Young Australian won third race of season and now
leads the overall standings with 10 points advantage in front of
Valentino Rossi. Second place took Toni Ellias, while third place went
to Loris Capirossi. Race in Istanbul was extremely spectacular due to a
close contact battles between many riders. Kawasaki's Randy De puniet
(Akrapovic exhaust system) showed some great moves and we hope his
misforune this season is over. Unfortunatly we cannot say the same for
his teammate Olivier Jacque, who fell down in opening laps and could not
continue with race.
Overall standings after 3 races:
1. Casey Stoner .......... 61
2. Valentino Rossi ...... 51
3. Dani Pedrosa ........ 36
4. Toni Ellias ............... 35
5. Marco Melandri ...... 30
15. Randy De Puniet ... 11
16. Olivier Jacque ......... 4