Indianapolis MotoGP Results (spoilers)

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Results below...

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Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   149.0   47'31.615
2   20   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   148.8   +3.575
3   16   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Fiat Yamaha Team   Yamaha   148.7   +6.812
4   13   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Fiat Yamaha Team   Yamaha   148.4   +12.633
5   11   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   147.9   +21.885
6   10   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   147.2   +35.138
7   9   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   147.1   +36.740
8   8   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   147.1   +36.825
9   7   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   146.7   +44.905
10   6   40   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Paginas Amarillas Aspar   Ducati   146.4   +51.368
11   5   65   Loris CAPIROSSI   ITA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   146.2   +55.386
12   4   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Interwetten Honda MotoGP   Honda   146.1   +57.903
13   3   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   145.8   +1'04.139

Not Classified
      36   Mika KALLIO   FIN   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   147.1   10 Laps
      5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   134.2   12 Laps
      27   Casey STONER   AUS   Ducati Team   Ducati   147.3   21 Laps
      33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   143.5   26 Laps

[blueridgerider]

Nice to see Ben get the podium.  Look forward to next year when he's on a Factory ride.

Been a disappointing season for Hayden.  Maybe he's just too big to ride with todays jockey sized boys.  Plus Ducati has had it rough this year and him catching his knee slider did not help.  Hope having Rossi as a teammate will help Rossi is great at bike development and maybe that will help Nicky.

Hated to see Pedrosa win.  I just do not like him or Repsol.  

[garry]

Edwards is having a tough season. Does he have a ride at Tech3 next year?

[Mookie]

Edwards is having a tough season. Does he have a ride at Tech3 next year?

don't think anyone knows what's going to happen with Colin next year.  I think the rumors are leaning towards him staying at Tech 3 next year then retiring rather than going over the WSBK.

[satxbonneville]

Nice to see Ben get the podium.  Look forward to next year when he's on a Factory ride.

Been a disappointing season for Hayden.  Maybe he's just too big to ride with todays jockey sized boys.   

Spies is bigger then Nicky so I don't think that's it.

[blueridgerider]

Spies is bigger then Nicky so I don't think that's it.

Have to admit I did not know that  (of course I guess that's obvious).  I've only seen Spies in interviews alone and he looked small to me.

Just looked up weights.  Pedrosa is freaking 104 pounds.  

[sammyseaman]

Nice to see Ben get the podium.  Look forward to next year when he's on a Factory ride.

Been a disappointing season for Hayden.  Maybe he's just too big to ride with todays jockey sized boys.  Plus Ducati has had it rough this year and him catching his knee slider did not help.  Hope having Rossi as a teammate will help Rossi is great at bike development and maybe that will help Nicky.

Hated to see Pedrosa win.  I just do not like him or Repsol.  

Yep and yep  

[camaroz1985]

Glad to see Ben do so well.  Things are looking good for him, like something just clicked.  The commentators had it right, seems he has figured out how to go fast straight away, and when he figures something out he doesn't forget it.

Like others I don't like Pedrosa (think its because of all the bickering between him and Hayden in '08), so I hated to see him win.  

I like this quote I heard on Eurosport.  After qualifying Rossi says, "Looks like Lorenzo will have his own Jorge to worry about next year."

[phoenix]

Edwards is having a tough season. Does he have a ride at Tech3 next year?

I was reading an article yesterday that mentioned how Colin was friends with Peter Lenz. Was the GP race after Peter's crash? I wonder if Colin was thinking about that.

[MisterSmooth]

...Been a disappointing season for Hayden...hope having Rossi as a teammate will help Rossi is great at bike development and maybe that will help Nicky.

If history is our guide, Rossi will help Nicky until he perceives Nicky as a threat.  Once that happens there will be a wall built in the pits between their two bikes.  

I'm a fan of both guys, so I hope it plays out well.  I'd like to see them both succeed with Ducati.

[Dan K]

Have to admit I did not know that  (of course I guess that's obvious).  I've only seen Spies in interviews alone and he looked small to me.

Just looked up weights.  Pedrosa is freaking 104 pounds.  

Wow, that's got to be a serious advantage considering the effort these guys put in to shave fractions of a pound from their bikes... Next you hear they'll be cutting weight for the races. I wonder if they already are?

- Dan