Honda's Casey Stoner won the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday for his third victory in five races in the MotoGP championship this season.
But Yamaha's defending world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, was second and still leads the Australian by seven points in the standings.
The 2007 world champion overtook Lorenzo on the first lap and never looked back as the Honda proved too fast to catch on the 4.727km Catalunya circuit.
"Jorge got off to a good start and I had to wait until the end of the first lap to overtake him and then he couldn't stay with me, fortunately," said Stoner.
Lorenzo finished 2.403 seconds behind.
"I knew Casey was going to have a fast start and I tried to keep up with him", said Lorenzo. "But we earned 20 points."
Lorenzo also wished hometown favourite Dani Pedrosa a quick recovery from a broken collarbone he suffered in a collision with Italian rider Marco Simoncelli in the previous France GP.
"Dani, you're a great pilot and we all hope you recover as soon as possible," Lorenzo told Spanish national television after the race.
Lorenzo's American teammate, Ben Spies, finished third, 4.291 seconds off the pace, for his first podium of the season.
Honda privateer Simoncelli started from pole position and finished sixth.
In the Moto2 category, Stefan Bradl of Germany dominated an accident-plagued race in 41 minutes, 38.888 seconds for his third win of the season.
Marc Marquez was second, 4.141 seconds behind, with fellow Spaniard Aleix Espargaro third, 8.409 seconds behind, for the first podium of his career.
Spanish rider Julian Simon broke his leg when he crashed midway through the race and was taken to hospital.
In the 125cc class, Nicolas Terol claimed his fourth race of the season with a time of 42 minutes, 29.647 seconds after Johann Zarco, who crossed the finish line first, was penalised 20 seconds for bumping the Spanish rider down the final stretch.
Fellow Spaniard Maverick Vinales, cheered on by team sponsor Paris Hilton, was runner up 10.356 seconds behind while Jonas Volger of Germany finished 15.260 seconds back in third
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