Rossi takes first win of the year

Valentino Rossi took his first win of the season at the Gran Premio bwin.com de España on Sunday, beating Dani Pedrosa to the line by a 2.7s margin in front of a huge Spanish crowd in Andalusia.

Valentino Rossi 在週日的西班牙站得到今年賽季的第一個冠軍，在 Andalusia 人山人海的西班牙觀眾前以2.7秒的差距擊敗 Dani Pedrosa 。

Pedrosa led for the first half of the race having made one of his trademark strong starts from second on the grid, but Rossi took the lead with ten laps to go and did not look back there and his triumph gives him an 11 point lead in the general standings.

Pedrosa 從排位第二位出發，衝上第一位領先了前半場比賽，但是Rossi 在最後十圈搶走領先位置，並且把Pedrosa 拋在後面，這場勝利使Rossi在積分上有11分的領先距離。

The rostrum was completed by Casey Stoner, who trailed Rossi by 10 seconds, the Ducati Marlboro rider moving into second place in the championship. It was the Australian’s first podium appearance at the southern Spanish track.

頒獎台上最後一位是Casey Stoner ，他在Rossi 之後10秒衝線，這位 Ducati Marlboro 車隊車手的積分排名上升到第二位。這次上台是這位澳洲車手第一次在西班牙站站上頒獎台。

As was the case in the 250cc and 125cc races the Spanish rider who got underway in pole position crashed out when Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo lost control riding in fourth place with three laps to go, losing ground in the championship race.

和250CC及125CC一樣，由西班牙人拿下竿位，但是都在比賽中意外退賽。當Fiat Yamaha 車手 Jorge Lorenzo 跑在第四位還剩三圈時失控滑出去，在比賽中失去機會。

An excellent performance from Randy de Puniet, meanwhile, saw the Frenchman bring his LCR Honda satellite machine home in fourth place, having qualified in fifth, to give himself a confidence boost ahead of his home GP in two weeks time at Le Mans.

Randy de Puniet 展現極佳的競爭力，可以看到他駕駛LCR Honda 衛星廠車帶回了第四名，在排位得到第六名，帶給他在兩週後的Le Mans主場很大的信心。

Another excellent run from Marco Melandri gave the Italian another good points haul in fifth, the former Ducati and Honda rider improving on his good result from last weekend in Japan for the Kawasaki-equipped Hayate Racing team.

還有另一位表現極佳的車手是Marco Melandri ，再帶給義大利人另一個喜訊，以第五名完賽。這位前Ducati 和前Honda 車手從上週日本站的成果再更進步。

Rizla Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi rode steadily from sixth on the grid, to come home in the same position, meaning five different manufacturers were represented in the top six.

Rizla Suzuki　車手 Loris Capirossi　穩定的完成比賽，在第六位起跑，最後也以第六名完賽。這結果可以看出五個不同的製造廠進入前六名。 

Monster Tech Yamaha’s Colin Edwards crossed the line seventh, whilst Andrea Dovizioso did well to finish eighth in his third ride for the factory Repsol Honda team having left the track at one stage. Toni Elías was the second best Spaniard in ninth for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team, with the top ten completed by Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen.

Monster Tech Yamaha 車隊的 Colin Edwards 以第七名衝線，Andrea Dovizioso 表現不錯以第八名完賽，這是他在 Repsol Honda 廠隊的第三場比賽，在比賽中一度衝出賽道。 Toni Elías 是表現第二好的西班牙人為 San Carlo Honda Gresini 車隊拿到第九，前十名最後一個是 Suzuki 的 Chris Vermeulen。

Sete Gibernau on his return to Jerez could only manage 11th for the Grupo Francisco Hernando team, whilst 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden crossed the line 15th.

Sete Gibernau 回到 Jerez 只有為Grupo Francisco Hernando 車隊拿到11名，2006年的世界冠軍Nicky Hayden 以15名完賽。

The MotoGP stars return to action at the Grand Prix de France in a fortnight’s time.

MotoGP 車手們將在兩週後的法國站再次同場競技。