Daily Update MotoGP

The Repsol Honda rider, who started from second on the grid, took the lead right at the start and immediately opened a gap over the rest of the field.

When the gap got up to three seconds, Pedrosa was curiously shown a pit-board on lap 12 saying his advantage was only 1.1 seconds. While the gap rose to up to four and a half seconds two thirds of the way through the race, Pedrosa ultimately won by 2.8 seconds over Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi.

Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 45:35.121
2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) + 2.883
3. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) + 4.339
4. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) + 10.142
5. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) + 27.524
6. James Toseland Yamaha (M) + 27.808
7. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) + 28.296
8. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) + 28.449
9. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) + 32.569
10. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) + 35.091
11. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) + 42.223
12. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) + 44.498
13. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) + 45.807
14. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) + 45.871
15. Toni Elias Ducati (B) +1:09.558
16. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) +1:14.442

Retirements:

Rider Bike Laps
Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 6
Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 0
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