Lorenzo takes advantage of mistakes, wins at Indy
August 30, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo has won his first Indianapolis MotoGPtitle, beating San Marino’s Alex de Angelis by 9.435 seconds.
Lorenzo was among the fastest riders this weekend, but early mistakes by histwo top rivals made things much easier.
Pole winner Dani Pedrosa went too low through into a corner on the fourthlap Sunday, lost his balance and his bike and skidded across the track. TheSpaniard finished 10th.
Five laps later, Lorenzo’s teammate, Valentino Rossi of Italy, made asimilar error. He also went too low through a corner, lost his balance, slidingacross the track and into the grass. Rossi later parked in the pits. It’s thefirst time the six-time world champ did not finish a race since Valencia in2007.
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