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Dani Pedrosa Dominated 2009 MotoGP Finale

Dani Pedrosa dominated and won 2009 MotoGP season finale in front of his home fans at Valencia as Casey Stoner failed to start after a formation lap crash. Stoner, who had won the last two Car Evolutions and topped every practice session of the weekend in Spain, suffered a high-side on the warm-up lap and retired on the spot, leaving an empty space in pole position.

So it was left to Honda's Pedrosa to make his usual perfect start from the second slot of the grid and immediately open a gap over the rest of the field, led by Gresini Honda's Toni Elias and the Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.


Within four laps the nine-time champion and his team-mate had overtaken Elias, but Pedrosa was already 2.4 seconds up the road. From then on, the gaps between the leading four riders began to increase, with Pedrosa running away and Lorenzo unable to keep up with Rossi's pace. But with 13 laps left in the 30-lap race, with a gap of 2.4 seconds from the Italian, Lorenzo began edging closer and closer to his rival. The gap, however stayed around one second for the last three laps, with Rossi taking second at the flag.

Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) had a fine race to fourth ahead of Nicky Hayden's Ducati, with Elias finishing sixth. But the best impression in the race was probably made by Ben Spies, who in his fourth Car Evolution as a wildcard and his first for Yamaha, finished a brilliant seventh, passing several riders including Honda's Andrea Dovizioso six laps from the end. The Italian thus finished eighth, ahead of Pramac Ducati's Mika Kallio, with Gresini Honda's Alex de Angelis completing the top ten.

Dani Pedrosa Pole Position at US MotoGP

Dani Pedrosa took the pole position on Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP this Sunday evening at Indianapolis by half a second and finished a second faster than Valentino Rossi's existing qualifying record. Pedrosa was the only rider to finish below the 1'40s barrier, lapping at 1'39.730 while Jorge Lorenzo secured second place and Rossi third with his very last lap after pitting to top up his fork oil with just a handful of minutes left.


Valentino Rossi's lap was just good enough to bump Gresini Honda's Alex De Angelis onto the second row of the grid but there was only 11 one-thousandths of a second between the Italian pairing. Monster Yamaha's Colin Edwards ended up fifth despite a crash with ten minutes to go while countryman Nicky Hayden was just behind the Texan by a little over a tenth.

Dani Pedrosa Won 2009 Red Bull US MotoGP

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa made a fine start on US MotoGP at Laguna Seca and held on to his lead and domination to win the Sunday's race. For most of the race Pedrosa maintained a couple of seconds ahead of last year US MotoGP winner Valentino Rossi who got close enough on the final turn to make a lunge. But what Rossi did wasn�t enough and the Spaniard took Honda�s first MotoGP victory since the 2008 Catalunya MotoGP.




Jorge Lorenzo showed a strong performance despite his shoulder injury and made a bold move on teammate Rossi for second spot. He almost lose control of his Yamaha M1 bike, but he managed to keep his bike on track. Lorenzo ran wide though and Rossi regained his second spot behind Dani Pedrosa.

Ducati rider Casey Stoner finished on fourth place in a clearly exhausting race for him and teammate Nicky Hayden recorded his best result on a Ducati by finishing on fifth.

Catalunya GP: Battle of The Spaniards

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo will be one of the hometown heroes drawing off the enthusiasm of the crowd at the Grand Prix of Catalunya in north of Barcelona, Spain next Sunday. This Valentino Rossi�s teammate will race for fans with the other Spainard who won last year's Catalunya GP, Honda�s Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo is in second place at the rider's championship and is just four points off Casey Stoner�s lead (90 points). Pedrosa currently sits in fourth and has vowed to defend his Catalunya victory despite injuries suffered in the previous round.

Dani Pedrosa Saved His First 2009 Pole at Le Mans

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa saved his first pole position of the 2009 MotoGP season after becoming the fastest on French MotoGP qualifying session at Le Mans yesterday. It is Pedrosa's third pole position at Le Mans in four years. Dani Pedrosa was on pole for Repsol Honda in his debut MotoGP season in 2006, and again last year. Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and Ducati's Casey Stoner will start the Grand Prix de France from the front row of the grid at second and third spot.

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Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa

Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vall�s. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is 1.58m (5ft 2in) tall and weighs 51 kg (112.4lbs).

Dani Pedrosa Will Ride at Qatar MotoGP

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa confirms that he will ride at this weekend's Qatar Car Evolution after weeks of doubt over his injured left knee and wrist.

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Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa (born September 29, 1985 in Sabadell, Spain)

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