Faultless Rossi holds Lorenzo off for Sachsenring win

Valentino Rossi was never under any illusions that he would have it easy in his defense of the MotoGP world title, and once again the Italian was made to fight for glory at the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland. The Fiat Yamaha rider took the win at Sachsenring by just the smallest of margins from persistent rival Jorge Lorenzo in a breathtaking race to extend his lead in the World Championship.

Rossi在保衛冠軍頭銜的路上從來沒有輕敵的念頭出現，並且這位義大利車手再一次的為了榮耀在賽場上奮戰。他在德國站以些微差距擊敗強勁的競爭者Jorge Lorenzo，贏得這場驚人的比賽後也繼續在積分榜上領先。

After starting from pole for the first time at the German track, Rossi took the lead of the race after thirteen laps. Both the Italian and teammate Lorenzo eked out an advantage to make it a two-way battle to the chequered flag, with a last lap battle reminiscent of the Barcelona round of the series one month ago. Rossi’s definitive pass had come at the end of the home straight with two laps to go, and he brushed off the young pretender’s overtures for his fourth win of the 2009 season.

第一次在德國站拿下竿位後，Rossi在比賽第十三圈取得領先，Rossi和隊友Lorenzo 之間互有些微的優勢，讓這場比賽再過終點前形成兩人的拉鋸戰，讓我們想起一個月前的巴塞隆納站最後一圈的情況。Rossi 在剩兩圈時在大直線上決定性的超車，並且刷下他的隊友、這個年輕的競爭者，拿下他09年賽季的第四勝。

Starting from eighth on the grid, Dani Pedrosa had established his credentials in the dry with the best lap in the morning warmup. He had another storming start at Sachsenring to move up to the lead group, and put up a bold fight both amongst and behind the Yamaha duo. The Repsol Honda rider completed the podium with a race time under three seconds down on the top two.

在第八位出發，Dani Pedrosa 在早上的練習時間做出乾地上的最快時間，他在這場比賽成功的起跑進入領先群，並且和兩位Yamaha車手奮勇拼戰，這位Repsol Honda車手最後攻上頒獎台，與前兩名車手相差三秒。

Early leader Casey Stoner’s condition lasted longer than he had expected in the dry race, and he was able to mount a serious challenge for the win. With five laps to go, however, he was passed by Pedrosa going into the first turn, and one lap later a sit-up meant that he lost touch of the Spaniard.

初期的領先者Casey Stoner的情形與他對乾地比賽的期望有很大落差，他要做出嚴峻的挑戰才能贏得比賽。當比賽剩下五圈時，他在進入第一彎時被Pedrosa超越，一圈後他已經被西班牙人甩開了。

Alex de Angelis and Toni Elías had a successful salvage operation for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team, placing fifth and sixth, respectively. Elías was particularly impressive, having started from last place.

Alex de Angelis 和 Toni Elías 則是成功的為San Carlo Honda Gresini 車隊拿下積分，分別以第五和六名完賽，特別是Elías的表現令人印象深刻，他在排位是在最後一位出發。

The only retirees from the race were Randy de Puniet -who crashed on the opening lap- and Andrea Dovizioso. The latter fell victim to excessive front tyre wear and was forced to call it a day before the end of the 30-lap Grand Prix.

Randy de Puniet和Andrea Dovizioso是兩位退賽的車手，Randy de Puniet 在第一圈發生事故，Andrea Dovizioso在比賽中感覺前輪過度磨損，不得不退賽。