Race Result - Rossi Win GP Indianapolis.

Valentino Rossi akhirnya juara untuk pertama kalinya GP di Indianapolis setelah balapan dihentikan di lap 20 (dari 28 lap) akibat kondisi cuaca yang sangat kurang baik (hujan lebat).

Sebelum memenangi seri kali ini, Rossi sebelumnya terus memburu dan menekan jagoan tuan rumah Nicky Hayden dihampir sepanjang balapan (lap 2 hingga 14) tapi kemudian di lap 14 manuver Rossi berhasil melewatinya dan terus menjauh hingga hampir enam detik saat balapan dihentikan akibat bertambahnya guyuran hujan.

Hayden mengunci posisi dua yang merupakan finish terbaiknya musim ini sejak berhasil meraih titel juara dunia tahun 2006 lalu, di akhir-akhir lap Hayden sempat dikuntit oleh rekan satu tim Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, yang mana catatan lapnya lebih cepat dari Hayden dan nampaknya akan dapat melewatinya tapi tidak terwujud karena marshall balapan keburu mengeluarkan bendera merah untuk menghentikan balapan yang sedang berlangsung.

Casey Stoner dan Andrea Dovizioso keduanya sempat memimpin di lap-lap awal sebelum akhirnya tersisih dan mereka bertarung bersama Ben Spies untuk posisi ke-4 yang akhirnya dimenangi oleh Stoner.

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 37min 20.095 secs
2. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 37min 26.067 secs
3. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 37min 27.953 secs
4. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 37min 48.257 secs
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 37min 48.919 secs
6. Ben Spies USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 37min 49.740 secs
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 37min 56.318 secs
8. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (B) 37min 57.353 secs
9. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 37min 58.537 secs
10. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 38min 2.532 secs
11. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 38min 7.274 secs
12. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 38min 16.057 secs
13. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 38min 17.461 secs
14. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 38min 18.448 secs
15. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 38min 20.708 secs
16. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 38min 25.715 secs
17. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 38min 25.949 secs
18. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 38min 28.063 secs
19. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 38min 41.118 secs

Lorenzo rules out fighting for title.

Jorge Lorenzo says he is out of the running for the MotoGP championship this season after crashing at Mugello last weekend.

The Spanish rookie now lies 28 points behind his Fiat Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi in the standings, and 16 points behind his countryman, Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa, going into this weekend's Catalunya Grand Prix at Barcelona.

"We crashed at Mugello and that's very disappointing, but we can't change the past," Lorenzo told MotoGP.com. "Now we have to look to the future and lift our motivation and the results will return.

"We had some options to go for the championship but with the crash, we are out of the possibilities to win the championship. We have to concentrate every race to have fun and entertain all the people."

Lorenzo admitted he struggled with the bike throughout the weekend at Mugello, but put the disappointment out of his mind quickly with the race at Barcelona just a week later.

"We struggled a lot throughout the Friday and Saturday and didn't have a good set-up. The bike was moving a lot and pushing at the front, and I knew I had more possibilities to crash and in the end it happened.

"But two hours after the race I had forgotten about it and I was only thinking about Catalunya. It's nice that there was only one week between this race and the last one."

By Steven English

Rossi to run special livery in Catalunya.

Following a special helmet design at his home Italian Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi's YZR-M1 will carry a one-off livery for this weekend's Catalan Grand Prix in celebration of the European Football Championships, which begin on Sunday.

The MotoGP World Championship leader's Fiat Yamaha has been specially painted in the style of the shirts of the Italian national team, the 'Azzurri', ahead of their opening game against Holland on Monday.

Rossi will also wear leathers designed in the same vein and even his famous number 46 has undergone a change for the weekend.

"Yes we have different colours on the bike because Fiat want to show [support] for the Italian football team," said Rossi. "The European championship starts on Saturday but Italy plays on Monday. I like the bike; it is blue like the Italian jersey. It is quite good."

The livery will be officially unveiled on Friday morning at the Montmelo circuit.

source: crash.net