MotoGP: Pedrosa vandt på Indianapolis

2010-08-30 I weekenden blev der kørt American Grand Prix på Indianapolis. Her scorede den spanske Honda-kører Dani Pedrosa sin tredje sejr i år foran et publikum på 63.000 personer. Den lokale helt Ben Spies startede fra pole, men måtte nøjes med 2.-pladsen foran mærkekollegerne Lorenzo og Rossi.



Her følger Pedrosas kommentar samt resultat og aktuel VM-stilling:

- I'm really happy with this win and it was an especially tough one because of the heat today. I didn't make the perfect start but I was quite quick through the first few tight corners and stayed close to the leaders.

My rhythm was good today and even though Spies was strong in front I was able to close him down and make the pass. I'm really pleased with the performance of my bike because it was fast on the straights and also was working well in the corners.

When I was out in front it was quite hard to stay focused and at the end of the race I was really tired - but I'm very happy because last year I crashed when I could have won and now I have made up for it.

There were many crashes this weekend and it would have been easy to make a mistake in the race - you only need to go a little off line and you can be on the ground immediately, especially towards the end of the race when the tyres are worn.

I've gone past the barrier of two MotoGP race wins in a season so I'm very happy. We are doing a good job and I hope we can maintain this momentum next weekend at Misano. I want to thank the team and all the people around me.

MotoGP Indianapolis, resultat
1 Daniel Pedrosa Honda E 47'31.615
2 Ben Spies Yamaha USA 0'03.575
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha E 0'06.812
4 Valentino Rossi Yamaha I 0'12.633
5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda I 0'21.885
6 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 0'35.138
7 Marco Simoncelli Honda I 0'36.740
8 Alvaro Bautista Suzuki E 0'36.825
9 Aleix Espargaro Ducati E 0'44.905
10 Hector Barbera Ducati E 0'51.368
11 Loris Capirossi Suzuki I 0'55.386
12 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda J 0'57.903
13 Randy De Puniet Honda F 1'04.139

VM-stilling:
1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha E 251
2. Daniel Pedrosa Honda E 183
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda I 126
4. Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 119
5. Valentino Rossi Yamaha I 114
6. Ben Spies Yamaha USA 110
7. Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 109
8. Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 78
9. Marco Simoncelli Honda I 63
10. Marco Melandri Honda I 61
11. Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 57
12. Hector Barbera Ducati E 54
13. Loris Capirossi Suzuki I 41
14. Aleix Espargaro Ducati E 39
15. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki ESP 33
21. Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha J 1



Tekst: Klavs Lyngfeldt