If you were expecting a duel between Jorge Lorenzo and the rest of the aliens minus one at Assen, you can forget it, because the Fiat Yamaha rider got off the starting line never looking back until he crossed the finish line and taking his fourth win of the season.
Dani Pedrosa qualified only seventh, but as usual the Repsol Honda rider had a rocket start and at the first turn was already third behind Ben Spies, who ran second for several laps keeping Pedrosa at bay, until the Spaniard executed a perfect pass between the Mandeveen e Duikersloot and starting chasing after Lorenzo.
Pedrosa was able to close the lead at one point, but when the race entered the twelfth lap Lorenzo poured on the speed with his hard tire making the difference.
Pedrosa would finish second and 2.
935s behind his fellow countryman.
Casey Stoner was able to reach the two front runners and he was only 0.
6s from Lorenzo, but his medium tires started to fade and out came his arm pump problems that further handicapped him, but it was a third place podium for the Australian and his first podium of the season and his last one was in October 2009 at Sepang.
Ben Spies took fourth place after fading to fifth and finding himself battling with Andrea Dovizioso, but the Texas Terror was able to retake the spot.
Andrea Dovizioso and Randy DePuniet exchanged the fifth and sixth spot in the final laps with the Frenchman who had qualified second, but found himself in seventh after a bad start, ran wide in the last lap letting the Repsol Honda rider through to take the fifth spot.
Nicky Hayden also had a horrible start, that conditioned him for most of the race.
The Ducati factory finished the race in seventh followed by Colin Edwards and Marco Simoncelli and Aleix Espargaro closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Assen Race Results:01- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 26 laps in 41′18.
62902- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 2.
93503- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 7.
02204- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 13.
26505- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 15.
32306- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 15.
77207- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 25.
86708- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 28.
99109- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 35.
65810- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 35.
83711- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 56.
76912- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 56.
89013- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1′00.
61514- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1′08.
07415- Kousuke Akiyoshi – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – a 1 giro
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