Highlights - Lorenzo wins Catalunya MotoGP

Jorge Lorenzo extended his World Championship lead as he won his third consecutive race from pole position at the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona.

Dani Pedrosa edged out Casey Stoner for second place after both did well to recover from errors which saw them lose ground and fall back down the field.

Andrea Dovizioso was another who made a costly mistake, crashing out from second when he was chasing Lorenzo.

The Spaniard now leads compatriot Pedrosa by 52 points in the standings.

Pedrosa got a flying start but totally misjudged the first corner, running wide and dropping back to 10th, allowing Lorenzo, Dovizioso and Stoner to dispute the lead.

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Lorenzo passed Dovizioso at the start of lap four and the pair broke clear of the field, leaving a fascinating battle for third.

Stoner repeated Pedrosa's mistake, dropping back after misjudging the first corner, but like the Spaniard battled his way through the field to get back into contention for third.

When Dovizioso crashed out, that battle became for second place, with Pedrosa keeping his cool to hold off the Australian.

Afterwards, a clearly delighted Lorenzo told BBC Sport his third straight win had been "a dream".

"Andrea was very fast and I was struggling to open up a little gap but he crashed and I profited from that," he said.

"It is a dream for me to win here."

Pedrosa admitted he had been shaken by his mistake at the start of the race.

"When I went to take the brake, there was no brake and I was really afraid," he added.

"I pumped and pumped and finally got the brake, but I was out, so I took it slow and tried to recover

"I couldn't do Lorenzo's rhythm today, so second is not so bad."

Like Pedrosa, Stoner was happy to have salvaged a decent finish when it looked like he had scuppered his chances with a costly error.

"It was a near-impossible task to overtake here and I was already struggling with my braking points for this race," he said.

"At the end we had the pace but there was just no way I could get past Dani. He wasn't making mistakes so hats off to him."

The Moto2 race, won by Yuki Takahashi, provided most of the drama of the day.

A first-corner crash saw nine riders taken out, and in the home straight Carmelo Morales, competing in his first race as a stand-in for the injured Axel Pons, was lucky to escape serious injury as he flew into the wall after touching the back wheel of the rider in front.

In the 125cc race, Great Britain's Bradley Smith won a fierce three-way battle for second place behind Marc Marquez, as he held off the challenge of Pol Espargaro and Nico Terol, who came off his bike in the closing stages.

Catalunya MotoGP race result:

1 J Lorenzo (Spn) Fiat Yamaha 43:22.805
2 D Pedrosa (Spn) Repsol Honda 43:27.559
3 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 43:27.761
4 R de Puniet (Fra) LCR Honda 43:40.862
5 A Bautista (Spn) Suzuki 43:44.166
6 B Spies (US) Tech 3 Yamaha 43:44.308
7 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 43:46.986
8 N Hayden (US) Ducati 43:50.746
9 M Melandri (Ita) Gresini Honda 43:50.851
10 H Barbera (Spn) Aspar Ducati 43:55.244
11 C Edwards (US) Tech 3 Yamaha 44:01.211
12 M Kallio (Fin) Pramac Ducati 44:21.062
13 K Akiyoshi (Jpn) Interwetten Honda 44:32.153
14 A Dovizioso (ita) Repsol Honda 44:55.207
15 W Yoshikawa (Jpn) Fiat Yamaha 44:58.042

MotoGP championship standings:

1 J Lorenzo (Spn) Yamaha 165 points
2 D Pedrosa (Spn) Honda 113
3 A Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 91
4 N Hayden (US) Ducati 69
5 R de Puniet (Fr) Honda 69
6 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 67
7 V Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 61
8 B Spies (US) Yamaha 59
9 M Melandri (Ita) Honda 39
10 M Simoncelli (Ita) Honda 39
11 C Edwards (US) Yamaha 39
12 H Barbera (Spn) Ducati 34
13 A Espargaro (Spn) Ducati 28
14 A Bautista (Spn) Suzuki 25
15 L Capirossi (Ita) Suzuki 25

Moto 2 race result:

1 Y Takahashi (Jpn) Tech 3 41:42.451
2 T Luethi (Swi) Moriwaki 41:47.488
3 J Simon (Spn) Suter 41:47.651

Moto2 championship standings:

1 T Elias (Spn) Moriwaki 111 points
2 T Luethi (Swi) Moriwaki 94
3 J Simon (Spn) Suter 77

125cc race result:

1 M Marquez (Spn) Derbi 40:46.315 secs
2 B Smith (GB) Aprilia 40:50.953
3 P Espargaro (Spn) Derbi 40:51.311

125cc championship standings:

1 M Marquez (Spn) Derbi 132 points
2 P Espargaro (Spn) Derbi 131
3 N Terol (Spn) Aprilia 118
4 B Smith (GB) Aprilia 94

Morales has massive crash on finish line

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