Dani Pedrosa, who was start from 5th position, gains another victory in Indianapolis circuit yesterday. His decision to choose hard rear is proven to be right.

“This was the most difficult race for everyone. The conditions were very hard because of the heat and the asphalt was very greasy. Spies was very strong but I had a good rhytm and I could make up the gap and was able to escape. I had a fast bike on the straight and I had a good feeling in the corners. In the race I didn’t use the softer compound rear because my bike generates too much tyre temperatur so after a few laps I start to lose stability into the corners, so I choose the harder one. It as hard to concetrate at the end and I am very tired but happy.”

Results :

1. Dani Pedrosa
2. Ben Spies
3. Jorge Lorenzo
4. Valentino Rossi
5. Andre Dovizioso
6. Nicky Hayden
7. Simoncelli
8. Bautista
9. Espargaro
10. Loris Capirossi
11. Barbera
12. Aoyama
13. Randy de Puniet

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Dani, however, remained positive.
As quoted by MotoGP.com, he said:

“The one thing we can do now is to remember that we were having a good race until this moment, and we were leading the race – this is what I want to take from the weekend,” he stated. “You cannot sit there with your arms crossed thinking about what could have been. For the whole weekend me and the team were working well and we put ourselves in a winning position. It hasn’t worked out for us but
we’ll come back fighting at the next one.”

Pedrosa is still second on the world championship standings.
Results under the cut.

Laguna Seca Grand Prix
1. Lorenzo
2. Stoner
3. Rossi
4. Dovizioso
5. Hayden
6. Spies
7. Edwards
8. Melandri
9. Kallio
10. Capirossi
11. Hayden
12. De Angelis

Other notable result is Valentino Rossi who had a superb race and finally finished fourth. This is Rossi’s first race after his injury.

Pedrosa is currently second in world championship standings with 138 points. Lorenzo leads with 185 points, and Dovizioso third with 102 points.

Race results under the cut.

1. Pedrosa
2. Lorenzo
3. Stoner
4. Rossi
5. Dovizioso
6. Simoncelli
7. Hayden
8. Spies
9. Barbera
10. Melandri
11. Capirossi
12. De Angelis

Results under the cut.

1. Lorenzo
2. Dovizioso
3. Spies
4. Hayden
5. Stoner
6. De Puniet
7. Simoncelli
8. Pedrosa
9. Edwards
10. Espargaro
11. Barbera
12. Bautista
13. Kallio

DNC: Capirossi and Melandri

Results :
1. Dani Pedrosa 48m 28.066 s
2. Jorge Lorenzo
3. Andrea Dovizioso
4. Casey Stoner
5. Marco Melandri

*Rossi couldn’t compete on this race because of injury*

1. Lorenzo
2. Rossi
3. Dovizioso
4. Hayden
5. Pedrosa
6. Melandri
7. De Puniet
8. Barbera
9. Espargaro
10. Simoncelli
11. Aoyama
12. Edwards
13. Kallio

Pedrosa responded to this results, saying that he is pleased to be able to finish in second position.

“This is a great result compared to Qatar, which was a disaster,” said Pedrosa after an epic duel with Lorenzo. “To finish on the podium here is unbelievable, even though it is disappointing to be beaten with half a lap to go, but I think Lorenzo had a very good race so he deserves the win.”
“I pushed myself to the limit on each lap and I didn’t expect to be at the front for so long, so second place is a good position,” he added

More here.

Complete results is under the cut.

1. Lorenzo
2. Pedrosa
3. Rossi
4. Hayden
5. Stoner
6. Dovizioso
7. Kallio
8. Melandri
9. DePuniet
10. Bautista
11. Simoncelli
12. Edwards
13. Barbera
14. Aoyama
15. Espargaro

DNC:
Spies
Capirossi

“It’s always nice to get pole position and especially here because it is my home race and the support from the fans is amazing, so I’m very happy for them. I really didn’t expect this pole to be honest, but I was pushing very hard so I’m very pleased about it.”

Hope he’ll have a good race.
Qualifying results under the cut.

1. Pedrosa
2. Lorenzo
3. Stoner
4. Rossi
5. Hayden
6. DePuniet
7. Edwards
8. Spies
9. Dovizioso
10. Melandri
11. Capirossi
12. Aoyama
13. Bautista
14. Barbera
15. Espargaro
16. Simoncelli
17. Kallio

Casey Stoner, Alvaro Bautista, Aleix Espargaro, and Mika Kallio are all DNF.

Here’s a response from Pedrosa (Source: MotoGP.com):

“We improved the set-up again today – a little bit in the morning and then a bigger step in the afternoon – and the lap time is coming down which means our position is better than where we have been recently. In the warm-up we will try to optimise the set-up a little more to help us with the race distance and then it’s down to the race where I’ll be looking for a good start of course. In qualifying I felt more comfortable on the hard option Bridgestone tyre which is why I was pushing hard at the start of the session. I wasn’t able to improve with the soft tyre so it looks like we’ll be going with the hard tyre for the race. It was actually a shame this evening because on my last lap I made a mistake and lost some time, and if I hadn’t done that I could have been fourth on the grid. Stoner and Rossi look very strong for the race, but there should be a big group fighting for the final place on the podium and I hope to be in amongst it.”

Qatar Qualifying Results (Saturday, April 10th 2010)
1. Stoner
2. Rossi
3. Lorenzo
4. de Puniet
5. Capirossi
6. Dovizioso
7. Pedrosa
8. Edwards
9. Hayden
10. Aoyama
11. Spies
12. Kallio
13. Bautista
14. Espargaro
15. Simoncelli
16. Barbera
17. Melandri