ALCANIZ, Spain — Honda's Dani Pedrosa cruised to victory at the Aragon Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha Sunday to trim the gap to his Spanish compatriot to 33 points with four races left. Lorenzo started on pole and led from Pedrosa in the early stages at a sunny Motorland circuit but was overtaken by the Honda rider with around 17 laps remaining and never looked like regaining the lead. With a comfortable cushion at the top of the standings, he appeared to ease off in order to secure second spot and remains well placed to secure a second MotoGP title following his debut triumph in 2010. Yamaha trio Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow and Ben Spies fought an entertaining battle for the remaining place on the podium, with Italian Dovizioso eventually clinching third ahead of Briton Crutchlow and American Spies. Lorenzo leads on 290 points ahead of the next race in Japan in two weeks, with Pedrosa on 257. World champion Casey Stoner of Australia, who is out injured, is third on 186 points, seven clear of Dovizioso. Ducati's Nicky Hayden suffered a spectacular crash early in Sunday's race and was taken to the medical center for checks. Spaniard Pol Espargaro won Sunday's Moto2 race ahead of compatriot Marc Marquez and Briton Scott Redding. Espargaro's victory cut Marquez's championship lead to 48 points, with Italian Andrea Iannone in third. Luis Salom, another Spaniard, was victorious in the Moto3 category to move into second in the standings behind Sandro Cortese. Cortese finished second Sunday and his German compatriot Jonas Folger was third. — Reuters
