Moto2: Lorenzo dominates Catalunya

The reigning champion was only headed for a few yards - as Thomas Luthi shot through from fifth to the lead off the line, before Lorenzo swept around outside and moved back ahead at the first corner.

Andrea Dovizioso soon pushed Luthi down to third and managed to stay on Lorenzo's tail in the opening laps. They were then joined by Alex de Angelis, who had picked his way through from sixth.

De Angelis managed to take second from Dovizioso but had no answer to Lorenzo's pace, as the Spaniard edged away to win by 3.2 seconds.

"It's a dream for me because winning at home is especially amazing," said Lorenzo, who now leads Dovizioso by 36 points.

"Alex de Angelis was amazingly fast. I thought the pace of the race would be slower, but it wasn't and I struggled so much. This is my fifth victory in seven races this season, and I have to be very, very happy."

Dovizioso and Luthi took lonely third and fourth places as the front of the field spread out. Luthi had started to come under pressure from wild card rider Alex Debon at half-distance, but the home rider crashed at Turn 5 on the 18th lap and dropped to 16th.

Two of Lorenzo's usual rivals took themselves out of contention for victory with dreadful starts, as front row qualifier Hector Barbera and Mugello winner Alvaro Bautista tumbled to 13th and 11th.

They soon worked their way to the head of the midfield pack and then closed in on fifth-placed Mika Kallio, taking Hiroshi Aoyama with them. Bautista managed to get ahead of Kallio in the final laps, but Barbera's pace faded and he fell to eighth behind Aoyama.

Classified:

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Aprilia  40:51.620
 2.  Alex de Angelis   Aprilia  +   3.194
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda    +  10.596
 4.  Thomas Luthi      Aprilia  +  17.100
 5.  Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia  +  20.298
 6.  Mika Kallio       KTM      +  20.566
 7.  Hiroshi Aoyama    KTM      +  20.615
 8.  Hector Barbera    Aprilia  +  23.584
 9.  Marco Simoncelli  Gilera   +  36.703
10.  Julian Simon      Honda    +  36.767
11.  Shuhei Aoyama     Honda    +  39.592
12.  R.Locatelli       Gilera   +  48.028
13.  Jules Cluzel      Aprilia  +1:07.085
14.  Karel Abraham     Aprilia  +1:11.868
15.  Taro Sekiguchi    Aprilia  +1:17.387
16.  Alex Debon        Aprilia  +1:19.654
17.  R.Wilairot        Honda    +1:19.822
18.  Alex Baldolini    Aprilia  +1:23.243
19.  Eugene Laverty    Honda    +1:35.553
20.  Aleix Espargaro   Aprilia  +1:42.529
21.  Anthony West      Aprilia  +1:55.832
22.  Imre Toth         Aprilia  +   1 lap
23.  Alvaro Molina     Aprilia  +   1 lap

Not classified:

     Yuki Takahashi    Honda    22
     Dirk Heidolf      Aprilia  15
     Fabrizio Lai      Aprilia  11
     Arturo Tizon      Aprilia   0