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MotoGP: Pedrosa wins, Lorenzo crashes out

Updated on: 12 November,2012 09:09 AM IST  | 
AFP |

Dani Pedrosa won an incident-packed Valencia MotoGP here yesterday at the closing Grand Prix of the season and the last race of Casey Stoner's career

MotoGP: Pedrosa wins, Lorenzo crashes out

Pedrosa, who started from pole on his Honda, was followed across the line by Yamaha’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga with Stoner, competing for the final time before retirement, in third.



Dani Pedrosa


Jorge Lorenzo, who clinched the world title last month, crashed out with 17 laps remaining. In tricky conditions, tyre selection was essential, with some of the riders starting on slicks and others on wet. Pedrosa managed to avoid any mishaps to clinch his seventh win of the season to end up with 332 points in the riders standings, in second behind Lorenzo on 350, with Stoner bowing out in third place on 254 points.


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