MotoGP Race Result - Jerez 2010

2nd May 2010
  1. Jorge Lorenzo (99) - Fiat Yamaha - 45.17.538
  2. Dani Pedrosa (26) - Repsol Honda +0.543
  3. Valentino Rossi (46) - Fiat Yamaha +0.890
  4. Nicky Haden (69) - Ducati Marlboro +9.015
  5. Casey Stoner (27) - Ducati Marlboro +10.034
  6. Andrea Dovizioso (4) - Repsol Honda +23.144
  7. Mika Kallio (36) - Pramac Ducati +34.489
  8. Marco Melandri (33) - San Carlo Honda Gresini +34.687
  9. Randy De Puniet (14) - LCR Honda +36.160
  10. Alvaro Bautista (19) - Rizla Suzuki +36.791
  11. Marco Simoncelli (58) - San Carlo Honda Gresini +37.155
  12. Colin Edwards (5) - Tech 3 Yamaha +38.260
  13. Hector Barbera (40) - Paginas Amarillas Aspar +38.371
  14. Hiroshi Aoyama (7) - Interwetten Honda +1.02.052
  15. Aleix Espargaro (41) - Pramac Ducati +3 laps

The Race

Jorge Lorenzo won what was, in the end, a thrilling race in Jerez. Dani Pedrosa got a good start from pole position and lead for the majority of the race, in fact it was only on the final lap that Lorenzo passed him.

Valentino Rossi had a good race finishing on the podium and it was some good championship points for him as he battled with the bike setup and his shoulder injury all weekend.

Nicky Haden and Casey Stoner on the Ducati’s had a puzzling race as they were some way off the pace, with Hayden crossing the line in fourth some nine seconds off the lead, Stoner was right behind ten seconds off the leaders.

Mika Kallio had a great race to finish in seventh whilst his team mate Aleix Espargaro came off, got back on the bike, went into the pit lane twice but kept going amid rumours Pramac aren’t happy with either of their riders.

In the end it came down to battling between Lorenzo and Pedrosa as they swapped paint and leather on the final two laps. Lorenzo muscled his way down the inside as Dani ran wide hitting the dirt on the corner from the previous Moto2 race incident to give Lorenzo the lead and the win.

Live text - the race as it happened:

  • 1:59 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo “I have no words to describe the race. I’m so tired. I gave 100%.”
  • 1:56 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo has run off from being interviewed. He’s really, really, really…really happy
  • 1:55 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi “I’m happy with the result. I did the best i can, i fought a bit with the shoulder and the settings. Good points for the championship. I think we did well.”
  • 1:54 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa “I’m exhausted. I see Lorenzo coming and coming and i say f*ck this is going to be hard at the end. We fight a little bit at the end but i went out were they had been cleaning from the Moto2 and Lorenzo went through and i’d lost momentum”
  • 1:52 PM: Stay On The Black he’s swimming around. Think it’s safe to say he’s happy
  • 1:51 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo has jumped into the pool in his leathers and helmet
  • 1:48 PM: Stay On The Black the crowd went wild when Lorenzo crossed the line. don’t think they’d have minded if Lorenzo or Pedrosa had won really
  • 1:47 PM: Stay On The Black Well the race flattened out in the middle but certainly got better at the end there
  • 1:46 PM: Stay On The Black De Puniet in 9th
  • 1:46 PM: Stay On The Black Melandri in 8th
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Kallio in 7th
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Dovisioso in 6th
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Hayden in 4th
    Stoner in 5th
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi 3rd
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa 2nd
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo wins
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo in 1st
  • 1:45 PM: Stay On The Black 3 corners remaining
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi in 3rd
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa is some way back in 2nd
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo leads
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa goes wide
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is through
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is going to try again surely
  • 1:44 PM: Stay On The Black last lap
  • 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black side by side and Lorenzo is still in 2nd but trying his best to get past
  • 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black they’ve hit
  • 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo tried to dive up the inside but Dani shut the door
  • 1:43 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa keeps the lead
  • 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black no, they almost touch
  • 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is through
  • 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black it’s when not if for Lorenzo
  • 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black 2 laps to go
  • 1:42 PM: Stay On The Black He’s right behind now, 0.300 the gap!
  • 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black stunning ride from Lorenzo
  • 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is a couple of bike lengths behind Pedrosa now
  • 1:41 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi, Hayden, Stoner is your top 5
  • 1:40 PM: Stay On The Black 3 laps to go!
  • 1:40 PM: Stay On The Black The gap between Lorenzo and Pedrosa is now 1.1 seconds
  • 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black It’s 1st and 2nd here in Spain for Spanish riders which is pleasing the crowd no end
  • 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black will Dani respond? does he have anything left?
  • 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black he can do it if he keeps this pace over the final 4 laps
  • 1:39 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is now 1.5 seconds behind Pedrosa
  • 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black can he do it in 5 laps
  • 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is catching Pedrosa 1.7 seconds the gap now
  • 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black 5 laps to go
  • 1:38 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo has eeked out a slight gap over Rossi already
  • 1:37 PM: Stay On The Black Some rumouring that Rossi is in pain with his shoulder. He was taking pain killers before the race
  • 1:37 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi is safe in 3rd there’s a 5.703 gap to Hayden
  • 1:36 PM: Stay On The Black Can he catch Pedrosa?
  • 1:36 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo up to 2nd
  • 1:36 PM: Stay On The Black The crowd goes wild
  • 1:36 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo through
  • 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black The gap between Rossi and Pedrosa is 2 seconds
  • 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black 6 laps to go
  • 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black The crowd are liking the fact that Lorenzo is challenging Rossi
  • 1:35 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is looking to get past now
  • 1:34 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi doesn’t seem to have any response to Lorenzo
  • 1:34 PM: Stay On The Black 7 laps to go
  • 1:33 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo getting closer 0.334 seconds gap between him and Rossi
  • 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black He’s 8 laps to catch and overtake if he wants 2nd
  • 1:32 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa +1.799 to Rossi, Lorenzo is about 2 or 3 bike lengths off Rossi now
  • 1:31 PM: Stay On The Black It’s gone very quite…they’re racing round the track. no-one is increasing or decreasing their leads…
  • 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black 9 laps to go
  • 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black 1.3 seconds the gap now
  • 1:30 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is catching Rossi now. the gap is reducing by around 0.2 seconds per lap
  • 1:29 PM: Stay On The Black Not a good race for the Tech3 Yamaha team, lost ben Spies and Edwards is way off the pace down in 11th
  • 1:28 PM: Stay On The Black 11 laps to go
  • 1:28 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo still in 3rd, Hayden then Stoner
  • 1:28 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa has responded to Rossi’s response and increased the lap to 1.4
  • 1:27 PM: Stay On The Black Melandri, Kallio, Simoncelli, Edwards are amongst the battling group
  • 1:27 PM: Stay On The Black The battle for 7th is hotting up with 5 bikes involved
  • 1:26 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi has responded and closed the gap to Pedrosa to 1.2 seconds
  • 1:26 PM: Stay On The Black Sorry few technical issues there
  • 1:24 PM: Stay On The Black Hayden and Stoner following but off the pace
  • 1:24 PM: Stay On The Black Dani Pedrosa leads. Valentino Rossi in 2nd, Jorge Lorenzo in 3rd
  • 1:24 PM: Stay On The Black 1.8 seconds as they’ve just crossed the line now
  • 1:23 PM: Stay On The Black gap between Rossi and Lorenzo is around 1.7 seconds as well
  • 1:22 PM: Stay On The Black Stoner is 7 seconds off the lead in 5th
  • 1:22 PM: Stay On The Black 14 laps to go and Pedrosa is 1.7 seconds ahead of Rossi now
  • 1:22 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo in 3rd, doesn’t seem to be catching
  • 1:22 PM: Stay On The Black he’s a 1.4 second gap over Rossi now…me thinks he was lying about the bike problems
  • 1:21 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa still leading Rossi at the front
  • 1:21 PM: Stay On The Black The Gresini’s are swapping paint and positions like it’s going out of fashion
  • 1:20 PM: Stay On The Black Update on Spies it was his front tyre not rear. unusual
  • 1:20 PM: Stay On The Black they’re battling in for 7th
  • 1:20 PM: Stay On The Black The San Carlo Gresini Honda’s are having a real ding-dong battle with each other
  • 1:19 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa +1.583 back to Rossi +2.169 back to Lorenzo +1.035 back to Hayden
  • 1:18 PM: Stay On The Black 17 laps to go
  • 1:17 PM: Stay On The Black Ben Spies - Faulty rear tyre and he’s had to come in
  • 1:17 PM: Stay On The Black it’s come down slightly but not much
  • 1:17 PM: Stay On The Black +1.06 gap between Rossi and Pedrosa now
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black Ducati’s 4th and 5th
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black but then runs wide and Lorenzo nips through
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black but Hayden keeps him off
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black Here comes Lorenzo
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black Stoner is over 5 seconds off the lead!
  • 1:16 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Lorenzo, Stoner, Dovisioso, Melandri, Simoncelli
  • 1:15 PM: Stay On The Black 19 laps to go
  • 1:15 PM: Stay On The Black He doesn’t look happy
  • 1:15 PM: Stay On The Black Ben Spies is in the pits
  • 1:14 PM: Stay On The Black It looks like when not if
  • 1:14 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo is right behind Hayden now
  • 1:13 PM: Stay On The Black He’s done this before, will he start to catch Rossi?
  • 1:13 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo seems to be re-grouping and is on the back of Hayden
  • 1:12 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Rossi, +2.340 to Hayden, Lorenzo, +1.135 to Stoner
  • 1:12 PM: Stay On The Black Aleix actually crashed on the track but had managed to get back and get to the pits. he was hitting the bike like it had broken down!
  • 1:11 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi does seem to be trying hard
  • 1:11 PM: Stay On The Black 21 laps to go
  • 1:11 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa has opened up a 0.5 second lead over Rossi now
  • 1:10 PM: Stay On The Black Interesting times at Ducati - make the bike seemingly more easy to ride but that means your best man is in 5th?
  • 1:10 PM: Stay On The Black he’s in the pits and somethings gone wrong
  • 1:10 PM: Stay On The Black Pramac racing team have lost Aleix
  • 1:09 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi waving his leg about but Pedrosa seems comfortable at the front
  • 1:08 PM: Stay On The Black Capirossi “I lost the front, was trying to hard and pushing and down i went”
  • 1:08 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo back past Stoner
  • 1:07 PM: Stay On The Black 23 laps to go
  • 1:07 PM: Stay On The Black Dovisioso, Melandri, Simoncelli, Spies, Edwards are next
  • 1:07 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa and Stoner have a gap over the chasing 3 though
  • 1:07 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Stoner, Lorenzo is your front 5.
  • 1:06 PM: Stay On The Black Just to let you know Pedrosa has said he “can’t win the race today” as they’re struggling with stability…seems ok so far!
  • 1:06 PM: Stay On The Black Turn 13 not sure if it’s crash or retirement
  • 1:05 PM: Stay On The Black Capirossi is out
  • 1:05 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa and Rossi cross the line +1.154 back to hayden
  • 1:04 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa puts in a fastest lap 1.39.731
  • 1:04 PM: Stay On The Black Edwards down in 11th
  • 1:04 PM: Stay On The Black +1.299 from Rossi to Hayden
  • 1:04 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa and Rossi are gapping Hayden already
  • 1:03 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Stoner, Lorenzo
  • 1:03 PM: Stay On The Black Stoner moves past Lorenzo
  • 1:03 PM: Stay On The Black You can never rule our Rossi seems to be the motto of the day…seems true so far
  • 1:02 PM: Stay On The Black Spies up to 6th
  • 1:02 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Lorenzo, Stoner
  • 1:01 PM: Stay On The Black Lorenzo, Stoner chasing
  • 1:01 PM: Stay On The Black Hayden into 3rd
  • 1:01 PM: Stay On The Black Rossi up to 2nd
  • 1:01 PM: Stay On The Black Pedrosa with a good start
  • 1:00 PM: Stay On The Black and we’re off
  • 12:59 PM: Stay On The Black Questions of the day: Can Nicky Haden stay with the big boys today? How injured is Valentino Rossi? Will Casey Stoner be happy to have only qualified in 3rd?
  • 12:57 PM: Stay On The Black Reminder of the grid: Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi, Nicky Haden, Randy De Puniet

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