Pedrosa wins at Japanese MotoGP 2012, Lorenzo second

Dani Pedrosa wins Japanese MotoGP 2012 and that ended some time ago at Circuit Twin Ring Motegi. Pedrosa locked up thie victory after passed Lorenzo on a straight track in laps 11/24.

Lorenzo had to settle finish in second after finish 4 seconds behind Pedrosa. Third position wins by Alvaro Bautista after win the battle against Cal Crutchlow.

With this victory, Pedrosa cut the gap from Lorenzo. Now they closed to within 28 points and Lorenzo still leads the standings.

Result Japanese MotoGP 2012
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 42m 31.569s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 42m 35.844s
3. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini (RC213V) 42m 38.321s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 42m 47.966s
5. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda (RC213V) 42m 52.135s
6. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 42m 56.136s
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team (GP12) 42m 57.641s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12) 43m 8.293s
9. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team (YZR-M1) 43m 8.363s
10. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing (GP12) 43m 42.298s
11. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (GP12) 43m 47.227s
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 43m 54.338s
13. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 43m 56.537s
14. James Ellison GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 44m 0.957s
15. Michele Pirro ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 44m 6.181s
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Speed Master (ART CRT) 44m 22.422s

DNF:
Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)
Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT)
Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1)
Yonny Hernandez COL Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)  

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Video : MotoGP Motegi 2011 in funny cartoon version

MotoGP Motegi 2011 was held some time ago leaving some interesting stories. The main news of course, victory of Dani Pedrosa in Repsol Honda team track's .

Then there is the story of three drivers who got penalty through due to stealing start. The third rider was Marco Simoncelli, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Cruthlow.

The most heartbreaking story of course come from Valentino Rossi who suffered an incident with Ben Spies at first corner and make The Doctor failed to continue the race.

Some interesting stories immortalized by the Los Minibikers in the interesting cartoon video below. Enjoy The show!

pic from motogp-mania.com

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Video : Incident Valentino Rossi vs Ben Spies at Motegi 2011

Valentino Rossi failed to take advantage of Ducati rise in Japanese MotoGP series last week. The Doctor as loss of concentration at the corner beginning of the race.

9 times world champion has experienced an incident with Yamaha rider Ben Spies, which makes it fail to continue the race. While Ben Spies was able to continue racing and finished in sixth position.

With three races remaining on the 2011 season, Rossi is predicted to only be focused to test the performance of the bike for next season. The Doctor in the standings behind Casey Stoner and far from just being in the sixth position with 139 point.

Here's a video of incidents involving himself with Ben Spies in Motegi yesterday.

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Video : Japanese MotoGP 2011, Pedrosa win, Lorenzo second, Stoner third

Dani Pedrosa won the 2011 Japanese MotoGP at Motegi. This is achieved with perfect because it is quite far from Jorge Lorenzo in second place.

Casey Stoner had to settle for third place after making a mistake on lap five. Luckily Stoner was still able to enter the track and finished third.

The fourth position achieved by the Marco Simoncelli after won last lap duel with Andrea Dovizioso.

Results MotoGP Japan 2011
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 42m 47.481s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 42m 54.780s
3. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 43m 5.861s
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 11.031s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 43m 11.172s
6. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 43m 25.085s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 43m 26.468s
8. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m 32.504s
9. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 36.555s
10. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 43m 46.503s
11. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44m 1.445s
12. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN LCR Honda 44m 9.190s
13. Shinichi Ito JPN Honda Racing Team 44m 13.862s

DNF:
Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda
15. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki
Damian Cudlin AUS Pramac Racing
Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro

DNS:
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing

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News : IndyCar Motegi 2011, Scott Dixon win the race

Scott Dixon won the Indy Japan race in Motegi (18 / 9). Dixon excels 3 seconds more than Will Power who are in second place.

Meanwhile, third and fourth position occupied by Marco Andretti and Alex Tagliani.

Race results
1. #9 Scott Dixon 63 laps 01:56:41.0107s
2. #12 Will Power 63 laps + 3.4375s
3. #26 Marco Andretti 63 laps + 4.4782s
4. #77 Alex Tagliani 63 laps + 5.5913s
5. #2 Oriol Servia 63 laps + 6.1621s
6. #19 Sebastien Bourdais 63 laps + 6.6399s
7. #4 JR Hildebrand 63 laps + 8.7436s
8. #10 Dario Franchitti 63 laps + 9.0690s
9. #27 Mike Conway 63 laps + 9.3816s
10. #5 Takuma Sato 63 laps + 10.1187s
11. #7 Danica Patrick 63 laps + 10.6995s
12. #38 Graham Rahal 63 laps + 11.4555s
13. #18 James Jakes 63 laps + 11.6119s
14. #78 Simona de Silvestro 63 laps + 12.0651s
15. #06 James Hinchcliffe 63 laps + 12.5498s
16. #22 Giorgio Pantano 63 laps + 14.4549s
17. #82 Tony Kanaan 63 laps + 15.8407s
18. #17 Hideki Mutoh 63 laps + 16.3024s
19. #24 Ana Beatriz 63 laps + 20.5159s
20. #6 Ryan Briscoe 63 laps + 38.5887s
21. #59 EJ Viso 63 laps + 99.0777s
22. #3 Helio Castroneves 63 laps + 99.0787s *
23. #83 Charlie Kimball 62 laps + 1 laps +
24. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 62 laps + 1 laps
25. #14 Vitor Meira 61 laps + 2 laps
26. #34 Joao Paulo de Oliveira 19 laps Mechanical

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