Jorge Lorenzo is on a roll. He bagged his fifth victory of the MotoGP for 2010 at the Catalunya Circuit on Sunday.

Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo once again started and finished at pole position securing his MotoGP World Championship position with a lead of 52 points. This was Lorenzo’s third consecutive win from pole position as he continues to ride spectacularly towards victory.

Last season at the same circuit Lorenzo has lost the title to his teammate Valentino Rossi after finishing second after a thrilling battle but he was delighted with this victory at Montmeló.

“This is very special,” said the 23 year-old. “After losing so closely last year I was happy but not completely so and today I can say I am completely happy, winning here at my home race.”

After a brilliant start to the race, Andrea Dovizioso threatened Lorenzo till the first half of the race. Dovizioso looked in very good form and even managed to get to the first position although very briefly because the Spaniard quickly took it back. The battle for first position came to an abrupt end with Dovizioso’s crash on lap 14, which in turn was a complete give away to the rest of the race.

“It was very difficult today because it was so hot and the front tyre was sliding a lot. I thought I was going to have a big battle with Dovizioso because he was pushing very hard but then he crashed and I was alone; it was lucky for me because then I was able to take it more gently to the finish,” said Lorenzo, who went on to explain that he was also very pleased with how controlled his ride was.

“I think I rode a clever race today. I am so grateful to my team and to everyone at Yamaha and Bridgestone because they are working so hard to make our bike competitive at every track. I also want to say thank you to all the fans that came to watch today, it is a great feeling for me to win here in front of them all,” he concluded.

The excitement then shifted to Dani pedrosa and Casey Stoner who furiously battled for the 2^nd position title.  The Honda and Ducati were inseparable for most of the race and even barely touched one another towards the end when things got all heated up.

Dani Pedrosa finished second with Stoner very close behind him, letting Randy de Puniet ride in at fourth place.

Pos  Rider             Team                  Time/Gap
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha              43m22.805s
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 + 4.754s
 3.  Casey Stoner      Ducati                + 4.956s
 4.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda            + 18.057s
 5.  Alvaro Bautista   Suzuki               + 21.361s
 6.  Ben Spies         Tech 3 Yamaha        + 21.503s
 7.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki               + 24.181s
 8.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati               + 27.941s
 9.  Marco Melandri    Gresini Honda        + 28.046s
10.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati         + 32.439s
11.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha        + 38.406s
12.  Mika Kallio       Pramac Ducati        + 58.257s
13.  Kousuke Akiyoshi  Interwetten Honda  + 1m09.348s
14.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda              + 1m32.402s
15.  Wataru Yoshikawa  Yamaha             + 1m35.237s

Retirements:

     Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda      13 laps
     Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati      5 laps