Valentino Rossi won the US MotoGP at Laugana Seca.
Ending Casey Stoner's four-race winning streak.
In a thrilling race Stoner and Rossi pulled well away from the field and fought a duel around the exciting undulating track.
It finished with Stoner in the gravel with eight laps to go. The gap back to third was so great he rejoined the race still in second place.
It was an exciting race with some thrilling and daring overtaking. Stoner wasn't happy with some of the moves but talking about the incident were he went off the track he said:
"I completely made the mistake, it was all my own".
"But at the beginning of the race, with some of those overtaking moves, I was so nearly on the floor that it wasn't funny."
"I know it's hard racing, I've been in hard racing all my life, but some of that was past the point. I don't think it was necessary."
Rossi however had a different opinion. "This is racing, every overtake was very clear for me - I never touched him," he said. "The reality is I am stronger in braking, so I try to use this advantage. I deserved it, I think he made the mistake alone - it happens."
"It was a great weekend," said Rossi. "These 25 points are like gold for our championship."
British rider James Toseland finished ninth, having been in seventh for much of the race, but he said he was glad to have improved on his recent poor run of form.
The next round of the MotoGP championship is at Brno in the Czech Republic on 17 August.
US MotoGP result:
1 V Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 44mins 04.311secs
2 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 44:17.312
3 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 44:30.920
4 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 44:39.212
5 N Hayden (U.S.) Honda 44:39.974
6 R de Puniet (France) Honda 44:41.979
7 T Elias (Spain) Ducati 44:45.940
8 B Spies (U.S.) Suzuki 44:46.238
9 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 44:47.330
10 S Nakano (Jpn) Honda 44:48.702
World championship standings:
1 V Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 212
2 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 187
3 D Pedrosa (Spin) Honda 171
4 J Lorenzo (Spn) Yamaha 114
5 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 103
6 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 100
7 C Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 89
8 N Hayden (US) Honda 84
9 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 72
10 S Nakano (Jpn) Honda 70
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