Honda’s Dani Pedrosa won the MotoGP German Grand Prix, at the Sachsenring in front of both Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and team-mate and pole sitter Casey Stoner.

Right at the start, Pedrosa had the best over his rivals and took the lead, but not for long as Lorenzo who was running second dived past his countryman to take the race lead.

Stoner was not really impressive on the track at first, even letting his Honda sidekick Andrea Dovizioso have the better on him, but by lap four Stoner was picking his way back to the front - overtaking both his team-mates then Lorenzo in quick succession.

The Australian could not loose his pursuers with Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Dovizioso and Marco Simoncelli, closely following on his tracks for the better part of the first half of the race.

Then on lap 13, Lorenzo passed Stoner followed shortly after by Pedrosa who started chasing the leader and eventually took over the lead to finally cross the finish line with a gap of a little more than one second over the Yamaha ace.

Dovizioso slipped back to finish fourth, ahead of Ben Spies (Yamaha) and Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda).

<sup>MotoGP German Grand Prix - Results
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time/Gap
1. Dani Pedrosa Honda 41m12.482s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha + 1.477s
3. Casey Stoner Honda + 1.568s
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 10.513s
5. Ben Spies Yamaha + 10.719s
6. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda + 10.923s
7. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki + 27.451s
8. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 27.510s
9. Valentino Rossi Ducati + 27.576s
10. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 33.491s
11. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati + 38.944s
12. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati + 39.148s
13. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati + 39.415s
14. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha + 39.477s
15. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda + 54.516s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda + 1m12.335s
17. Sylvain Guintoli Pramac Ducati + 1 lap</sup>