MotoGP: Pedrosa wins in Japan to keep Stoner waiting

MOTEGI, Japan (Reuters): Casey Stoner's charge to a second MotoGP title was held up as he survived a scare to finish third in a crash-filled Japanese Grand Prix behind Spanish duo Dani Pedrosa and world champion Jorge Lorenzo on Sunday.

Honda's Pedrosa rode a superb race, untroubled by the chaos around him, with seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi crashing off on turn two in the first of several hair-raising spills in overcast conditions at Motegi's Twin Ring circuit.