Dani Pedrosa got off to a blistering start at the US MotoGP and held on to his lead to win the race.

For much of the race he maintained a couple of seconds lead over Valentino Rossi who got close enough on the final turn to make a lunge, but it wasn’t enough and Pedrosa took Honda’s first MotoGP victory since the 2008 Catalunya MotoGP.

Jorge Lorenzo put up a strong race and made a bold move on Rossi for second place, almost losing control of his bike in the process – Lorenzo managed to keep his bike on track but ran wide and Rossi regained his position.

Casey Stoner managed 4th place in a clearly exhausting race for him and Nicky Hayden posted his best result on a Ducati by finishing 5th.

There were 4 crashes, and James Toseland was black-flagged for missing a penalty pit lane ride-through after he was deemed to have made a jump start.

Pos  Rider             Bike               Time/Gap
1.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda            44m01.580s
2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha           +   0.344s
3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha           +   1.926s
4.  Casey Stoner      Ducati           +  12.432s
5.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati           +  21.663s
6.  Toni Elias        Gresini Honda    +  22.041s
7.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha    +  30.201s
8.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki           +  32.857s
9.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda        +  40.325s
10.  Marco Melandri    Hayate Kawasaki  +  48.028s
11.  Alex de Angelis   Gresini Honda    +  48.810s
12.  Niccolo Canepa    Pramac Ducati    +1m18.531s

DNF:

     Andrea Dovizioso  Honda                6 laps
     Sete Gibernau     Hernando Ducati      6 laps
     Loris Capirossi   Suzuki               3 laps
     Gabor Talmacsi    Scot Honda           3 laps
     James Toseland    Tech 3 Yamaha           DSQ

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