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Pedrosa celebrates 400th victory for the Spanish Grand Prix racing and gave the Repsol Honda team its first victory in Motegi, the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. It is also Honda’s first victory at this track since Makoto Tamada won aboard his Camel Honda team in 2004. Joining Pedrosa on the podium accepting the trophy for builders was Mr. Takanobu Ito - President, CEO and Representative Director of Honda.

The three Honda Repsol made a fantastic start and led the race as a pack of the first four laps until Stoner experienced a large quake on the fifth lap and ran track. Dovizioso took the race, but took a ride through penalty for a jump start. Pedrosa took the lead and improved its pace lap by lap to take a comfortable win by over seven seconds ahead of Lorenzo. Stoner made his way back up the field to finish on the podium. After his sentence, Dovizioso got back in the fast pace and had a great battle with Marco Simoncelli on the last two laps of the fourth, but was overtaken by Simoncelli on the last lap.

Dani Pedrosa:
“I am very happy with this victory, the team has been working very well for HRC because this is the first victory in Motegi with Repsol Honda Team and me, it is the first time I won here in MotoGP after doing 125cc and 250cc. The race was strange at first, with Stoner and Dovi fast in the first round, they moved away and then Casey had a problem and Andrea had a walk through its initial boost. I only compared with about Lorenzo, but I tried to put my head down and push at every turn to get away. I’m happy because this track I’ve had a mixture of good and bad results and some serious injuries, so they come back a year later and win in MotoGP is great. ”

Casey Stoner
“The weekend had gone so well for us and gave us a great start and was able to get a small advantage. Andrea did very well in soft compound tire and we knew our work well towards the end of the race, so the pace we had at that time I was very comfortable. When I left the back straight I got a wobble on the bike, we got to the big bump and the striker rattled the bar almost fell out of my hands. I the brakes and there was nothing there, so I had to pump up a couple of times, when they pumped a second time if I pulled over the front and I was lucky to be on the bike. Luckily I avoided hitting the wall at the end of the gravel trap, but it’s really disappointing as we had the bike to win here by day, but in the end I think I should be grateful that we were able to get back on a podium after other people’s misfortunes and mistakes on the track. I have really wanted to go to Phillip Island and now to see what we can get there, I have an advantage in the championship to protect, but I also want to win races. ”

Andrea Dovizioso
“I can not believe. I’ve never had a false start in my career and what happened today in a race where I felt I could fight for victory! Do not know why the bike was moving a bit before green light, but I realized immediately and is expected to travel through. In the first laps I had a good feeling and was working hard because I knew that was the only rider up there with the soft tires, in my opinion, this was the best option today and I was catching Casey. Then Casey went wide and I was leading the race, but unfortunately did not last long. When I met after the journey through pushed hard, but it is not the same as when you’re fighting for the win. In the last five laps the rear tire began to decline and was no longer able to be fast in the middle of the corner. Moreover, Simoncelli recovered and was behind me, I did my best to defend my position but could not. I am very disappointed and I am sure that today could have fought for victory, we can see the final difference Dani is similar to the time it took to do the walk through. Sorry for the team, did a great job and I was competitive. It is also a shame for the championship points, however I hope that in Phillip Island, because once again proved to be fast. “