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Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi made the most interesting race for all. Starting from second position (while the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo first and Casey Stoner third); The Doctor made finally our expectation of high competitive race - become real. Rossi finished the race as the winner with very slightly distance over Lorenzo at the last corner. The distance was so close at 0.095 seconds. Casey Stoner was in the third position with wide distance behind The Doctor at 8.884 seconds.

The most interesting race for all has been made by Rossi and his teammate Lorenzo. Starting from pole position, the Spaniard was the leader until Rossi took over at the third laps, but Lorenzo took it back at the 13th laps. Then Rossi took it again at the last three laps. The two Yamaha Fiat’s riders made spectacular race after taking over each others twice in the last two laps. Finally Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi took it champion after taking over Lorenzo at the last corner ahead the finish line. Rossi one and Lorenzo two.

The Aussi Stoner never touched the Yamaha’s duo after making a wide distance between him and Lorenzo at the 12th laps and even wider until the finish line.

The race will be more interesting (maybe the most interesting) at the next round at Assen, Netherlands. The three riders have the same as high as 106 points. The two world champions and one young gun will show their best! More photos and riders quotes after the jump.

Valentino “The Doctor” Rossi  and the Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo were so close at Catalunya GP. Spectacular race!

Valentino Rossi - 1st

“As we say in Italy, “Mamma Mia!” I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. Maybe Laguna last year was more important but this was a great, great victory because it went to the very last corner and it’s a long time since that has happened. I have dreamed about that move for the last two weeks and today it worked and I am so happy to have this 99th win. We did a perfect job all weekend and my M1 and Bridgestone tyres were brilliant, but we knew that Lorenzo was in the same situation and for sure he was very strong today. I had to be very brave and take it right to the limit in order to beat him. This victory today is more important than the 25 points and anyway now we all have the same, what a championship this is! As well as thanking my team, I especially want to dedicate this win to my Crew Chief Jeremy Burgess because his mother sadly died yesterday. I have to say thank you to her and to him because without him, for sure, I would never have arrived at 99 wins. Now I am going to go to sleep for quite a long time because I need to recover from this excitement!”

Jorge Lorenzo – 2nd

“This was an incredible battle today and a brilliant show for everyone, I am happy to have been a part of it. Of course I am sad to have lost because I put my heart on my bike and in my career I am more used to winning these last-lap fights, but today Valentino was maybe a little bit cleverer or a little bit braver than me at the very end and he was able to beat me. In fact during that last lap, after I passed him, I expected him to pass me back on the brakes much earlier but he didn’t come, and then I just didn’t close the line enough on the final corner and that was it. I am proud however because I am young and I still have a lot to learn in this class. My team have worked so well all weekend so thanks to them, if we can continue as strongly as this all season then who knows what can happen?”

Casey Stoner - 3rd

“I haven’t felt in great shape all weekend – I wasn’t ill but I wasn’t quite myself. Then last night I couldn’t sleep, I probably got a couple of hours at the most, and after just a couple of laps this morning I was destroyed. I decided to race myself, basically, and bring home as many points as I could manage but my bike was fantastic and that is why I was able to ride it to a really valuable podium. The team did a perfect job after the warm-up and if I wasn’t so ill, I think I could have stayed with Valentino and Jorge until the end, although I’m not saying I could have beaten them. I started to suffer from really strong cramps and I could barely ride – I was falling over the front of the bike in the hard-braking areas and I was struggling to keep my concentration. I thought about stopping but decided to just back off for a while and try to hang on for a top ten. The bike was so good that I was able to keep up a decent pace and hold off Dovizioso. Tonight I’ll try to get plenty of rest and recover my strength for the test tomorrow because this is an important period in the championship and we need to test. After that it’s Assen and I’m already looking forward to it.”

Catalunya GP Race Results

1 V. ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 43′11.897
2 J. LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team + 0.095
3 C. STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team + 8.884
4 A. DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team + 8.936
5 L. CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 19.831
6 D. PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team + 22.182
7 C. EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 23.547
8 R. DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP + 25.265
9 M. KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing + 31.797
10 N. HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team + 33.593
11 C. VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 36.683
12 A. DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini + 36.874
13 J. TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 39.433
14 M. MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team + 44.788
15 S. GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando + 46.754
16 N. CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing + 55.873
17 G. TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP + 1′27.640

Not classified
T. ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 16 Lap
Not finished 1st lap
Y. TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP

 World Championship Results

1 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 106
2 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 106
3 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 106
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team 69
5 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team 67
6 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 54
7 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team 50
8 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 49
9 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 42
10 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 42
11 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 29
12 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing 26
13 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 25
14 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 23
15 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team 19
16 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing 10
17 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando 9
18 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP

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