He didn't do very good unfortunately.

he won the 500gp championship agaist rossi

After that Roberts Jr. did Sweet FA.

changa wrote: kenny roberts jnr won the title on the 500cc gp bike in 2001 i beleive so he did now .

make up your crazy mind pom

25 point lead only now for dr.vale

Dani Pedrosa has said he's had talks with Ducati about a move there from Honda.

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Unless something seriously unusual happens with Stoner in the next week or so (although there is plenty of speculation about on him), then that'll be Pedrosa sticking with Honda.

Have Ducati lost patience with Stoner's whining or is it something else ?

According to my mole, Ducati are concerned that Stoner has effectively lost "interest" (if that's the right word) in racing. His fitness is still a concern and his head clearly isn't in the right place.
A couple of weeks ago, the team issued a very defiant press statement insisting that he would be returning at Estoril in a very "move along, nothing to see here" kind of way which, if anything, fanned the flames at bit. I'd expect Ducati to stand by him as much as they can but at the same time, they've got a finite amount of patience.

When you think of the riders they've approached as well, Lorenzo (a reported €13m contract) and Pedrosa - those are riders that few teams can afford to have as their "second" rider. Hayden will be on a decent, if not Rossi-esque amount but could any team in the paddock budget for Casey Stoner and a 'second' rider earning €13m? I doubt it.

Anyhoo, in other news, Ben Spies has signed a two-year contract with Yamaha that will see him race WSB in 2010 and for Tech 3 Yamaha in 2011. For my money, I'd expect that to mean that Tech 3 will run with Edwards + A.N Other for next season (whether A.N Other is Toseland remains to be seen, but I'm a betting man

). In 2011, I'd expect Edwards to hang up his helmet with Spies taking the "American" seat at Tech 3.

Lost interest ? More like he's sick of Rossi handing him his ase on a plate most Sundays. Would be a shame if it is true though. Lorenzo must have an idea as to when Rossi is retring as he'd not have signed another 1 year contract otherwise.....

Ben Spies would do well at Yamaha but it'd be a shame if Edwards wasn't still in MotoGP as I think Toseland will be there next season.

They were talking on eurosport during the practice today about both spies and edwards been yamaha employees, and not tech 3. and the deal that tech 3 have says the must have one yamaha employee and another, and were speculating that edwards would stay in 2010 and then him and spies would swap in 11.

They were talking also about an australian company buying into motogp through sponsorship and been an aussie would be a good nationality to be in the next few years, but i can't remember which company.

I don't think that Edwards would go back to WSB. I don't think that he could be bothered with it (he'll be 37 by then).

Also congrats to Bradley Smith, who is on pole for the 125 race.

I'd be surprised if Rossi retires after next year TBH. 2011 should be around about when he's in striking distance of Agostini's record, and I can't see him passing up the chance to go for it.

Hopefully he would not retire but would Lorenzo really want to play second fiddle for another two or so years ?

The Doctor wins again.

Perfect weekend for the doctor,thought the 250 race was outstanding.I bet Bautista wished there a few more laps to go as he was trapping late on.Pedrosa and Dovi has signed new contracts with Honda to.

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Any mind games in there? I wonder if it has anything to do with Lorenzo attempting to copy Rossi's settings at the weekend in order to keep up. Perhaps lashing out if he think Lorenzo is benefitting from his expertise and wanting a bit more secrecy within the garage.

Probably not, but I wonder if Lorenzo was simply backed into a corner in the end. Honda lost interest, Ducati seem fairly settled (and he'd not really want to go and be second fiddle to Stoner either), so where else would he go? A year deal means he can maybe try Honda again next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see Pedrosa move on if they're trailing Yamaha by so much again.

If I was a team manager for Ducati or Honda I'd be after Lorenzo like a shot. He will be World Champion in two years at least I believe. Pedrosa to Ducati ? Though whether Stoner would be happy about that I don't know. Everything I imagine will depend on what Rossi wants to do in the next couple of years. Good to see a few more riders will be in MotoGP in 2010.

I'm not sure to be honest. There's been a wall in the garage ever since Lorenzo joined Yamaha (put up last year because of the different tyres) so I can't imagine that there is much communication between the two teams at the best of times.

I would have thought that both riders would not need to try and see how the other is doing for setting up his bike as they have different riding styles to the other and surely setting the bike up the same way would not give the same result.

Valentinos not gonna retire, he's too close to agastini's record.

if he's gonna go anywhere he'll end up at Ducati. An italian on the Italian bike, dream made in heaven. but only if they make it ridable for anyone other than stoner.

I think a lot of valentinos future will rely on what Jerry Burgess decides to do. He was talking about packing in either this year or next.

And it didn't, which was why Lorenzo switched back to his own settings for the race.