"Stoner still run victory in the rain master"

A streak of three victories in a row from pole position was followed by Casey Stoner at Sachsenring.

Stoner still run victory in the rain master within three victories in a row from pole position was followed by Casey Stoner at Sachsenring.

MotoGP World Champion, Casey Stoner continued his spectacular return to form with victory in the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, its third victory in as many races. The Ducati Marlboro rider braved humidity Sachsenring circuit and seemed equally adept at the task as he had been in the dry practice sessions, a sign that will have worried their title rivals for the second half of the season.

The race has studied constitute a repetition of rain Dani Pedrosa complete victory in 2007, after the pilot Repsol Honda once again used his finely sharpened launch to take control of the holeshot. The assault of the blocks and immediately created a gap of 2 seconds. The advantage grew to 7.5 seconds by the time the Spaniard crossed the line for a sixth time, but moments later disaster as he lost control of the RC212V and collected his first DNF of 2008.

Pedrosa's crash Stoner allowed to return to the script written in practice sessions for the German race, and the Australian did not need more invitation. That took the reins in the same style with which he has taken victory in the last two races, breaking free and riding alone for 23 laps until the chequered flag saluted.

Second place in the third row of the grid was a more than respectable result for Valentino Rossi and second place allowed the Fiat Yamaha rider to resume leadership of the MotoGP World Championship. Heading for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix in just one week's time, the five-time holder now owns a 16-point advantage over Pedrosa, whose hands and feet injuries collected in the accident may affect his form and perhaps even participation in the Laguna Seca race.

Rizla Suzuki Chris Vermeulen forced his way through the pack for a first podium of 2008, in so doing, denying MotoGP newcomer Alex de Angelis his first podium placing. Both had great rides in the wet, with the San Carlo Gresini Honda rider equal to his first-class best result so far and become the highest-finishing Honda man.

Andrea Dovizioso finished in the top five of the race fourth, after obtaining a fantastic start aboard his Jiro Team Scot Honda. Dovizioso came in ahead of Sylvain Guintoli, Loris Capirossi, Randy de Puniet, Shinya Nakano and Anthony West, with all the corridors outside the top ten overlapped in the second shortest MotoGP circuit.

In addition to tumble Pedrosa, there were also clashes by Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and Marco Melandri, who fell and the lack of conditions difficult.