Dani Pedrosa Wins Czech Grand Prix

Rivals went head to head on the Brno track this weekend, as
Dani Pedrosa
edged out fellow Spaniard Jorge
Lorenzo by less than two tenths of a second.
The two riders took advantage of 2011 champion Casey
Stoner's absence to provide a thrilling show for motorsports fans. They went back and
forth for the entire 22-lap race. Honda's Pedrosa moved ahead about
halfway through the race and held on until the final two laps, when
Yamaha's Lorenzo made his move into first. With only a few corners
left Pedrosa made one final pass, ultimately crossing the finish
line 0.178 seconds ahead of his countryman.
"Today was one of my best races in MotoGP ever, to win with a big
gap is always nice, but to have a battle like today with Jorge,
it's sometimes more rewarding," said Pedrosa.
Brno was the third victory of the year for the Honda rider, who
previously had never finished better than second in MotoGP. The
results cut Lorenzo's lead in the standings over Pedrosa to just 13
points with six races left.
Cal
Crutchlow came in third for the first podium finish of his
MotoGP career. Andrea
Dovizioso and Stefan Bradl
rounded out the top five.