Honda Powersports

A day after one of the worst crashes of his career, Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC213V) rode brilliantly to outshine team-mate Dani Pedrosa in the Dutch TT.

When the race began, under warm, sunny skies, Pedrosa and pole-sitter Stoner cleared off leaving the rest of the pack behind.

Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) charged into the first turn of the race with too much pace, lost the front end and his race ended right there. He collected Jorge Lorenzo with him as well.

Stoner made his move for the lead in the sixth gear Hoge Heide slight kink on lap 17 of 26. Within three laps he had put the lead to over 1.5s and from there cruised home to victory.

The margin of victory was 4.965s. The win was Stoner's third of the year and the 36th of his career, putting him one behind the legendary "Mike the Bike" Hailwood for fourth all-time in the premier class.

The win also moves him into a tie atop the points standings with 140 points after seven of 18 races.

Michele Pirro (San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR-Honda) finished a career best ninth.

Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP RC213V) failed to finish a race for the first time in his rookie MotoGP season. Bradl was in fifth on the second lap when he lost the front end in turn 10 and fell, unhurt.