ESTORIL (Portugal), May 6: Australian world champion Casey Stoner won the Portuguese MotoGP here on Sunday for his second successive victory this season, giving him a one point lead in the title race.

The 26-year-old Honda rider — whose win here was his first in the race and means he has won every single Grand Prix — beat Spain’s 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha.

Stoner’s team-mate Dani Pedrosa became only the seventh rider to celebrate 100 podium finishes as he came third.

“There was a bit of pressure throughout the race,” said Stoner, who last Sunday won his first Spanish MotoGP.

Pedrosa got the better start but was quickly passed by both Stoner and Lorenzo while Cal Crutchlow lost two spots and Valentino Rossi, who had qualified in his highest position on Saturday, gained two places from ninth to seventh.

Ben Spies once again disappointed as he lost places after a good qualifying where he finished fifth fastest on his Yamaha but the laid back American — who listened to the band Metallica while waiting on the grid — dropped to ninth after a quarter of the race had been run.

Results: MotoGP: 1. Casey Stoner (Australia) Honda 45 minutes 37.513 seconds; 2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 45:38.934; 3. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 45:41.134 ; 4. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Yamaha 45:51.359; 5. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Yamaha 45:54.203; 6.

Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Honda 45:59.397; 7. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Ducati 46:04.310; 8. Ben Spies (US) Yamaha 46:10.775; 9.

Stefan Bradl (Germany) Honda 46:13.380; 10. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 46:30.876; 11. Nicky Hayden (US) Ducati 46:40.143; 12. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Aprilia

46:58.249; 13. Randy de Puniet (France) Aprilia 47:00.996; 14. Michele Pirro (Italy) Honda 47:15.418; 15. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ioda 1 lap.

Moto2: 1. Marc Marquez (Spain) Suter 44 minutes 04.086 seconds; 2. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Kalex 44:06.073; 3. Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Suter 44:06.157; 4. Johann Zarco (France) Motobi 44:13.313; 5. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Speed Up 44:14.567; 6. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Suter 44:25.266; 7. Toni Elias (Spain) Suter 44:25.480; 8. Julian Simon (Spain) Suter 44:25.590; 9.

Mika Kallio (Finland) Kalex 44:25.667; 10. Bradley Smith (Britain) Tech 3 44:28.186; 11. Scott Redding (Britain) Kalex 44:31.334; 12. Dominique Aegerter (Switzerland) Suter 44:34.173; 13. Xavier Simeon (Belgium) Tech 3 44:34.218; 14. Claudio Corti (Italy) Kalex 44:34.343; 15. Ricard Cardus (Spain) AJR 44:34.965.—Agencies