Jorge Lorenzo Extends Lead At Mugello

Jorge Lorenzo
put himself closer to the MotoGP championship at the
Mugello Circuit in Italy, winning the race and breaking away from
Dani Pedrosa
and Casey Stoner
in the points total.
Pedrosa has been on fire since winning his first Grand Prix of the
season in Germany, and he kept up his blistering pace at Mugello.
Pedrosa had the fastest lap of the day on the tenth lap of the
race, and was just under a second behind Lorenzo for the first half
of the proceedings.
Yet Pedrosa couldn't ultimately keep up with his fellow Spaniard,
as little by little Lorenzo increased his lead until he was safely
out in front.
Meanwhile, it was the second poor race in a row for Casey Stoner,
who surrendered his joint points-lead with Lorenzo after crashing
in Germany. Stoner was the only rider on the track to go with hard
sport bike tires, and it appears to have cost him. Stoner wasn't
near the front for most of the day, and eventually hit a gravel
trap that dropped him to twelfth. He worked his way back to eighth,
but has now fallen far behind Lorenzo in the point standings, where
he has been surpassed for second by Pedrosa.