, while Honda’s Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista was third. Lorenzo had begun the day only 13 points ahead of compatriot Dani Pedrosa but the Honda rider was taken out of the race on the first lap by Hector Barbera. Lorenzo leads Pedrosa by 38 points with five races remaining. “To be honest I couldn’t see the board very clearly and I thought Bautista was out not Pedrosa,” said Lorenzo. “It is bad luck for Honda but a great result for us. I am very happy to finally have the luck come down on our side.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2012.
Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo won the San Marino MotoGP to extend his lead in the world championship standings yesterday. The 25-year-old 2010 world champion, winning here for the second successive year, came home clear on his Yamaha ahead of Italy’s nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi on a Ducati, while Honda’s Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista was third. Lorenzo had begun the day only 13 points ahead of compatriot Dani Pedrosa but the Honda rider was taken out of the race on the first lap by Hector Barbera. Lorenzo leads Pedrosa by 38 points with five races remaining. “To be honest I couldn’t see the board very clearly and I thought Bautista was out not Pedrosa,” said Lorenzo. “It is bad luck for Honda but a great result for us. I am very happy to finally have the luck come down on our side.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 17th, 2012.