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Estoril - Newly crowned champion Jorge Lorenzo won his eighth MotoGP race of the season at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Spanish rider overtook Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi with 11 laps to race at the Estoril circuit for an 8.6sec victory. It was Lorenzo's third straight win in Portugal and first victory in two months.
"Valentino overtook me and got away from me for a while, but I stayed calm and began reeling him in bit by bit until we obtained our eighth victory," said Lorenzo, who started from pole but was overtaken by Rossi after four laps.
But Rossi couldn't hang on for his third win of the season.
"It's a particular kind of race," the seven-time champion from Italy said. "On the dry surface I lacked some speed and I couldn't (keep up) with Lorenzo."
Italian rider Andrea Dovizio of Honda finished third.
Casey Stoner of Ducati crashed after five laps and failed to finish.
Lorenzo will look to end the season with a home win at next week's Valencia GP.
German rider Stefan Bradl of Suter edged Alex Baldolini to win his first Moto2 race of the season.
Results (with rider, country, team and overall time):
MOTOGP:-
Race
1. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 46 minutes, 17.962 seconds.
2. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Yamaha, 46:26.591.
3. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy, Honda, 46:44.437.
4. Marco Simoncelli, Italy, Honda, 46:44.496.
5. Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 46:45.116.
6. Randy de Puniet, France, Honda, 46:46.259.
7. Colin Edwards, United States, Yamaha, 46:48.071.
8. Dani Pedrosa, Spain, Honda, 47:02.909.
9. Marco Melandri, Italy, Honda, 47:31.611.
10. Hector Barbera, Spain, Ducati, 47:35.683.
World Standings
1. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 358 points.
2. Dani Pedrosa, Spain, Honda, 236.
3. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Yamaha, 217.
4. Casey Stoner, Australia, Ducati, 205.
5. Andrea Dovisioso, Italy, Honda, 195.
6. Ben Spies, United States, Yamaha, 163.
(tie) Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 163.
8. Marco Simoncelli, Italy, Honda, 115.
9. Randy De Puniet, France, Honda, 110.
10. Marco Melandri, Italy, Honda, 100.
MOTO2:-
Race
1. Stefan Bradl, Germany, Suter, 46 minutes, 59.723 seconds.
2. Alex Baldolini, Italy, I.C.P., 46:59.791.
3. Alex De Angelis, San Marino, Motobi, 47:02.553.
4. Scott Redding, Britain, Suter, 47:02.565.
5. Kenan Sofuoglu, Turkey, Suter, 47:02.670.
6. Raffaele De Rosa, Italy, Tech 3, 47:03.034.
7. Anthony West, Australia, MZ-RE Honda, 47:03.108.
8. Gabor Talmacsi, Hungary, Speed Up, 47:03.675.
9. Dominique Aegerter, Switzerland, Suter, 47:04.007.
10. Karel Abraham, Czech Republic, FTR, 47:04.034.
World Standings
1. Toni Elias, Spain, Moriwaki, 271 points.
2. Julian Simon, Spain, Suter, 185.
3. Andrea Iannone, Italy, Speed Up, 179.
4. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland, Moriwaki, 143.
5. Simone Corsi, Italy, Motobi, 129.
6. Gabor Talmacsi, Hungary, Speed Up, 103.
7. Jules Cluzel, France, Suter, 101.
8. Stefan Bradl, Germany, Suter, 97.
9. Scott Redding, Britain, Suter, 91.
10. Yuki Takahashi, Japan, Tech 3, 86.
125CC:-
Race
1. Marc Marquez, Spain, Derbi, 16 minutes, 27.878 seconds.
2. Nicolas Terol, Spain, Aprilia, 16:28.028.
3. Bradley Smith, Britain, Aprilia, 16:28.090.
4. Jonas Folger, Germany, 16:46.256.
5. Luis Salom, Spain, Aprilia, 16:47.265.
6. Alberto Moncayo, Spain, Aprilia, 16:50.383.
7. Randy Krummenache, Switzerland, Aprilia, 16:54.577.
8. Efren Vazquez, Spain, Derbi, 16:54.581.
9. Danny Webb, Britain, Aprilia, 16:59.381.
10. Pol Espargaro, Spain, Derbi, 17:08.701.
World Standings
1. Marc Marquez, Spain, Derbi, 297 points.
2. Nicolas Terol, Spain, Aprilia, 280.
3. Pol Espargaro, Spain, Derbi, 261.
4. Bradley Smith, Britain, Aprilia, 198.
5. Efren Vazquez, Spain, Derbi, 144.
6. Esteve Rabat, Spain, Aprilia, 137.
7. Sandro Cortese, Germany, Derbi, 132.
8. Tomoyoshi Koyama, Japan, Aprilia, 118.
9. Randy Krummenache, Switzerland, Aprilia, 106.
10. Danny Webb, Britain, Aprilia, 93.
