Pedrosa, yang start dari posisi terdepan, jadi pebalap yang menyentuh garis finis paling awal pada balapan di Sirkuit Indianapolis, Senin (20/8/2012) dinihari WIB. Dia mengungguli Jorge Lorenzo dan Andrea Dovizioso.
"Saya sangat senang dengan kemenangan ini dan saya sangat ingin menyelamati tim atas kerja bagus yang mereka lakukan pada akhir pekan ini. Motornya bekerja dengan sempurna," ungkap Pedrosa di situs resmi MotoGP.
"Ini sulit karena di awal balapan kecepatannya sudah sangat tinggi sejak start. Saya harus menyalip Ben Spies, namun saya tetap tenang karena saya tahu saya punya kecepatan untuk menang," sambungnya.
Dengan hasil ini, Pedrosa makin mendekati perolehan poin Lorenzo di klasemen sementara. Pedrosa kini ada di urutan kedua dengan 207 poin, tertinggal 18 poin dari rivalnya itu.
RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX
Indianapolis, Sunday, August 19, 2012
Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
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1 | 25 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 151.8 | 46'39.631 |
2 | 20 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 151.2 | +10.823 |
3 | 16 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 150.9 | +17.310 |
4 | 13 | 1 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 150.7 | +19.803 |
5 | 11 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 150.6 | +22.556 |
6 | 10 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 150.2 | +30.072 |
7 | 9 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 148.7 | +57.614 |
8 | 8 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 148.2 | +1'08.442 |
9 | 7 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 148.0 | +1'11.106 |
10 | 6 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 147.9 | +1'14.079 |
11 | 5 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 147.3 | +1'26.305 |
12 | 4 | 22 | Ivan SILVA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 146.5 | +1'40.274 |
13 | 3 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 146.0 | 1 Lap |
14 | 2 | 15 | Steve RAPP | USA | Attack Performance | APR | 145.3 | 1 Lap |
15 | 1 | 77 | James ELLISON | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 145.5 | 1 Lap |
16 | 20 | Aaron YATES | USA | GPTech | BCL | 142.5 | 1 Lap | |
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35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 149.7 | 19 Laps | ||
14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 147.0 | 20 Laps | ||
11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 150.7 | 22 Laps | ||
51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 135.6 | 27 Laps | ||
54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | Speed Master | ART | 0 Lap | |||
9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 0 Lap |
Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 25º| Humidity: 36%| Ground: 39ºRecords:
Pole Lap: | Dani PEDROSA | 1'38.813 | 153.6 Km/h | |
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Fastest Lap: | Lap: 15 | Dani PEDROSA | 1'39.088 | 153.2 Km/h |
Circuit Record Lap: | 2012 | Dani PEDROSA | 1'39.088 | 153.2 Km/h |
Best Lap: | 2012 | Dani PEDROSA | 1'38.813 | 153.6 Km/h |