Honda車手Casey Stoner順利贏取2011 Moto GP世界冠軍 趣味花邊16 Oct 2011

Honda車手Casey Stoner
順利贏取2011 Moto GP世界冠軍!!
在積分榜上領在的Honda史東拿，只要今站取分多過Yamaha羅倫素10分，便可提早封王。豈料羅倫素在早上熱身圈時炒車導至左手無名手指受傷，要馬上入 院做手術接駁受傷手指的神經線和筋腱，除了今站不能參戰之外， 下一站馬來西亞也要養傷，今年衛冕無望。

而史東拿在一眾鄉親父老面前也絕無欺場，今站澳洲正賽時一馬當先由頭帶到尾，順利提前登上年度冠軍寶座。 順帶一提，今站頭四輛衝線車輛都是Honda跑車。

Yamaha另一位車手Ben Spies在星期六炒車撞傷頭部仍然wingwing地，未能回復參賽的應有狀態，為保 自身安全及以免危害其他車手，所以也沒有參戰。而Ducati羅絲在賽事初段也發生碰撞意外未能完成賽事。

Casey Stoner’s second MotoGP title was achieved in fantastic fashion on Sunday when the Repsol Honda rider secured the 2011 crown on the day of his 26th birthday and at his home race, the Iveco Australian Grand Prix, taking his ninth victory of the season.

The Australian dominated the weekend for the fifth year running, leading the race from start to finish, giving Honda their first MotoGP premier class title since 2006. The 26 year-old took the holeshot from pole position and never looked back as the rest of the field battled for positions.

Jorge Lorenzo / Ben Spies
With a strong breeze blowing and darkening skies, the MotoGP race commenced with a rearranged grid following the withdrawal of both Yamaha Factory riders and Héctor Barberá’s substitute Damian Cudlin on the Mapfre Aspar team.

Jorge Lorenzo withdrew after a crash in the morning warm up left him with a severely injured finger requiring surgery, while Ben Spies was still mildly concussed after a crash in qualifying on Saturday. Cudlin withdrew due to injuries from a crash in Saturday morning practice.

Nicky Hayden / Marco Simoncelli /Dani Pedrosa
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) and Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) followed Stoner into turn one, with the Italian making an early move on Hayden to take second. Simoncelli then spent the remainder of the race tussling with Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda), beating his compatriot across the line for his best MotoGP finish of second.

Dani Pedrosa was ten seconds adrift of team mate Dovizioso to finish fourth, making the top four bikes across the line all Hondas, while Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) inherited fifth place after first Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) and then Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) crashed out. Rossi fell after making a pass on Bautista, while the Suzuki man slipped toward the end of the race as rain began to fall.

Cal Crutchlow/Hiroshi Aoyama /Hayden/Capirossi

The white flag had been shown on lap ten as scattered rain drops appeared, giving riders the option to swap bikes, though the rain did not start in earnest until the final couple of laps, when it claimed not only Bautista but then Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini).

Hayden was the first to enter the pits to change bikes, followed by Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing), though it did not help their finishing positions as Hayden ended the race seventh behind Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing) despite the Frenchman having had an earlier off-track excursion, while Capirossi finished ninth behind Toni Elías (LCR Honda). The final race finisher was Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing), who crossed the line in tenth.