Race winner Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa of Spain celebrates on the podium after the Indianapolis MotoGP at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday

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Dani Pedrosa claimed his second victory of the season as the Spaniard won the Indianapolis MotoGP in emphatic fashion on Sunday.
The Honda driver led a Spanish one-two, finishing 11 seconds ahead of compatriot Jorge Lorenzo while Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium.
Australian world champion Casey Stoner, riding with a pain-killing injection due to his fractured right ankle and torn ligaments, finished fourth.
It was Pedrosa’s 17th career victory and puts him on 207 points in the world championship standings, 18 points behind Lorenzo.
“It was a good weekend. I think the bike was working well. We were spinning all of practice, but we had a good feeling. So today for the race I was confident,” Pedrosa told reporters.
Pedrosa started on pole but was challenged in an eventful race that saw Ben Spies take control in the opening laps before the American’s hopes ended with 22 laps remaining when his engine blew forcing him to pull off the track.
Pedrosa had a scare of his own when his bike wobbled with 12 laps to go and ran into the grass, but he soon recovered.
“When I shifted again to first, the bike had a good kick on me and yeah, I almost lost control,” Pedrosa said. “But I kept the bike on the track. I lost one second on that lap.”
Stoner fought through the pain of his injuries to finish fourth having only been declared fit to race on Sunday morning.
In qualifying on Saturday the twice world champion was thrown off his bike and rolled across the grass.
He tried to walk off the track but had to call for medical attention and was taken away on a stretcher.
Valentino Rossi came home seventh, a position Crutchlow had held before crashing out at Turn Four early on.
It is the first time this year Crutchlow has failed to score points.
“I lost the front. We have been struggling all weekend and it is disappointing, it was the first race we have not finished this year,” he said.
“We have to go away and have a look at it and see where we need to improve for next weekend.”
Cardion AB’s Karel Abraham took eighth with Avintia Blusens’s Yonny Hernandez coming out on top of a battle with Aspar’s Aleix Espargaro for ninth.
In Moto2, Marc Marquez claimed a fifth race victory of the season with a dominant display to extend his championship lead to 39 points.
Marquez finished 5.9 seconds clear of title rival Pol Espargaro, while Julian Simon crossed the line in third place.
Finally, Luis Salom won his first Moto3 race as he surged past championship leaders Sandro Cortese and Maverick Vinales on the last lap to secure victory. Cortese took second and Jonas Folger came third after Vinales crashed out at the final turn.