Spain's Jorge Lorenzo continued his domination of the 250cc category, easing to his ninth victory of the season by nearly 20 seconds ahead of compatriot Alvaro Bautista.

Andrea Dovizioso was third but Lorenzo extended his lead over the Italian at the top of the world championship standings to 45 points and needs just six more from the last two races to retain his title.

Result

1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Aprilia 39:25.727

2. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 39:45.361

3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 39:45.451

4. Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) KTM 39:45.524

5. Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Aprilia 39:45.793

6. Julian Simon (Spain) Honda 39:46.772

7. Marco Simoncelli (Italy) Gilera 39:58.687

8. Shuhei Aoyama (Japan) Honda 39:58.770

9. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Aprilia 39:58.778

10. Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 40:10.541

11. Roberto Locatelli (Italy) Gilera 40:14.460

12. Jules Cluzel (France) Aprilia 40:19.737

13. Karel Abraham (Czech Republic) Aprilia 40:28.945

14. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia 40:35.095

15. Dirk Heidolf (Germany) Aprilia 40:43.534

World championship standings

Pts

1. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Aprilia 287

2. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 242

3. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Aprilia 215

4. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 181

5. Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 146

6. Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) KTM 129

7. Mika Kallio (Finland) KTM 119

8. Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Aprilia 115

9. Julian Simon (Spain) Honda 103

10. Shuhei Aoyama (Japan) Honda 87

11. Marco Simoncelli (Italy) Gilera 84

12. Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 75

13. Fabrizio Lai (Italy) Aprilia 49

14. Roberto Locatelli (Italy) Gilera 47

15. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia 37

16. Ratthapark Wilairot (Thailand) Honda 29

17. Karel Abraham (Czech Republic) Aprilia 27

18. Anthony West (Australia) Aprilia 25

19. Dirk Heidolf (Germany) Aprilia 23

20. Jules Cluzel (France) Aprilia 19

21. Alex Baldolini (Italy) Aprilia 14

22. Taro Sekiguchi (Japan) Aprilia 13

23. Alex Debon (Spain) Aprilia 11

24. Dan Linfoot (Britain) Aprilia 7

25. Eugene Laverty (Ireland) Honda 6

26. Seijin Oikawa (Japan) Yamaha 4

27. Youichi Ui (Japan) Yamaha 2

27=. Imre Toth (Hungary) Aprilia 2

29. Efren Vazquez (Spain) Aprilia 1

29=. Arturo Tizon (Spain) Aprilia 1

Reuters