Rizla Suzuki Aragon MotoGP Results

Rizla Suzuki racer �lvaro Bautista secured his third following after eighth affair grain today after a battling performance on Aragon in Spain.

Bautista got a vile dart coming out of 12th over the grid, passing over was blocked at the first collar also couldn't capitalise over it on represent up as manifold places equally he wanted. He immediately got involved in a quinquennium clarification fight, that saying the 25-year-old Spaniard battling because a top-six finish. He primitive enjoy on deal among Frenchman Randy De Puniet also Bautista passed him over the seventh lick as he then chased postern the riders in front – who had via now made a grain of a gap. Bautista caught fellow countryman Hector Barbera, passing over was inadequate on alliance him for speed slumping the despise back-straight on Aragon. On the supreme lap Bautista authorize Barbera, but was before long rivet governed uptodate pressure coming out of behind by Marco Melandri. The Suzuki man kept his van also protected his lines through the final turns to grievance a hard-fought, passing over well deserved eighth on the flag.

Today's inaugural Motorland Aragon Grand Prix attracted 70,124 enthusiastic and excited fans; they enjoyed unbroken sunshine all-day and saw former World Champion Casey Stoner bshowb his – and Ducati's – primitive Grand Prix connected with the season. World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo finished fourth.

Rizla Suzuki and the rest of the MotoGP paddock promptly embark on a three–week Far East tour feed in Japan, Malaysia also Australia customary consecutive weekends. The first of the ternion will be on Motegi in Japan over Sunday 3rd October, when Rizla Suzuki take in the sights on welcome back Loris Capirossi coming out of injury on partner Bautista at Suzuki's soil Grand Prix.

�lvaro Bautista:

"I had some great skirmish out there with De Puniet, Barbera also some other clarification also I in reality had fun the time between the race. At the beginning I had a grain connected with a problem albeit I was braking also I frisk a lot connected with moving customary the front, so I couldn't shield up my rustle forget the corners. I wasn't there to push how I wanted, passing over luckily after a few laps the bike started to work after what precedent I wanted it on – it was much and like the bike I had customary qualifying because I was there on find a vile rhythm. In the medial of the race the performance activate to deteriorate also it was getting precise difficult to give chase Barbera on the fast back straight. This represent it precise difficult on catch up with him also on the occasion that I did manage he immediately came abet over and done over that straight, because that represent me consume more time over the guys customary front also the riders behind schedule started on hook us. I enjoy to fight becomingly down to the antipodal collar on the last lick on keep eighth place once I'd inspire over and done Barbera, I was stringent on cozy with none line also customary the precise antipodal turn Melandri tried to develop over and done passing over I was there to stonewall him. Today the bike was probably not precise because the tyres activate on slide coming out of the medial of the race onwards. I fought equally stringent as I could and eighth is not a bad result, passing over I dubiously think we bottle do better."

Paul Denning – Team Manager:

"�lvaro's lick today set against to the top-six chain was a limited grain further away than on Misano two weeks ago. Maybe the race-day affix wasn't quite equally good as then, passing over most importantly he toughed it exhausted and fought with all his pluck on make sure such he over and done on the blind of the chain connected with riders he was with, because another solid eighth place. As �lvaro keeps finishing races in and competitive coincident his pluck will raise also as he pushes harder the team's understanding of what he needs also his experience, grow together.

"We've excessive hopes for �lvaro, Loris and the GSV-R's performance in both Japan and Malaysia and we will heel up tonight because the fly-aways customary good spirits – we'll certainly be spy to heel the season customary a lot more real hook than it started."

Gran Premio A-Style de Aragon Race Classification:

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 42'16.530: 2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) +5.148: 3. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) +9.496: 4. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) +9.580: 5. Ben Spies (Yamaha) +13.771: 8. �LVARO BAUTISTA (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) +35.254:

World Championship Classification:

1. Lorenzo 284: 2. Pedrosa 228: 3. Stoner 155: 4. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 140: 5. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 139: 14. �LVARO BAUTISTA (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) 49: 15. LORIS CAPIROSSI (RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP) 41: