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Biaggi goes full throttle to take Pacific Grand Prix title
Motegi, Oct 06: Max Biaggi wins Pacific MotoGP. Italian Max Biaggi comfortably won the Pacific Grand Prix on Sunday (October 5) ahead of MotoGP world championship leader and compatriot Valentino Rossi.
Motegi, Oct 06: Max Biaggi wins Pacific MotoGP. Italian Max Biaggi comfortably won the Pacific Grand Prix on Sunday (October 5) ahead of MotoGP world championship leader and compatriot Valentino Rossi.
Australian Troy Bayliss didn't last the first lap, crashing out with Spain's Checa and John Hopkins of the United States.
Biaggi didn't take long to get past Sete Gibernau to take the lead which he never lost as the drama unfolded behind him. Rossi had suffered a scare earlier in the race when he also came off the track on lap seven but steadily worked his way back up the field, overtaking American Nicky Hayden and Gibernau on the 19th lap to go second. Japan's Makoto Tamada snatched third place, overtaking Spaniard Sete Gibernau on the final lap. Gibernau lost his racing line and rode off the track but recovered to finish fifth. Tamada was later disqualified as the move was judged to have been against regulations.
American Nicky Hayden was moved up to third following Tamada's disqualification for his first podium finish and Gibernau took fourth place.
Rossi maintained his lead in the championship standings with 282 points. Gibernau has 224 points and Biaggi 199 with three rounds to go.
In the 250cc race, Tony Elias of Spain went ahead on the first lap when he got past Argentinian Sebastian Porto and a three rider battle for the minor placings ensued between Porto, Italian Roberto Rolfo and Manuel Poggiali of San Marino.
Porto, who had dropped back to fourth, crashed out spectacularly and Rolfo took second place from Poggiali. Elias won by 1.48 seconds.
Another Spanish rider, Hector Barbera, won the 125cc race after a four-way battle involving Italians Andrea Dovizioso and Stefano Perugini and Casey Stoner of Australia. Jorge Lorenzo of Spain was also involved but lost control and collapsed in the gravel on the penultimate lap.
Corrected results: MotoGP 1. Max Biaggi (Italy) Honda 43 minutes 57.590 seconds 2. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Honda 44:01.344 3. Nicky Hayden (U.S.) Honda 44:03.231 4. Sete Gibernau (Spain) Honda 44:17.046 5. Marco Melandri (Italy) Yamaha 44:17.499 6. Alex Barros (Brazil) Yamaha 44:18.528 7. Tohru Ukawa (Japan) Honda 44:19.897 8. Loris Capirossi (Italy) Ducati 44:25.477 9. Shinya Nakano (Japan) Yamaha 44:39.321 10. Akira Ryo (Japan) Suzuki 44:47.696 11. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japan) Honda 44:50.804 12. Noriyuki Haga (Japan) Aprilia 44:51.179 13. Olivier Jacque (France) Yamaha 45:03.210 14. Nobuatsu Aoki (Japan) Proton 45:05.125 15. Kenny Roberts (U.S.) Suzuki 45:06.645 16. Andrew Pitt (Australia) Kawasaki 45:09.123 17. Colin Edwards (U.S.) Aprilia 45:25.173 18. Tamaki Serizawa (Japan) Moriwaki 45:30.591 19. David De Gea (Spain) WCM one lap behind .
Garry McCoy (Australia) Kawasaki Did Not Finish . Jeremy McWilliams (Britain) Proton DNF . Chris Burns (Britain) WCM DNF . Troy Bayliss (Australia) Ducati DNF . Carlos Checa (Spain) Yamaha DNF . John Hopkins (Australia) Yamaha DNF . Makoto Tamada (Japan) Honda Disqualified
Leading world championship standings Riders 1. Rossi 282 points 2. Gibernau 224 3. Biaggi 199 4. Capirossi 131 5. Bayliss 112 6. Ukawa 103 7. Hayden 101 8. Checa 93 9. Barros 90 10. Nakano 84
Manufacturers 1. Honda 320 2. Ducati 179 3. Yamaha 143 4. Aprilia 67 5. Proton KR 29
250cc Race distance: 23 laps. 110.423 kilometres 1. Toni Elias (Spain) Aprilia 43:57.125 2. Roberto Rolfo (Italy) Honda 43:58.608 3. Manuel Poggiali (San Marino) Aprilia 43:59.284 4. Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 44:03.143 5. Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) Honda 44:03.288 6. Randy de Puniet (France) Aprilia 44:17.532 7. Naoki Matsudo (Japan) Yamaha 44:23.063 8. Fonsi Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 44:25.542 9. Alex Debon (Spain) Honda 44:36.929 10. Choujan Kameya (Japan) Honda 44:37.044
Leading world championship standings: Riders 1. Poggalia 206 points 2. Rolfo 188 3. De Puniet 176 4. Elias 172 5. Fonsi Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 151
Manufacturers 1. Aprilia 320 2. Honda 204 3. Yamaha 95
125cc Race distance: 21 laps. 100.821 kilometres 1. Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 41:54.483 2. Casey Stoner (Australia) Aprilia 41:54.647 3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 41:54.787 4. Stefano Perugini (Italy) Aprilia 41:57.214 5. Steve Jenkner (Germany) Aprilia 41:57.453 6. Daniel Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 41:57.698 7. Mika Kallio (Finland) KTM 41:57.747 8. Pablo Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 42:03.683 9. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Aprilia 42:07.499 10. Thomas Luthi (Switzerland) Honda 42:07.678
Leading world championship standings: Riders 1. Pedrosa 198 points 2. Perugini 159 3. De Angelis 147 4. Dovizioso 146 5. Nieto 132
Manufacturers 1. Aprilia 292 2. Honda 228 3. Derbi 50 4. KTM 46 5. Malaguti 7
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Australian Troy Bayliss didn't last the first lap, crashing out with Spain's Checa and John Hopkins of the United States.
Biaggi didn't take long to get past Sete Gibernau to take the lead which he never lost as the drama unfolded behind him. Rossi had suffered a scare earlier in the race when he also came off the track on lap seven but steadily worked his way back up the field, overtaking American Nicky Hayden and Gibernau on the 19th lap to go second. Japan's Makoto Tamada snatched third place, overtaking Spaniard Sete Gibernau on the final lap. Gibernau lost his racing line and rode off the track but recovered to finish fifth. Tamada was later disqualified as the move was judged to have been against regulations.
American Nicky Hayden was moved up to third following Tamada's disqualification for his first podium finish and Gibernau took fourth place.
Rossi maintained his lead in the championship standings with 282 points. Gibernau has 224 points and Biaggi 199 with three rounds to go.
In the 250cc race, Tony Elias of Spain went ahead on the first lap when he got past Argentinian Sebastian Porto and a three rider battle for the minor placings ensued between Porto, Italian Roberto Rolfo and Manuel Poggiali of San Marino.
Porto, who had dropped back to fourth, crashed out spectacularly and Rolfo took second place from Poggiali. Elias won by 1.48 seconds.
Another Spanish rider, Hector Barbera, won the 125cc race after a four-way battle involving Italians Andrea Dovizioso and Stefano Perugini and Casey Stoner of Australia. Jorge Lorenzo of Spain was also involved but lost control and collapsed in the gravel on the penultimate lap.
Corrected results: MotoGP 1. Max Biaggi (Italy) Honda 43 minutes 57.590 seconds 2. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Honda 44:01.344 3. Nicky Hayden (U.S.) Honda 44:03.231 4. Sete Gibernau (Spain) Honda 44:17.046 5. Marco Melandri (Italy) Yamaha 44:17.499 6. Alex Barros (Brazil) Yamaha 44:18.528 7. Tohru Ukawa (Japan) Honda 44:19.897 8. Loris Capirossi (Italy) Ducati 44:25.477 9. Shinya Nakano (Japan) Yamaha 44:39.321 10. Akira Ryo (Japan) Suzuki 44:47.696 11. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japan) Honda 44:50.804 12. Noriyuki Haga (Japan) Aprilia 44:51.179 13. Olivier Jacque (France) Yamaha 45:03.210 14. Nobuatsu Aoki (Japan) Proton 45:05.125 15. Kenny Roberts (U.S.) Suzuki 45:06.645 16. Andrew Pitt (Australia) Kawasaki 45:09.123 17. Colin Edwards (U.S.) Aprilia 45:25.173 18. Tamaki Serizawa (Japan) Moriwaki 45:30.591 19. David De Gea (Spain) WCM one lap behind .
Garry McCoy (Australia) Kawasaki Did Not Finish . Jeremy McWilliams (Britain) Proton DNF . Chris Burns (Britain) WCM DNF . Troy Bayliss (Australia) Ducati DNF . Carlos Checa (Spain) Yamaha DNF . John Hopkins (Australia) Yamaha DNF . Makoto Tamada (Japan) Honda Disqualified
Leading world championship standings Riders 1. Rossi 282 points 2. Gibernau 224 3. Biaggi 199 4. Capirossi 131 5. Bayliss 112 6. Ukawa 103 7. Hayden 101 8. Checa 93 9. Barros 90 10. Nakano 84
Manufacturers 1. Honda 320 2. Ducati 179 3. Yamaha 143 4. Aprilia 67 5. Proton KR 29
250cc Race distance: 23 laps. 110.423 kilometres 1. Toni Elias (Spain) Aprilia 43:57.125 2. Roberto Rolfo (Italy) Honda 43:58.608 3. Manuel Poggiali (San Marino) Aprilia 43:59.284 4. Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 44:03.143 5. Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) Honda 44:03.288 6. Randy de Puniet (France) Aprilia 44:17.532 7. Naoki Matsudo (Japan) Yamaha 44:23.063 8. Fonsi Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 44:25.542 9. Alex Debon (Spain) Honda 44:36.929 10. Choujan Kameya (Japan) Honda 44:37.044
Leading world championship standings: Riders 1. Poggalia 206 points 2. Rolfo 188 3. De Puniet 176 4. Elias 172 5. Fonsi Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 151
Manufacturers 1. Aprilia 320 2. Honda 204 3. Yamaha 95
125cc Race distance: 21 laps. 100.821 kilometres 1. Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 41:54.483 2. Casey Stoner (Australia) Aprilia 41:54.647 3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 41:54.787 4. Stefano Perugini (Italy) Aprilia 41:57.214 5. Steve Jenkner (Germany) Aprilia 41:57.453 6. Daniel Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 41:57.698 7. Mika Kallio (Finland) KTM 41:57.747 8. Pablo Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 42:03.683 9. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Aprilia 42:07.499 10. Thomas Luthi (Switzerland) Honda 42:07.678
Leading world championship standings: Riders 1. Pedrosa 198 points 2. Perugini 159 3. De Angelis 147 4. Dovizioso 146 5. Nieto 132
Manufacturers 1. Aprilia 292 2. Honda 228 3. Derbi 50 4. KTM 46 5. Malaguti 7
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