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| | | Moto GP 250cc Motegi : Mika Kallio takes his first victory |  Written: 24/09/2007 : 18:03. Read 3953 times (3/day). | Finland's Mika Kallio (KTM) has won the 250cc Japan GP ahead Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) and spaniard Hector Barbera (Aprilia), sunday at Motegi.
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Finland's Mika Kallio raced to his first 250cc victory of his career at the motorcycling Japanese Grand Prix here Sunday.
The 24-year-old, who has stepped up from the 125cc after finishing second overall in the class for two straight years, won in 48 minutes 28.585 seconds on a KTM, 4.893 seconds ahead of Italian Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso.
Mika Kallio said after the race : "By mid-race, I overtook Dovizioso and continued to push, but I was always followed very closely. There didn't seem to be any change to get away so I decided to just ride at my own rhythm. Then it started to drizzle again, which was disturbing, but I was able to keep my speed. I only noticed in the last lap that Dovizioso was the only one left behind me and the fact that he slowed made it easier in the end."
The second on the podium, and second at the championship, Andrea Dovizioso, took several important points to Jorge Lorenzo and said after the race :
“Today I hoped to race on dry conditions even if, for sure in these conditions, it is easer to make up for points on Lorenzo for us. Anyway, yesterday we had a really good set up and we were really fast that’s why I preferred the sunshine for today rather than the rain.
Unfortunately these are the situations in which we can recuperate more points. Today we gained a lot of points and I’m really happy because this will help us a lot and if until now we didn’t lose hopes this will give us even more confidence.”
His team mate Yuki Takahashi was able to take the fourth position.
Spain's Hector Barbera on an Aprilia came in third 16.634 seconds further back. He said after the race : « I am happy beceuse my warm up was not so good, finaly i change my settings and I found back confidence. My bike was good and the race also despite the fog on my visor... But I manage to stay focused on my riding. The team was very good so now we are looking forward the next race, thanks to all my team and to Aprilia. »
Points leader Jorge Lorenzo of Spain finished 11th on an Aprilia and his lead over nearest rival Dovizioso narrowed to 36 with three races to go.
Kallio's previous best 250cc result was second spot behind Japan's fellow KTM rider Hiroshi Aoyama in the German Grand Prix in July.
Moto GP 250cc Motegi :
1- 36 M.KALLIO KTM 48'28.585
2- 34 A.DOVIZIOSO HONDA 48'33.478 +4.893
3- 80 H.BARBERA APRILIA 48'50.112 +21.527
4- 55 Y.TAKAHASHI HONDA 48'52.073 +23.488
5- 3 A.DE ANGELIS APRILIA 48'53.963 +25.378
6- 60 J.SIMON HONDA 49'10.849 +42.264
7- 58 M.SIMONCELLI GILERA 49'17.367 +48.782
8- 4 H.AOYAMA KTM 49'26.367 +57.782
9- 73 S.AOYAMA HONDA 49'37.634 +1'09.049
10- 12 T.LUTHI APRILIA 49'39.422 +1'10.837
11- 1 J.LORENZO APRILIA 49'41.620 +1'13.035
12- 76 S.OIKAWA YAMAHA 49'54.956 +1'26.371
13- 16 J.CLUZEL APRILIA 50'04.821 +1'36.236
14- 75 Y.UI YAMAHA 50'15.683 +1'47.098
15- 19 A.BAUTISTA APRILIA 50'18.666 +1'50.081
16- 15 R.LOCATELLI GILERA 50'27.326 +1'58.741
17- 41 A.ESPARGARO APRILIA 50'35.367 +2'06.782
18- 10 I.TOTH APRILIA 50'39.000 +2'10.415
19- 50 E.LAVERTY HONDA 48'36.503 1 lap
20- 77 Y.HAMAMOTO YAMAHA 48'37.028 1 lap
Moto GP 250c Championship world standings :
1- J.LORENZO APRILIA 262
2- A.DOVIZIOSO HONDA 226
3- A.DE ANGELIS APRILIA 208
4- A.BAUTISTA APRILIA 161
5- H.BARBERA APRILIA 146
6- M.KALLIO KTM 119
7- H.AOYAMA KTM 116
8- T.LUTHI APRILIA 104
9- J.SIMON HONDA 93
10- S.AOYAMA HONDA 79
11- M.SIMONCELLI GILERA 75
12- Y.TAKAHASHI HONDA 69
13- F.LAI APRILIA 49
14- R.LOCATELLI GILERA 42
15- A.ESPARGARO APRILIA 35
16- R.WILAIROT HONDA 29
17- A.WEST APRILIA 25
18- K.ABRAHAM APRILIA 24
19- D.HEIDOLF APRILIA 22
20- J.CLUZEL APRILIA 15
21- A.BALDOLINI APRILIA 14
22- T.SEKIGUCHI APRILIA 13
23- A.DEBON APRILIA 11
24- D.LINFOOT APRILIA 7
25- E.LAVERTY HONDA 6
26- S.OIKAWA YAMAHA 4
27- I.TOTH APRILIA 2
28- Y.UI YAMAHA 2
29- A.TIZON APRILIA 1
30- E.VAZQUEZ APRILIA 1
Article : Aurélien Filippi
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