On lap four, Hayden is still trying to get past Stoner but he refuses him the opportunity in the first two corners. #MOTOGP 21 TROPHIES FULL#Rossi's rear tyre smokes as he tries to get a better exit out of Turn 12, with Stoner almost going onto the grass as he uses the full kerb for maximum acceleration coming out of Turn 12. Melandri overtakes Capirossi for fifth place at the fast, unnamed Turn 8 right hander. Capirossi meanwhile is slowly closing in on the two, with Hayden shadowing Stoner all throughout the lap, as does Rossi. Stoner and Hayden are opening up a gap at the front, with Pedrosa still in third. Lap three and Rossi now needs to make up the lost ground to Pedrosa again. However, coming out of the fast, unnamed Turn 12 corner, Rossi went slightly wide and onto the grass, undoing all his hard work and dropping him back to fourth behind Pedrosa. Rossi then makes a move on Pedrosa for third spot, overtaking him at the Honda Corner as he does not want the two at the front to ride away. Stoner and Hayden open up a small gap to Pedrosa and Rossi during the lap.Īs lap two begins, Marco Melandri makes a move on the Pramac Ducati of Alex Barros for sixth, overtaking him on the start/finish straight. Capirossi did not make up any positions and was still in fifth place. Hayden also managed to pass both Rossi and Pedrosa for second, with Pedrosa and Rossi losing two places (first to third, second to fourth). As the lights went out, Stoner immediately went into the lead on the opening lap going into the Doohan corner. Īll riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. Nicky Hayden took the first spot on the second row in fourth, Loris Capirossi was fifth and Randy de Puniet in sixth. ĭani Pedrosa took pole position on Saturday, followed by Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner. The team also won the constructors championship, the first time a European manufacturer has done this since 1973. This race was most notable for Casey Stoner's first victory in front of his home crowd, two weeks after the Australian became Ducati's first ever world champion at the previous round in Japan.
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