250cc race
1 Randy De Puniet (FRA) Aprilia
2 Daniel Pedrosa (ESP) Honda
3 Antonio Elias (ESP) Honda
4 Sebastian Porto (ARG) Aprilia
5 Alfonso Nieto (ESP) Aprilia
6 Alex De Angelis (SMR) Aprilia
7 Roberto Rolfo (ITA) Honda
13:37 That concludes our coverage of the 250cc race! Be sure to follow now the Moto GP race!
13:32 DE PUNIET: "It was really a very great race. i tried in the first ten laps to pull away, but it was impossible and I broke with half-a-lap to go to overtake and win. It's a great win."
13:18 PEDROSA: "I'm happy because the race was so hard for the tyre and at the end, we had problem for the rear. In the end, I tried to win but couldn't do it. I'm so happy because of all the people here."
13:15 That makes it an eight-point gap at the head of the standings...
13:13 RANDY DE PUNIET WINS HIS FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON!!!!!! What a sensational final lap! Pedrosa bangs his fist on the fuel tank in disgust! The two traded leads a dozen times and went through a nail-biting final lap where the Frenchman overtook the last time with less than half-a-lap to go!
23/23 PEDROSA THROUGH ON THE BACK-SECTION!! De Puniet overtakes on the straight with two corners to go...
23/23 INTO THE LAST LAP!! The crowd going nuts and Pedrosa tried to make a move but can't do it in the straight, he'll have two more chances...
22/23 Pedrosa right on the tail of De Puniet!! The pressure is intense...
21/23 Pedrosa tried to overtake on the inside, but couldn't make up the ground... he's right on De Puniet's wheel... the winner here will have the overall championship lead!
21/23 Elias closes the gap to 6.7 seconds, but it's getting late...
20/23 Forget what we said about Elias: he's 7.6 seconds behind the front-runners...
20/23 De Puniet in front in the grandstand straight but Pedrosa close enough...
19/23 De Puniet goes in the lead... BUT HE GOES WIDE... and Pedrosa back in front... No, it's de Puniet back in front... They're slowing each other and that could work in Elias' favour who's still a distant third...
18/23 BARBERA AGAIN IN THE LEAD: His third real stint in front as he overtakes on the inside and De Puniet who's lead most of the way now follows in a nerve-racking two-man race...
17/23 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: De Puniet and Pedrosa close enough to kiss in the straightaway, De Puniet stays in front...
16/23 BIG MISTAKE ON THE INSIDE ON THE CHICANE! Poggiali clips Rolfo, both go down, and both are out!!
16/23 Porto fourth, Rolfo fifth, Poggiali sixth ahead of Fonzy Neto
15/23 De Angelis has stalled...
14/23 PEDROSA BREAKS VALENTINO ROSSI'S CIRCUIT RECORD: The old 250cc record dated back to 1998. The Spaniard breaks it by 0.283 seconds...
13/22 The crowd rises as one for a standing ovation as Pedrosa now overtaken by De Puniet...
12/22 NOW HE MAKES HIS MOVE: After another dummy move, after completing the fastest lap of the race (more than 150 mph in the home straight), the Spaniard delights the Barcelona crowd by pulling past the Frenchman...
10/23 Porto 9.9 seconds back of the lead group...
9/23 De Puniet insisting on riding in the lead... Pedrosa appears happy to draft...
8/23 Porto moves up to fourth! But there's a long way to go to catch the front three...
7/23 Dirk Heidolf is out. Porto has moved up ahead of Fonzy Nieto into fifth... and now Hugo Marchand falls in the dirt...
6/23 1.2 seconds the gap between Pedrosa in second and Elias in third... Pedrosa surged ahead of De Puniet for a second and then the Frenchman pulled back in front... 1.5 seconds now the gap with Elias, 5.8 seconds with Rolfo and the others...
5/23 De Puniet, Pedrosa, and Elias... the hierarchy unshaken so far with Rolfo a very distant fourth leading that second group...
4/23 A second group of five riders that includes Porto lies 2.3 seconds back of the front three...
3/23 De Puniet leads ahead of Pedrosa and Toni Elias... Porto has fallen back to seventh...
1/23 A CLEAN START!! Pedrosa through cleanly but de Puniet keeps his edge and he's in the lead...
12:30 Into the warm-up lap...
12:28 Getting set with championship leader Randy De Puniet of France on pole, with him on the front of the grid are Danny Pedrosa, who trails him in the overall standings by a mere three points and Argentina's Sebastian Porto...
10:00 Welcome to eurosport.com's LIVE coverage of today's 250cc GP of Catalunya! Live action will start at 12:30cet, stay tuned!
Hajrá PEDROSA!
