Casey Stoner wins the MotoGP race at Brno, with Pedrosa out and Lorenzo 4th

Rider Casey Stoner has taken victory in the MotoGP World Championship at the Brno circuit. The Australian won a race almost without breaking a sweat after Pedrosa’s crash. The truth is that this moment was the key, as was the tyre choice for Lorenzo.

The start was very good for Dani Pedrosa, who moved up to second, as did Casey Stoner, who was also second, while Jorge Lorenzo was third, although he was pushing the Australian hard and tried a move on the outside.

But quickly Pedrosa moved into 1st and began to show his pace. Suddenly, and when nobody expected it, a Honda was seen on the ground and Pedrosa’s sign appeared… he crashed on his own, and it seems this was due to cold tyres at the front.

In this situation, Stoner moved into first and would not give up that position. He started setting lap after lap, while Lorenzo was 2nd, with Dovizioso glued to his wheel and Marco Simoncelli not far behind.

Stoner pulled away without many problems, while Dovi overtook Lorenzo, and later SIC did too, so the MotoGP world champion dropped from 2nd to 4th, with danger from Spies, who was coming up fast from behind.

So with Stoner in 1st and heading straight for victory, Dovi was also quite strong and keeping SIC at bay, and the Italian 58 was pushing hard and keeping his distance from Lorenzo. The positions did not appear to be in danger.

Coming up from behind like a whirlwind was Álvaro Bautista. The 19 put in a spectacular race, overtaking several riders and reaching 7th place to fight with Rossi, whom he had very close, but with only a few laps remaining the rider from Talavera de la Reina crashed… a shame without doubt. I think he took too many risks, but he had a very good race.

Héctor Barberá also did well, finishing 10th, so another top ten, while Toni Elías was 11th, very good compared with his previous results, and also fighting with riders and not scandalously far from the leading times.

The final MotoGP positions: Stoner, Dovi, Sic, Lorenzo, Spies, Rossi, Hayden, Edwards, Aoyama, Barberá, Elías, De Puniet and Capirossi.

Crashes: Pedrosa, Bautista, Abraham and Crutchlow.

A pity this MotoGP race for the interests of the Spanish, since Stoner now has 32 points’ advantage over Lorenzo, and Pedrosa has lost a place in the overall standings to Rossi.

Well, things will go better in Indy.

Photo | MotoGP Official website