MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi, riding a Yamaha, won a crash-marred Catalan Grand Prix for the third year in a row on Sunday to move back into the title reckoning.
American Nicky Hayden was second on a Honda to take the outright lead in the standings while compatriot Kenny Roberts was third on a KR211V for the team run by his father and namesake.
Honda's Hayden now has 119 points after seven races, 20 ahead of Ducati's Loris Capirossi. Rossi moved up to third place with 90.
The race was halted after one lap when six riders, including Capirossi, collided and fell at the first corner.
Italian Marco Melandri, who was third in the overall standings, was carried on stretcher to a waiting ambulance after being attended by doctors as he lay in the gravel.
A Honda team official said the rider was conscious but neither he nor Capirossi made the re-start.
The win was Rossi's second in a row after his triumph at his home Italian Grand Prix two weeks ago.
FINAL STANDINGS 1 V Rossi Yamaha 41:31.237
2 N Hayden Honda 41:35.746
3 K Roberts Jr KR211V 41:40.411
4 J Hopkins Suzuki 41:44.702
5 C Edwards Yamaha 41:53.785
6 C Vermeulen Suzuki 41:56.435
7 M Tamada Honda 42:01.859
8 C Checa Yamaha 42:02.514
9 J Ellison Yamaha 42:30.440
10 A Hofmann Ducati 42:45.299
11 J Luis Cardoso Ducati 43:18.052
