Valentino Rossi holds up his helmet as he celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian Moto GP yesterday. — APpic
MUGELLO (Italy): Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi consolidated his MotoGP championship lead yesterday by cruising to his seventh consecutive Italian Grand Prix win.
The Italian, winner of the preceding races in France and China, recovered from a sluggish start from pole to take the lead within four laps.
The five-time premium class world champion, donning a fancy helmet with his own face on top, never let it go and finished over two seconds ahead of Australian world champion Casey Stoner on a Ducati.
Spain’s Dani Pedrosa came in third on a Honda, while San Marino’s Alex de Angelis, also on a Honda, finished fourth after starting on the fourth row of the grid.
Results — MotoGP: 1 Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 42:31.153s, 2 Casey Stoner (Aus) Ducati 42:33.354, 3 Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 42:36.020, 4 Alex de Angelis (SM) Honda 42:37.466, 5 Colin Edwards (US) Yamaha 42:43.683, 6 James Toseland (Bri) Yamaha 42:44.959, 7 Loris Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 42:45.600, 8 Andrea Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 42:46.472, 9 Shinya Nakano (Jpn) Honda 42:46.480, 10 Chris Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 43:01.938, 11 Sylvain Guintoli (Fra) Ducati 43:10.774, 12 Toni Elias (Spa) Ducati 43:21.174, 13 Nicky Hayden (US) Honda 43:21.593, 14 Tadayuki Okada (Jpn) Honda 43:30.002, 15 Anthony West (Aus) Kawasaki 43:31.889.
250cc: 1 Marco Simoncelli (Ita) Gilera 40:19.910s, 2 Alex Debon (Spa) Aprilia 40:20.409, 3 Thomas Luthi (Swi) Aprilia 40:20.622, 4 Mika Kallio (Fin) KTM 40:27.313, 5 Mattia Pasini (Ita) Aprilia 40:32.452, 6 Roberto Locatelli (Ita) Gilera 40:32.700, 7 Karel Abraham (Cze) Aprilia 40:36.024, 8 Hiroshi Aoyama (Jpn) KTM 40:37.226, 9 Aleix Espargaro (Spa) Aprilia 40:39.552, 10 Ratthapark Wilairot (Tha) Honda 40:39.614.
125cc: 1 Simone Corsi (Ita) Aprilia 39:59.020s, 2 Gabor Talmacsi (Hun) Aprilia 39:59.039, 3 Pol Espargaro (Spa) Derbi 39:59.056, 4 Mike Di Meglio (Fra) Derbi 39:59.155, 5 Bradley Smith (Bri) Aprilia 39:59.198, 6 Sergio Gadea (Spa) Aprilia 39:59.510, 7 Nicolas Terol (Spa) Aprilia 39:59.852. 8 Sandro Cortese (Ger) Aprilia 40:02.885, 9 Joan Olive (Spa) Derbi 40:08.948, 10 Stefan Bradl (Ger) Aprilia 40:04.459.
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