Alvaro crashed out of the Czech GP at Brno today in the last corner after he had just passed Simoncelli for 11th place. But despite that crash he did a great race until that point. Without having qualified yesterday he started the race from last position on the grid and fell back about two seconds in the early stages. But after only a few laps he started to constantly go laptimes quicker than everyone in front of him up to 8th position. And this is after having only one full practice session overall and while riding in pain. With several other riders crashing out he’d still been able to rake in some points while going calmly at the back of the field, but instead he decided to fight for the Top 10 positions. He passed several riders on his way up to 12th positions and had Simoncelli, who was going slower than everyone behind him for most of the time, firmly in his sight in the last lap. He passed him in the last lap for 11th, but then crashed out. He doesn’t seem to have aggravated his injuries in the crash, he got up immediately afterwards and was more angry with himself than anything else and he should be okay for Indianapolis in two weeks time.
In any case, despite the final result it’s been a very spirited race by Alvaro and a joy to watch his progress.
Pos. Rider Team Km/h Time/Gap
1 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 164.4 43’22.638
2 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 164.1 +5.494
3 Casey STONER Ducati Team 163.7 +11.426
4 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 163.6 +13.723
5 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 163.3 +17.930
6 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 162.7 +26.815
7 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 162.3 +33.396
8 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 162.0 +39.406
9 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 162.0 +39.639
10 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 161.9 +40.893
11 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 161.8 +42.032
12 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 161.5 +47.091
13 Alex DE ANGELIS Interwetten Honda MotoGP 161.2 +51.368
Not Classified
Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 161.8 1 Lap
Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 160.9 15 Laps
Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 149.7 16 Laps
Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 151.5 21 Laps
GREAT RIDE FROM BAUTISTA DESPITE STARTING FROM LAST SPOT DUE TO MISSING QUALIFICATION BECAUSE OF CRASH.IT WAS A GREAT RACE BECAUSE HE DID REALLY WELL ON LAST LAP.I LOVE U BAUTISTA AND I WANT U TO BECOME A MUSLIM.ISLAM IS A GREAT RELIGION.GOOD LUCK BATI.