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From our LIVE page,
unedited transcript of how we called proceedings - Start from the
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- 1405 - Lorenzo takes the
win by 9-thousandths of a second as De Angelis just missed
out on getting him at the line. Hiroshi Aoyama took
the final podium position ahead of Dovizioso and S Aoyama,
Barbera 6th, Locatelli 7th, Smrz 8th, West 9th, Simoncelli
10th, Heidolf 11th then it was Cluzel, Poggiali,
Perren, Espargaro and Ballerini
- 1404 - Lorenzo had blitzed
everyone in qualifying and looked sure to run away with this
race but De Angelis was making him work hard for it... Right
on him on the last lap...
- 1403 - Westy up to ninth
now after edging past Simoncelli, eighth place certainly
looked out of his reach however as there was a huge gap
forward to Smrz in that position.
- 1359 - Westy had bridged
the gap to ninth placed Simoncelli with four laps to go and
started to challenge the Gilera man for that position
- 1357 - Lorenzo pulled away
a little on lap 19 but De Angelis pulled a little ground
back again on lap 20 to close within striking distance again
- 1352 - De Angelis was the
quickest man on the circuit on lap 17 and started to
challenge Lorenzo. Both men Aprilia mounted, the hard pull
up to enjoyed by the Aprilia men proving valuable at this
fast and flowing circuit. Lorenzo has set the fastest speed
thus far in this race with 277kph
- 1350 - De Angelis
continued to shadow Lorenzo as the laps wore on.
Aoyama and Dovizioso were 1.7 seconds behind that leading
pair with 10 laps to run. Anthony West was in a clear
tenth place with a big gap to make up if he was to claim
ninth but at the same time was along way ahead of 11th
placed Heidolf
- 1344 - De Angelis pulled
back 3-tenths of a second as they broached the halfway point
of the race to close within a couple of bike lengths of
Lorenzo. The pair had started to pull away from Dovizioso
and Aoyama as that pair tussled for third
- 1343 - Lorenzo stretched
his advantage out to half a second in just one lap after
taking the lead but De Angelis was trying hard to bridge the
gap and pulling back a little ground on Lorenzo in some
corners
- 1341 - De Angelis is
managing to keep his nose in front but only just as
Dovizioso, Lorenzo and Aoyama joust between themselves for
position. The quartet went down the main straight
virtually line abreast on lap 10. They maintained
station through turn one but the next lap around Lorenzo
slingshotted from fourth to the race lead and by turn four
had built himself a buffer amounting to a few bike
lengths.... He was looking to break away and had the hammer
down
- 1333 - That leading
quartet were carrying much more speed than the rest of the
field and with 20 laps to run already they were 7 seconds
ahead of fifth placed Locatelli
- 1329 - De Angelis led from
Dovizioso in the opening laps with Lorenzo and H Aoyama
trying to stay in touch also. Guintoli crashed out of the
race but was okay
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