Andrea Dovizioso surged past Jorge Lorenzo with two corners to go to win a sensational 250cc Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park. After starting from pole position, Dovizioso led away from the start and quickly became involved in a hotly-contested battle with Alvaro Bautista's Aspar Aprilia, which saw the pair swap top spots on no less than four occasions during the first half of the race.

The 21-year-old Italian, who had grabbed second from Alvaro Bautista at the start of the last lap, closed in on world champion Lorenzo down the backstraight, keeping in the Fortuna Aprilia rider’ slipstream to give himself a chance for a move. He managed to just get the nose of his Team Scot Honda down the inside of Lorenzo's machine and somehow held on to take his third 250cc win - and his first of the season - by 0.103 seconds.

Dovizioso was understandably delighted with his thrilling win commenting, "it's really good, really important. Wow. Today the race was so fast, but with good fighting and some touching. To get the win is unbelievable. The championship starts here for us." – 22 April 2007