Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner unleashed a faultless display of riding at Laguna Seca this afternoon to win his sixth victory of the year and extend his World Championship lead to 44 points. The Australian grabbed the lead after the first few corners of the first lap and was never challenged from there, running away from the pack to win by an emphatic 9.865 seconds. Today's victory followed a similarly faultless two days of practice and qualifying - Stoner topped all five pre-race sessions aboard his awesome Desmosedici GP7. Stoner's weekend-long domination also made him the first rider to win a MotoGP race from pole position in 13 events. The last man to score pole and race victory was Loris Capirossi on his Ducati at last September's Japanese Grand Prix.
Capirossi was out of luck at Laguna today. The Italian, who finished second in last Sunday's German GP, had qualified strongly on the second row of the grid but withdrew form the US GP after the first few laps with a technical fault.
MotoGP now commences its traditional summer recess with Ducati leading the riders', constructors' and teams' World Championships. The sport reconvenes at Brno for the Czech GP on August 17/18/19.
CASEY STONER, winner, World Championship leader on 221 points
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Capirossi was out of luck at Laguna today. The Italian, who finished second in last Sunday's German GP, had qualified strongly on the second row of the grid but withdrew form the US GP after the first few laps with a technical fault.
MotoGP now commences its traditional summer recess with Ducati leading the riders', constructors' and teams' World Championships. The sport reconvenes at Brno for the Czech GP on August 17/18/19.
CASEY STONER, winner, World Championship leader on 221 points
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