Valentino Rossi put his mark on the 2009 World Championship, took his 102th win and a 50th point lead at Brno on his direct and closest rival and teammate Jorge Lorenzo.

Rossi led the race almost unchallenged from the begining until Lorenzo caught up with him and on the sixth lap and overtook the Italian at turn 3, Rossi followed Lorenzo for a lap and at the same turn went in to pass him and Lorenzo in response to Rossi’s pass took the wide line, lost his front and crashed out leaving Rossi to cruise to the finish line uncontested.

Second place went to Dani Pedrosa and third to Toni Elias who battled it out with Andrea Dovizioso, who had a couple of wild saves and had to settle for fourth.

Loris Capirossi rode to fifth for Suzuki, just 0.12sec behind Dovizioso, while Nicky Hayden took a solid sixth place.

Colin Edwards was seventh, Alex de Angelis and James Toseland were eighth and ninth, while Randy de Puniet took tenth riding with a broken ankle with seven screws in it.

Chris Vermeulen, Niccolò Canepa and Gabor Talmacsi were 11th, 12th and 13th respectively.

DNF’s included Michel Fabrizio subbing for Mika Kallio in Pramac Ducati pulled out on lap 6 due to arm problems that have been hampering him all this weekend that he picked up in a Superbike crash.

On the penultimate lap, Melandri passed Kallio but the Finn went in too hot and slammed into Melandri’s Hayate, taking them both down, with an angry Kallio taking it out on the innocent Italian.

Brno Race Results:

Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap

1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 43m08.991s
2. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 11.766s
3. Toni Elias Gresini Honda + 20.756s
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 21.418s
5. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 21.538s
6. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 25.544s
7. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 25.676s
8. Alex de Angelis Gresini Honda + 34.109s
9. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 35.617s
10. Randy de Puniet LCR Honda + 39.824s
11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 40.776s
12. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Ducati + 50.661s
13. Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda + 59.188s

DNF’s:

Mika Kallio Ducati 20 laps
Marco Melandri Hayate 20 laps
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 17 laps
Michel Fabrizio Pramac Ducati 5 laps

Championship Standings after round 11:

1 Valentino ROSSI 212
2 Jorge LORENZO 162
3 Casey STONER 150
4 Dani PEDROSA 135
5 Colin EDWARDS 112
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO 107
7 Randy DE PUNIET 80
8 Marco MELANDRI 79
9 Loris CAPIROSSI 77
10 Chris VERMEULEN 72
11 Alex DE ANGELIS 68
12 Toni ELIAS 63
13 James TOSELAND 62
14 Nicky HAYDEN 57
15 Mika KALLIO 34
16 Niccolo CANEPA 32
17 Sete GIBERNAU 12
18 Yuki TAKAHASHI 9
19 Gabor TALMACSI 8

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