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Second Victory For Pedrosa, Stoner Fourth

It was more than a great weekend for the Repsol Honda Team, having completed the second race in the United States with another fantastic performance at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix.

Spain's Dani Pedrosa took pole position, recorded a new circuit lap and also won the race in an incredible weekend, claiming his second victory of this season. It is also his second win at the Brickyard and 40th career victory in the World Championship in all three classes.

The Spaniard crossed the finish line 10.8 seconds ahead of his fellow compatriot Jorge Lorenzo and Italian Andrea Dovizioso. His Australian Repsol Honda team mate Casey Stoner celebrated, considering his physical condition, a magnificent fourth position. The reigning World Champion overcame incredible pain caused by his injury to the right ankle sustained during yesterday's qualifying session crash.

Dani Pedrosa
"I'm extremely happy with this win and I really want to congratulate the whole team for the great job they've done this weekend, the bike worked perfectly. It was difficult at the beginning of the race because the pace was very strong from the start. I got past Ben Spies, but I kept calm because I knew I had the pace today to fight for the victory. When I took the lead, I put in some very strong laps to build up a gap and then I made a mistake in turn 2 going into neutral and Jorge reduced the gap by 1 second. But I was able to get back on my pace and ride comfortably to the end, where I think Jorge struggled a little with the soft rear tyre. We managed to take our second win of the season and every point is important. I want to also congratulate Casey for his result; he did a superb race in his condition and I am sure he will be strong again in Brno."

Casey Stoner
"I'm definitely disappointed with how the weekend went. We had a strong start on Friday morning and then had a few issues Friday afternoon in FP2. We showed that we certainly had the pace for pole position and fight for the win but unfortunately I had a huge crash in qualifying. The injuries I sustained from the crash made things very difficult for us and we lost precious track time to work on the set up. This morning in warm up I was just getting comfortable on the bike and trying to get a feel for everything rather than working on set up. The race was equally as difficult, we had a rough start and got pushed back some positions and had to fight our way back through. As soon as we did, unluckily Ben had a bike failure and I found myself in the middle of the smoke, unsure where I was going and what I might hit and we lost positions again. At the end of the race it was almost impossible to maintain the pace. The painkillers I took to dull the pain gradually wore off at around the halfway point and as I was compensating for my injury with the other side of my body, I simply had no energy left. It was frustrating to give up the podium position to Andrea but we did everything we could and at least I was able to ride and take some points."

Press release courtesy of Repsol Honda Team.

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