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MotoGP
2005 - Round 16 - Turkey 250cc Race Report October 23rd, 2005 |
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MotoGP
2005 - Round 16 - Turkey 250cc Race Report October 23rd, 2005 |
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Alex De Angelis took the first ever 250cc pole position at the new Turkish circuit to mark his second pole of the year and the fifth time in succession where has started from the front row. If Casey Stoner can bounce back from the huge disappointment he suffered last week at Phillip Island he will become the first Australian rider to take five 250cc victories in a single season. Hiroshi Aoyama starts from the front row for the third time this season while Dani Pedrosa rounds out the front row and if the Spanish World Champion goes on to the race victory it would mark his eighth for the season which would be a record for any Spanish rider in a single season. Jorge Lorenzo failed to make the front row for the first time since Portugal but if he manages to take victory he would become the youngest ever winner of a 250cc Grand Prix at 18 years and 172 days. The start of the race was reasonable clean apart from Randy De Puniet ending his race in the gravel trap while Stoner and De Angelis led the way through the first series of turns. A lap later De Puniet's team-mate Sebastien Porto also went down and out of the race to make it a shocking round of the series for the Repsol Aspar squad. Stoner managed to pull away to the tune of half a second over De Angelis during the first few laps as the San Marino was continuing to be hassled from behind by Aoyama, Dovizioso and Pedrosa. By lap seven of the twenty lap race Stoner had built a 1.5 second buffer over his pursuers, the best of which was now Dani Pedrosa who had fought past Aoyama and Dovizioso. Over the next few laps Pedrosa managed to pull the gap to Stoner back to around a second but Stoner responded to the challenge to gain a tenth or two on the world champion to retain his buffer. Pedrosa continued to maintain the pressure however and the Spaniard benefited in backmarker traffic on lap 14 of the 20 lap race to close right onto the tail of the Australian. Pedrosa chased Stoner all the way home but the Australian kept his nerve and took the win by a bike length over the Spaniard. De Angelis was on track for third place but fell at one of the final corners but managed to remount and salvage seventh but his misfortune handed Aoyama the final step on the podium.
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MotoGP Championship
2005
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