Voir 2010 MotoGP Highlights - Episode 2

The first European race at the Jerez circuit saw close racing, daring overtakes, and a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat battle for Spanish supremacy. Pole holder Dani Pedrosa had a second-and-a-half lead ahead of Rossi at the midway point of the race, with Lorenzo a further two seconds back, but the Spaniard soon overtook Rossi before turning his focus to hunting down Pedrosa, from where a superb duel developed between the two Spaniards. With two laps to go Lorenzo caught up with the factory Honda rider and made his move to pass, but Pedrosa held his line and the two almost touched as the excitement continued to increase. And so it came down to the last lap and as Pedrosa pushed it wide at the Dry Sack corner Lorenzo swept through to assume the lead, which he held to ensure he received his reward for a fantastic ride. Crossing the line the Fiat Yamaha rider was 0.543s ahead of Pedrosa, with Rossi placing third to complete the podium. In Moto2 Toni Elías won a condensed, action-packed 17-lap contest ahead of Shoya Tomizawa and Thomas Lüthi after the original race was red flagged due to a big crash on the opening lap. In 125cc Pol Espargaró sent the home fans into celebratory jubilations as he led an all-Spanish 125cc podium at Jerez, after pole position holder and strong favourite Marc Márquez crashed out.