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MOTOGP He was under no threat from Tamada, who was I I seconds back with some room on Elias and Nakano. Those two ran together starting on lap 17 and right to the end, with Elias making the pass for 10th place on the 29th lap. Kiyonari, Hopkins and Hofmann were together in the final third of the race until Hofmann dropped off the back a few laps from the flag. Hopkins had been passed by teammate Aoki on lap eight, but Aoki's day ended later that lap. "Things were going well until the engine stopped," Aoki said. Kurtis Roberts lasted until the 16th lap, when his transmission problems began to get dangerous. He explained that the motor died and fell out of gear at one point, causing him to think it had broken. But he was able to get it refired. "It's just a matter of when it's going to stop completely and hurt you," he said. "It went all the way down to 2000 rpm, and then it started to cough and run. There was something wrong with it. So we pulled in." At the time, he'd just been repassed by Ruben Xaus, who'd come by him twice on the gas, and finally when the Proton was ailing. "Every time he'd go underneath me, he'd f---ing hit me, so I just block-passed the shit out of him in the hairpin," he said. "He realized he was going to lose that battle at that point, and he was gone. The last two laps, when it was dying, he caught up to me." eN Round 17 November 6. 2005 ~ Andrea Ballerini (1:37.H6); 21. Arturo Tizon (1:38.325); 22. Mathieu Gines (I :38.530); 23. AMro Molina (I :38.S36); 24. Simone Corsi (I :38.544); 25. Arnaud Vincent (1:38.638); 26. Mirko Giansanti (1:39.127); 27. Erwan Nigon (1:39.32~); 28. Zhu Wang (1:'0.S~8); 29. Zheng Peng U (I:~ 1.390). 250 GRAND PRIX: I. Daniel Pedrosa (Hon); 2. Jorge Lorenzo (Hon); 3. Casey Stoner (Apr); 4. Alex De Angelis (Apr); 5. Hector Barbera (Hon); 6. Hiroshi Aoyama (Hon); 7. Yuki Takahashi (Hon); 8. Randy De Puniet (Apr); 9. Andrea DoviDoso (Han); 10. Roberto Locatelli (Apr); II. Alex Deban (Hon); 12. Jakub Smrz (Hon); 13. Martin Cardenas (Apr); 14. Sylvain Guintoli (Apr); 15. Taro Sekiguchi (Apr); 16. Chaz Davies (Apr); 17. Steve Jenkner (Apr); 18. Alex Baldolini (Apr); 19. Mirko Giansanti (Apr): 20. Mathieu Gines (Apr); 21. Zheng Peng U (Apr). Time: 43 min., 33.. 395 sec. Distance: 27 laps, 108.135 kilometers Average speed: 148.957 lcilometers Margin of victory: 3.448 sec. Fastest lap: Daniel Pedrosa, lap 17, 1:35.792 2S0 GRAND PRIX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 16 of 16 rounds): I. Daniel Pedrosa (309/8 wins); 2. Casey Stoner (254/5 wins); 3. Andrea Ooviz.k>so (189) 4. Hiroshi Aoyama (180/1 win); 5. Jorge lorenzo (167); 6. Sebastian Porto (15211 win); 7. Alex De Angelis (151); 8. Randy De Puniet (13811 win); 9. Hector Barbera (120); 10. Sytvain Guintoli (84). 125 GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING: I. Sergio Gadea (I :39.830); 2. Mattia Pasini (I :39.833); 3. Mika Kaltio (1:39.899); 4. Thomas Luthi (1:39.994); 5. Fabrizio L1i (I :40.101); 6. Hector Faubel (I :40.11-4); 7. Sandro Cortese (1:40.177); 8. Gabor Talmacsi (1:40.222); 9. Tomoyoshi Koyama (1:~0.2S6); 10. Mike De Megl", (1:~0.S02); II. Marco Simoncelli (1:40.530); 12. Julian Simon (1:40.643); 13. Lukas Pesek (I :'0.67~); I~. Aleix EsPMga.-o (I :.0.825); 15. Manuel Poggiall (I :41.033); 16. Andrea Iannone RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT VALENCIA, SPAIN RESULTS: NOVEMBER 6, 2005 MOTOGP QUALIFYING: I. Sete Gibernau (I :31.8H); 2. Marco Melandri (1:32. til); 3. Nicky Hayden (1:32.217); ~. Carlo, Chea (1:32.374); S. Max Blagg; (I :32.3Q.4); 6. Colin Edwards (I :32.456): 7. Loris Capirossi (1:32.482); 8. Alex Barros (1:32.518); 9. Shinya Nakano (1:32.663); 10. Makoto Tamada (1:32.682); II. John HoplOns (1:32.785): 12. Alex Hofmann (1:32.966); 13. Toni Elias (1:33.005): 1-4. Nobuatsu Aoki (1:33.393); 15. Valentino Rossi (1:33.503): 16. Ryuichi Kryonari (1:33.&46); 17. Ruben Xaus (1:34.874); 18. Roberto Rolfo (1:34.978); 19. James Ellison (I :3S.158); 20. Kurtis Roberts (I :35.37-4); 21. Franco Battaini (I :35.712). MOTOGP: I. Marco Melandri (Hon); 2. Nicky Hayden (Han); 3. Valentino Rossi (Yam); -4. Carlos Checa (Due); 5. Alex Barros (Han); 6. Max Blagg; (Hon); 7. Loris Capirossi (Due); 8. Colin Edwards (Yam); 9. Makoto Tamada (Hon); 10. Toni Elias (Yam); II. Shlnya Nakano (kaw); 12. Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hon); 13. John Hopkins (Suz); 14. Alex Hofmann (Kaw); 15. Ruben Xaus (Yam); 16. Franco Battaini (Bla). Time: 46 min., 58.152 sec. Distance: 30 laps, 120.15 kilometers Average speed: 153.0483 kilometers Margin of victory: .097 sec. Fastest lap: Marco Melandrl, lap 4, 1:33.043 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS STANDINGS (After 17 of 17 rounds): I. Valentino Rossi (367/11 wins); 2. Marco Melandri (220/2 wins); 3. Nicky Hayden (206/1 Win); 4. Colin Edwards (179); S. Max Biaggi (173); 6. Loris Capirossi (157); 7. Sete Gibemau (150); 8. Alex Barros (147/1 win); 9. Carlos Checa (138); 10. Shinya Nokano (98); II. Mal

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