Wednesday 6 July 2011
Lorenzo overcomes Stoner at Mugello
Jorge Lorenzo took the first dry weather victory of his MotoGP world championship defence by hunting down and passing Casey Stoner in the Italian Grand Prix. Points leader Stoner had looked set for yet another dominant triumph as he stormed away into a three-second lead in the first half of the race, while Lorenzo (Yamaha) was embroiled in a spectacular battle for second with Stoner's Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso. But then Stoner's pace began to fade just as Lorenzo picked up speed - the Spaniard setting a new lap record as he closed in before slicing ahead through Savelli six laps from the end
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