Moto2: Lorenzo wins thrilling Spanish GP

The Spaniard, fellow countryman Alvaro Bautista and Italian Andrea Dovizioso put on an amazing show for most of the race by not only overtaking each other plenty of times, but also by reaching the end of the straight three abreast for many laps, with the men in first and third position swapping places under braking.

With three laps to go, however, Lorenzo managed to get a bit of a gap on the other two, and while Bautista managed to close it by the last turn of the last lap, it wasn't nearly enough. At the flag Lorenzo, Bautista and Dovizioso in that order were separated by less than half a second.

"Victory was very tough because of Bautista and Dovizioso," Lorenzo commented to Italia1. "The bike wasn't as fast as in qualifying."

Dovizioso wasn't completely pleased with his third place: "I'm happy for the podium and for the pace we had in the race, as it was crazy. We were super fast and I had my fastest lap on the last lap. I'm happy but third place doesn't satisfy me."

Alex de Angelis finished in fourth place some seven seconds behind the leading trio, after having momentarily closed the gap with four laps to go, when the top three were still fighting turn after turn.

Alex Debon took fifth place with the two Aoyamas, Hiroshi and Shuhei, in sixth and seventh respectively.

Fabrizio Lai incurred in a jump start penalty, while Marco Simoncelli fell on the second turn of the first lap.

Thomas Luthi parked his bike in the gravel at the end of the straight on the eighth lap in what looked like a mechanical problem.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Rider             Make      Time
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Aprilia   45:35.846   
 2.  Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia   +   0.218
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     +   0.478
 4.  Alex de Angelis   Aprilia   +   8.156
 5.  Alex Debon        Aprilia   +  14.747
 6.  Hiroshi Aoyama    KTM       +  15.045
 7.  Shuhei Aoyama     Honda     +  17.918
 8.  Yuki Takahashi    Honda     +  28.438
 9.  Anthony West      Aprilia   +  39.435
10.  Dirk Heidolf      Aprilia   +1:02.689
11.  Fabrizio Lai      Aprilia   +1:06.813
12.  R.Wilairot        Honda     +1:07.166
13.  Alex Baldolini    Aprilia   +1:07.371
14.  Eugene Laverty    Honda     +1:11.793
15.  Karel Abraham     Aprilia   +1:13.898
16.  Jules Cluzel      Aprilia   +1:32.684
17.  Taro Sekiguchi    Aprilia   +1:33.041
18.  Imre Toth         Aprilia   +   1 lap

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider             Make      On Lap
     Mika Kallio       KTM         18
     Hector Barbera    Aprilia     15
     Julian Simon      Honda       12
     Aleix Espargaro   Aprilia     10
     Arturo Tizon      Aprilia      9 
     Thomas Luthi      Aprilia      6 
     Alvaro Molina     Aprilia      2 
     S.Barragan        Honda        0 
     Marco Simoncelli  Gilera       0 
    
Fastest Lap: Alex de Angelis, 1:44.295 on lap 4