Moto gp...hm...I have always tried to get into it the past few years...I think it was 2008 I followed for a few races when the top 3 where joint on points, but then stoner got his illness and Rossi started pulling away from Lorenzo.
The races tend to be boring, there's no pits stops either to spice it up when it does get boring. But 2009 if we ever get a season like that again with great races like catalunya like that battle between Rossi and Lorenzo then I am sure I will be hooked.
This season looks interesting with Rossi recovering from injury, the Honda bikes looking strong...will this be pedrosa's chance? Lorenzo looks strong as does stoner (man what a name, why not just call him drugger?) spies I hears is looking good but it's only his 2nd season so I expect him to falter mid way through the season
Pos. PointsNum. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap 1 25 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.5 42'38.569 2 20 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.2 +5.051 4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.2 +5.942 5 11 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 166.1 +7.358 6 10 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 165.9 +10.468 7 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 165.5 +16.431 8 8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.8 +26.293 9 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 +27.416 10 6 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 164.7 +28.920 11 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.3 +34.539 12 4 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 164.3 +34.829 13 3 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 164.1 +37.957 Not Classified 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 162.8 4 Laps 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 142.4 21 Laps 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 0 Lap
here is the offical standing after first race and the result of race
Qatar MotoGP result:
1 C Stoner (Aus) Honda 42:38.569 2 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha @ 3.440 3 D Pedrosa (Sp) Honda @ 5.051 4 A Dovizioso (It) Honda @ 5.942 5 M Simoncelli (It) Ducati @ 7.358 6 B Spies (US) Yamaha @ 10.468 7 V Rossi (It) Ducati @ 16.431 8 C Edwards (US) Yamaha @ 26.293 9 N Hayden (US) Ducati @ 27.416 10 H Aoyama (Jpn) Honda @ 28.920 11 C Crutchlow (GB) Yamaha @ 34.539 12 H Barbera (Sp) Ducati @ 34.829 13 K Abraham (Cz) Ducati @ 37.957
MotoGP standings After Qatar MotoGP (20 March)
- Name Bike Nat Points 1 Casey Stoner Honda Aus 25 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Spa 20 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda Spa 16 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda Ita 13 5 Marco Simoncelli Honda Ita 11 6 Ben Spies Yamaha US 10 7 Valentino Rossi Ducati Ita 9 8 Colin Edwards Yamaha US 8 9 Nicky Hayden Ducati US 7 10 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Jpn 6 11 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha GB 5 12 Hector Barbera Ducati Spa 4 13 Karel Abraham Ducati Cze 3
My favorite driver is a series of Motogp: Valentino Rossi, but the club is now more Superbike World Championship series in which my favorite is Max Biaggi.
I'm following MotoGP for 5 years now, almost never miss it. My favorite is Rossi. This year, however he'll have a tough time with new bike and still painful injuries but if anyone is able to make to the top again - it's him. :)
Moto racing is much more interesting to watch than F1 due to tremendous amount of overtaking and pressure on the track, so I'll never subscribe to the opinion it is boring. :)
Zitat von ReAlienI'm following MotoGP for 5 years now, almost never miss it. My favorite is Rossi. This year, however he'll have a tough time with new bike and still painful injuries but if anyone is able to make to the top again - it's him. :)
Moto racing is much more interesting to watch than F1 due to tremendous amount of overtaking and pressure on the track, so I'll never subscribe to the opinion it is boring. :)
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Max Biaggi had been told yet unconfirmed reports that the 2012 season, he will return to the MotoGP category of the Finnish driver's team guy. Biaggi did not mention this in a Finnish name, but in practice it can not be still, at least not at this stage, none other than Mika Kallio, as the 16-year old Niklas Ajo upward trend has just started his first full Cup season.
Can't say that I'm a big fan of the sport but I like wheel to wheel battles. I started watching MotoGp in 2008 with Jorge Lorenzo's debut still then my sympathy is on his side )) He had a couple of scary incidents, but also great battles with Rossi. It's great that he's a champ, but of course I'd like him to win in a more tight battle. Hope he can do smth. with Hondas this weekend.
Zitat von WolfieSo Mika Kallio just took a turn in MotoGP last year.
Kallio seems to be the same defect as Elias, or MotoGP used tires do not fit at all riding style. So far a good thing that got Suzuki to ride.
British Eurosport2's commentators said that Elias spent last season Moto2 in every other softer alloys. MotoGP has been used in recent seasons just really hard alloys. Elias is also a very distinctive style and wants the bike settings similar to HD, a, bow, or high. This style controls are obviously not possible in the current Honda MotoGP bike.
Zitat1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 50m49.046s 2. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 19.339s 3. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 29.085s 4. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda + 29.551s 5. Valentino Rossi Ducati + 1m02.227s 6. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati + 1m08.440s 7. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati + 1m14.120s 8. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha + 1m19.110s 9. Toni Elias LCR Honda + 1m42.906s 10. John Hopkins Suzuki + 1m48.395s 11. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati + 1m51.876s 12. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 1 lap
Retirements:
Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 26 laps Ben Spies Yamaha 24 laps Randy De Puniet Pramac Ducati 16 laps Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 11 laps Casey Stoner Honda 7 laps
Rossi's Ducati was also surging through, and by lap seven the Italian had taken third from Lorenzo. He then went down the inside of Stoner for second into the first corner, but though the Ducati nosed ahead, he then lost control and fell, sliding into Stoner and eliminating the Honda. Rossi was able to continue at the back of the field and would later visit the Honda garage to apologise to Stoner.
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