Pedrosa soars to victory in Spain beating compatriots Marquez and Lorenzo

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain soared to victory at his home grand prix in Jerez, Spain beating fellow Spaniards Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo.

At the start, pole sitter Lorenzo of Yamaha didnt get the perfect start which let Dani Pedrosa to lead into the first corner but reigning world champion Lorenzo immediately launched into action and got ahead of Pedrosa in the next corner to lead the race.

Valentino Rossi on the other Yamaha got a good start as he overtook Crutchlow and Marquez in the opening laps but young Marquez was quick enough to get ahead of Rossi to slot into third.

Pedrosa trailed behind Lorenzo during the initial stages of the race which seemed to be hard and unpredictable on the tires and grip but on lap 6 made the move on his compatriot to grab the lead.

Lorenzo had to face young compatriot Marquez for the rest of the race as Pedrosa was comfortable the lead while Rossi was in a lonely fourth.

Marquez didnt make the race easy for Lorenzo as he made all efforts to get ahead of the world champion but Lorenzo braved defied all attacks. Marquez even went wide and lost few seconds off Lorenzo but gained back within few laps.

As Pedrosa was cruising towards victory the battle was hotting up for 2nd as Marquez was on his heels to get ahead of Lorenzo who denied all effort of his young compatriot. At the last corner of the last lap Marquez made his final plunge while Lorenzo slighly opened a gap.

The historic last corner in Jerez which saw many interesting overtaking moves in the past didnt fail to entertain this time too. Marquez took the inside line as Lorenzo took a wide line into the corner and both riders collided in the process leaving Lorenzo offtrack and Marquez grabbing a valuable 2nd which looked like a repeat of Rossi´s move on Gibernau at the same corner in 2005. Lorenzo managed to cross 3rd ahead of team mate Valentino Rossi in 4th.

Crutchlow, Bautista, Hayden, Dovizioso, Espargaro and Bradley Smith completed the top10. 

Espargaro topped the CRT category.