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13th April 2008

Estoril: Lorenzo – Pedrosa – Rossi

Stoner 6th – Toseland 7th – Hayden Crash...

Jorge Lorenzo has won the Estoril round of the MotoGP championship, with Dani Pedrosa second and Valentino Rossi a distant third. Lorenzo and Pedrosa now share the lead in the championship.

Rossi took the lead on the second lap, with Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Dovizioso following him to break away from the pack. Lorenzo took the lead on lap 12 as Rossi's tyres began to lose their performance, with Pedrosa moving up to second a lap or so later.

Casey Stoner had a difficult weekend, managing to battle his way through to 6th place behind Edwards and Hopkins despite have to catch bits of his Ducati as they came loose. James Tosealnd was seventh on his first visit to Estoril. Dovizioso, De Puniet and Hayden all crashed, with de Puniet remounting to finish fifteenth.

Race Result – Top Ten:

  • 1 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA
  • 2 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA
  • 3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA
  • 4 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA
  • 5 21 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI
  • 6 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI
  • 7 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA
  • 8 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI
  • 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI
  • 10 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA

    MotoGP Championship Standings:

  • 1 LORENZO Jorge SPA 61
  • 2 PEDROSA Dani SPA 61
  • 3 ROSSI Valentino ITA 47
  • 4 STONER Casey AUS 40
  • 5 TOSELAND James GBR 29
  • 6 CAPIROSSI Loris ITA 26
  • 7 HOPKINS John USA 24
  • 8 EDWARDS Colin USA 22
  • 9 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 21
  • 10 HAYDEN Nicky USA 19

    Lorenzo and Pedrosa have both scored a win, a second place and a third place.

    All those lollipops; he won't want his tea... Jorge Lorenzo

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