Donnington - Donnington circuits due to the humid rain ate victims, including Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Consequently, Andrea Dovizioso finally became the winner.
Toni Elias, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi have to usual smell asphalt race, Sunday (26/7/2009). Elias slick drop the start, as Lorenzo who then led the middle of the race.
Rossi, though still able to continue racing after the drop, can not lose time pursuing. But before the incident, she led the middle of the race.
A successful exploit is Andrea Doviziso. Start in position five, the Honda drivers race with the good. After the stick tight Rossi fell away, Dovizioso also took over the front position.
Position that he was conscious until the race ended, although there is Colin Edwards and Randy de Puniet faithful shadow. This is the first podium for Dovizioso in his MotoGP career.
British MotoGP result:
Position-The-Team-Time
1. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 48m26.267s
2. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 1.360s
3. Randy de Puniet Honda LCR + 1.600s
4. Alex de Angelis Honda Gresini + 8.958s
5. Valentino Rossi Yamaha + 21.622s
6. James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha + 22.465s
7. Marco Melandri Kawasaki Hayate + 35.284s
8. Niccolo Canepa Ducati Pramac + 38.769s
9. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 42.112s
10. Mika Kallio Ducati Pramac + 45.845s
11. Loris Capirossi Suzuki + 53.190s
12. Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda +1 m12.315s
13. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki + 1 lap
14. Casey Stoner Ducati + 1 lap
15. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 1 lap
Retirements:
Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 8 laps
Toni Elias Gresini Honda 7 laps
The ranking of the MotoGP
| No | Racer | QAT | JPN | ESP | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | USA | GER | GBR |
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| 1 | Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) | 20 | 20 | 25 | - | 16 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 11 | | | | | | | | 187 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) | 16 | 25 | - | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | - | | | | | | | | 162 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner (Ducati) | 25 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | | | | | | | | 150 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa (Honda) | 5 | 16 | 20 | 16 | ret | 10 | - | 25 | 16 | 7 | | | | | | | | 115 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards (Yamaha) | 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 20 | | | | | | | | 103 |
| 6 | Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 13 | - | - | Ret | 25 | | | | | | | | 94 |
| 7 | Marco Melandri (Kawasaki) | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | 79 |
| 8 | Randy de Puniet (Honda) | 6 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 16 | | | | | | | | 74 |
| 9 | Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | 67 |
| 10 | Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | - | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | 66 |
| 11 | Alex de Angelis (Honda) | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 12 | James Toseland (Yamaha) | - | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 10 | - | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | 55 |
| 13 | Nicky Hayden (Ducati) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | 47 |
| 14 | Toni Elias (Honda) | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 10 | 10 | - | | | | | | | | 47 |
| 15 | Mika Kallio (Ducati) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | 34 |
| 16 | Niccolo Canepa (Ducati) | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 17 | Sete Gibernau (Ducati) | 3 | ret | 5 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 18 | Yuki Takahashi (Honda) | 1 | ret | 4 | 3 | ret | - | 1 | - | - | - | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 19 | Gabor Talmacsi (Honda) | | | | | | - | - | Ret | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 |
