Alvaro Bautista completed a Spanish triple crown of wins at Donington Park, and like the two classes to race before him, he did it in dominating fashion. The Aprilia rider had started from pole position, although did not get to the front of the pack until the third lap. He then opened up a huge gap to the duo battling behind him, Mika Kallio and Mattia Pasini, eventually crossing the line with three and a half seconds to spare.

A daring last corner manoeuvre saw Finland's Kallio reduce the damage to his title chances to the minimum as he took second, with Pasini coming home four hundredths of a second behind. Bautista's team-mates Hector Faubel and Sergio Gadea completed the top five, with Joan Olive, Lukas Pesek, Thomas Luthi, Nico Terol and Gabor Talmacsi rounding off the top ten.

There was some cheer for British racefans meanwhile, as 15 year-old Bradley Smith took his first World Championship points at his home race. The Repsol Honda rider came home in twelfth place (4pts) after having finished the last two races in sixteenth spot and just outside the points.