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23-04-2007 10:27
Casey Stoner shot to victory in the Turkish MotoGP taking the overall lead in the world championship standings from Valentino Rossi in the process.
Stoner won in 42 minutes 2.85 seconds to move 10 points clear of Rossi, who could only manage 10th after a rear tyre problem, Spain's Tony Elias came second for Honda with Loris Capirossi in third.
A collision on lap one saw Colin Edwards and Dani Pedrosa crash out.
Rossi who started on pole had his race plan thrown into confusion when he veered off during an early turn into the grass, though the five-time world champion fought his way back up to second behind Stoner with 14 laps to go but fell back out of contention as the tyre problems effected his drive.
"We are very disappointed because we had high expectations, but instead we had some unexpected problems with the tyre and it's been a disaster," Rossi said in the post race press conference, as he went on to criticised the riding of Elias. adding "I'm also quite unhappy with Elias because I think he was quite dangerous - more than once he passed me on the inside and then altered his line. This is not a correct way to race."
Casey Stoner
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