Stoner eases to Silverstone success

Added on Sunday, June 12th, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Casey Stoner leapt to the top of the MotoGP rider’s standings with another processional victory at in the British Grand Prix.

Starting from pole, the Repsol Honda rider had a lonely race at Silverstone and was rarely troubled, with victory practically assured by Jorge Lorenzo’s crash with just 12 laps remaining.

Stoner was also aided by the retirement of Marco Simoncelli, who crashed out of the race at the half-way stage although in truth, the torrential conditions failed to inject any life into a largely uneventful Grand Prix.

Stoner’s Honda teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, finished in second place, a massive 15.159 seconds behind the race winner, with Tech 3 rider Colin Edwards claiming third place and his first podium since the 2009 British Grand Prix at Donington.

It was a bad day for the Yamaha Factory team, with Lorenzo’s crash coming just moments after Ben Spies also saw his race ended prematurely in a seventh lap crash.

Nicky Hayden and Alvaro Bautista completed the top five with Valentino Rossi finishing sixth on his first outing at Silverstone, after starting on the back row of the grid.

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Casey Stoner	AUS	Repsol Honda	47:53.459
2	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Repsol Honda	+ 15.159
3	Colin Edwards	USA	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	+ 21.480
4	Nicky Hayden	USA	Ducati	+ 26.984
5	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Rizla Suzuki	+ 35.569
6	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Ducati	+ 1:04.526
7	Karel Abraham	CZE	Cardion AB Ducati	+ 1:32.650
8	Toni Elias	SPA	LCR Honda	+ 1:51.938
9	Hiroshi Aoyama	JAP	San Carlo Gresini Honda	+ 1:52.350
10	Loris Capirossi	ITA	Pramac Ducati	+ 2:03.312
11	Hector Barbera	SPA	Aspar Ducati	+ 1 lap
12	Randy de Puniet	FRA	Pramac Ducati	+ 1 lap
DNF	Marco Simoncelli	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Honda	+ 10 laps
DNF	Jorge Lorenzo	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	+ 12 laps
DNF	Ben Spies	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	+ 13 laps