 1 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 The TT Assen Circuit is the only circuit that remains on the calendar from 1949 when the series first started. It was rebuilt a couple of years ago to remove the part of the track in the top of this picture. The Dutch TT is always held on the last Saturday of June. Race conditions, dry; air temperature, 24°; crowd, 96,000. |
 2 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 This is the new section that was added in 2006. Front row: Valentino ROSSI, Dani PEDROSA, Jorge LORENZO Row 2: Casey STONER, Colin EDWARDS, Loris CAPIROSSI. |
 3 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 From 2nd on the grid Dani Pedrosa leads Rossi and Stoner into turn 1. |
 4 07 GP Holanda Assen 25, 26 y 27 de junio de 2009 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Jorge Lorenzo bogs his engine off the line and gives away three places before reaching the first turn. Chris Vermeulen slots into 4th. |
 5 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 This is the first of the left-handers after the start, the unloved Strubben corner where Rossi crashed last year. This corner leads to the back straight and both Rossi and Stoner pass Pedrosa under brakes into turn 8, the Ruskenhoek. |
 6 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Stoner leads through the Ruskenhoek. |
 7 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 At the end of lap 1, Stoner leads across the line and Lorenzo passes Vermeulen to take 4th. Shortly after, at the long right-hander turn 3, the Ossebroeken, Rossi slips by Stoner and into the lead. |
 8 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 At the end of lap 3, Rossi is comfortably in the lead. |
 9 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Pedrosa maintains 3rd but Lorenzo is catching him. He passes Pedrosa on lap 3. |
 10 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Rossi opens a gap on Stoner but Lorenzo closes on Stoner and passes him on lap 4. |
 11 MotoGP Holland Round 7 Assen Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team walks away after crashing out of 4th place |
 12 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 As the laps count down, Rossi opens up his advantage over Lorenzo and Stoner falls further behind. By lap 5, the podium positions are settled and the gap between the top three grows. |
 13 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Rossi's post win celebrations are sometimes more entertaining than the race. Such was the case this time as Rossi collects his 100th win. |
 14 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 He is only the second person after Giacomo Agostini to achieve this milestone. He's still wearing his helmet because a fan club member could not disconnect his drinking tube. |
 15 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 The team pose to celebrate the occasion. |
 16 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Casey was sick again with the same stomach cramps and nausea- that he had experienced 13 days ago in Catalunya. He goes straight to the medical centre after the podium ceremony and does not attend the interviews. |
 17 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Jorge was very generous in his praise of Rossi and Jorge is now a complete champion. |
 18 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Yamaha team director Lyn Jarvis joins Rossi and Lorenzo on the podium with good reason: Yamaha took four of the first six places and the best scoring Honda came 7th. |
 19 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 The good news is that Nicky Hayden had a vastly improved race coming home in 8th position. New entrant Gabor Talmacsi continues to learn his trade and bring the bike home without crashing it. It was another processional race though. Shame about Pedrosa, his season is over. This classification is "Revised" because Toni Elias was penalised 20 seconds for dangerous riding. |
 20 Round 7 - Assen, Saturday, June 27, 2009 Yamaha has the top two riders in the Championship and is way ahead in the Constructor's Championship and the Teams Championship. Wierd how Honda had the best bike when Rossi was with them - wonder if there's a connection? |
