Elias recovered to claim eighth for San Carlo Honda Gresini by just 0.049sec from Hayden's Ducati. The American had dropped to the tail of the group after a big slide under braking with 4 laps to go. Capirossi was a frustrated tenth.
UPDATE: Elias received a 20 second post-race penalty for the incident, which dropped him from eighth to twelfth.
Round eight of the MotoGP World Championship, the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, takes place next weekend.
Dutch TT:
1. Rossi
2. Lorenzo
3. Stoner
4. Edwards
5. Vermeulen
6. Toseland
7. de Puniet
8. Hayden
9. Capirossi
10. de Angelis
11. Melandri
12. Elias
13. Gibernau
14. Canepa
15. Takahashi
16. Talmacsi
