Casey Stoner claimed a crushing victory in the British MotoGP at Donington Park while James Toseland suffered his fourth fall in two days.Stoner, who started on pole for only the second time this season, crossed the line ahead of championship leader Valentino Rossi. The Italian’s nearest rival, Dani Pedrosa of Spain, climbed from ninth on the grid to finish third. The Australian, riding a Ducati, never looked in danger of surrendering his advantage and finished 5.789 seconds ahead of Rossi to take his first chequered flag since the season opener in Qatar.
Casey Stoner non ha dato scampo ai suoi rivali nel Gran Premio di Gran Bretagna, classe MotoGP. L’australiano è partito dalla pole senza che nessuno andasse a riprenderlo. Alla fine è stato trionfo in solitaria, davanti a Valentino Rossi e Daniel Pedrosa. Bravo anche Andrea Dovizioso, quinto.
Sunday was Dan Wheldon’s 30th birthday. His rivals provided plenty of gifts.
Under glorious sunny skies at Iowa Speedway, Scott Dixon had a rare off day (he finished fourth), Tony Kanaan crashed, and Helio Castroneves faded.
And the rest of the IndyCar field, led by rookie Hideki Mutoh, simply didn’t have the speed to beat Wheldon. It all added up to victory in the second running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250, Wheldon’s second win of the season and the fifth for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in 2008.
The swagger had vanished, and the cocky confidence went with it. A two-week slump sent Kyle Busch spiraling into crankiness despite his hold atop the points standings. With a win Sunday at Infineon Raceway, his mood instantly lifted.
Busch snapped his mini-slump by racing to his first Sprint Cup Series win on a road course with a Toyota that was so bad during practice he was certain he’d wreck.
Instead, he made his series-high fifth visit to Victory Lane this season.
Spain booked their place in the semi-final of Euro 2008 as Iker Casillas emerged as the hero in a dramatic penalty shootout win over Italy. Spot kicks were needed after 120 minutes of normal play in a dour encounter that failed to produce a goal at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Real Madrid keeper Casillas saved twice - from Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale - to give substitute Cesc Fabregas the chance to put Spain 4-2 up and into next week’s last-four clash with Russia. And the young Arsenal midfielder - used as a second-half substitute again - made no mistake with his kick.
Europeo, quarti: azzurri battuti 4-2. Nei 120′ palo di Senna e una grande occasione di Camoranesi: finisce 0-0. Dal dischetto decisivi gli errori di De Rossi e Di Natale.
Ferrari secured a one-two in the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours, Felipe Massa winning from Kimi Raikkonen. Toyota’s Jarno Trulli finished third, claiming his first podium of the season. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton suffered a terrible race after incurring a 10-place grid penalty for running into Raikkonen in the pitlane during the last GP in Canada, eventually finishing in 11th.
A Magny-Cours gara senza storia con le F2008 imprendibili: si impone Felipe davanti a Raikkonen che a metà gara rompe uno scarico quando era primo. Trulli sul podio. Kubica 5°, Hamilton 10°.
