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Valentino Rossi won his 99th career MotoGP race at the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday after overtaking teammate Jorge Lorenzo in the last bend.

Rossi finished in 43 minutes, 11.897 seconds to beat Lorenzo by 0.095 seconds. Casey Stoner finished third. The trio is now tied on 106 points in the overall standings.

Lorenzo, who had started in pole position, traded the lead several times with Rossi in a hard-fought head-to-head race.

Yuki Takahashi fell and hit the crash barrier hard in the opening lap, and Toni Elias lost grip on his rear tire and fell into the gravel.

The big talking point of the day was the finish in the 125cc category, where race leader Julian Simon mistakenly started celebrating after crossing the finish line with one lap still to go.

That allowed Andrea Iannone to seize the lead and the victory, with Simon not realizing his mistake until he saw his crew gesticulating to him to carry on racing.

Simon recovered to finish fourth, and leads the overall standings with 84 points, ahead of Bradley Smith with 82.5.

Iannone finished in 41 minutes, 10.494 seconds ahead of Nico Terol and
Sergio Gadea.

Alvaro Bautista won the 250cc class in 41:09.018 seconds and extended his championship lead to 12 points after defending champion Marco Simoncelli abandoned the race after falling on the third lap.

Results Sunday from the Catalunya Grand Prix:

Moto GP

1. Valentino Rossi, Italy, Yamaha, 43 minutes, 11.897 seconds.
2. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain, Yamaha, 43:11.992.
3. Casey Stoner, Australia, Ducati, 43:20.781.
4. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy, Honda, 43:20.833.
5. Loris Capirosi, Italy, Suzuki, 43:31.728.
6. Dani Pedrosa, Spain, Honda, 43:34.079.
7. Colin Edwards, United States, Yamaha, 43:35.444.
8. Randy de Puniet, France, Honda, 43:37.162.
9. Mika Kallio, Finland, Ducati, 43:43.694.
10. Nicky Hayden, United States, Ducati, 43:45.490.

250cc

1. Alvaro Bautista, Spain, Aprilia, 41 minutes, 09.018.
2. Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan, Honda, 41:16.203.
3. Hector Barbera, Spain, Aprilia, 41:16.300.
4. Mattia Pasini, Italy, Aprilia, 41:19.802.
5. Alex Debon, Spain, Aprilia, 41:24.758.
6. Thomas Luthi, Switzerland, Aprilia 41:24.798.
7. Ratthapark Wilairot, Thailand, Honda, 41:37.672.
8. Karel Abraham, Czech Republic, Aprilia, 41:40.618.
9. Raffaele de Rosa, Italy, Honda, 41:42.778.
10. Hector Faubel, Spain, Honda, 41:42.861.

125cc

1. Andrea Iannone, Italy, Aprilia, 41 minutes, 10.494 seconds.
2. Nico Terol, Spain, Aprilia, 41:12.739.
3. Sergio Gadea, Spain, Aprilia, 41:12.824.
4. Julian Simon, Spain, Aprilia, 41:12.825.
5. Marc Marquez, Spain, KTM, 41:12.850.
6. Jonas Folger, Germany, Aprilia, 41:13.025.
7. Stefan Bradl, Germany, Aprilia, 41:21.289.
8. Bradley Smith, Britain, Aprilia, 41:21.318.
9. Sandro Cortese, Germany, Derbi, 41:25.478.
10. Randy Krummenacher, Switzerland, Aprilia, 41:25.583.