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MotoGP
Last Saturday, saw the IVECO TT at Assen, in the Netherlands, and the seventh event in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship, with a first MotoGP victory for Yamaha Factory Racing's Ben Spies, who came home first with an eventual 7.7second lead over next placed Casey Stoner, whose Repsol Honda team-mate, Andrea Dovizioso finished third.
Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo's hopes of catching the current points leader Stoner, were dashed due to a lap-one crash involving Marco Simoncelli, San Carlo Honda Gresini, leaving the Yamaha Factory Racing rider furious at Simoncelli's alleged failure to be conscious of "the risks there are in this category, with this bike and these tyres." The collision appearing to be due to over-exuberance with still cold tyres.
Stoner has 136 points after the Netherlands event, Lorenzo 108, and Dovizioso, 99. Valentino Rossi, with Ducati, is fourth on 81, ten points ahead of fellow Ducati rider, Nicky Hayden.
This Sunday, 3rd July, event number eight of 2011, and the GRAN PREMIO d'ITALIA TIM, at Mugello. In last year's Mugello race, Dani Pedrosa won, followed by Jorge Lorenzo in second place, and Andrea Dovizioso, third. Repsol Honda's Pedrosa, side-lined since Le Mans, is hoped to have recovered sufficiently from injuries sustained there, to turn out at Mugello, hoping to rebuild his Championship points, from 61 as presently.
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