De Puniet wins wet 250 thriller - KTM second!
The 250cc British Grand Prix proved a thrillingly chaotic affair, with several riders falling by the wayside before a four-way battle for victory ensued between Hiroshi Aoyama, Randy de Puniet, Casey Stoner and Anthony West, riding the quarter-litre KTM machine on its race debut.
The 250cc British Grand Prix proved a thrillingly chaotic affair, with several riders falling by the wayside before a four-way battle for victory ensued between Hiroshi Aoyama, Randy de Puniet, Casey Stoner and Anthony West, riding the quarter-litre KTM machine on its race debut.
When runaway race leader Aoyama crashed out with fifteen laps remaining it was left to the other three to do battle in a race decided on the final lap, when Stoner ran straight into turn one and West had a major slide in Craner Curves to hand victory to De Puniet - who had himself survived a massive scare when he was forced to cut across the grass at the craner curves after a saved highside, several laps earlier.
Meanwhile, Dani Pedrosa came home in fourth place to maintain his championship lead over Stoner, which now has now been reduced to 34-points after the Australian returned to the track to take third place behind his compatriot West.
250cc top ten - British GP:
1. De Puniet (Aprilia)
2. West (KTM) +1.236secs
3. Stoner (Aprilia) +16.740secs
4. Pedrosa (Honda) +47.825secs
5. Porto (Aprilia) +1min 3.44secs
6. Corsi (Aprilia) +1min 32.43secs
7. Dovizioso (Honda) +1min 34.56secs
8. Lorenzo (Honda) +1min 45.96secs
9. Guintoli (Aprilia) +1 lap
10. Ballerini (Aprilia) +1 lap
Davies (Aprilia) DNF
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
