I like the look of that Lorenzo fella. Great race from Stoner as well.

Thought the night race worked very well, the overhead shots from the helicopter looked really impressive, what with the circuit being literally in the middle of the desert.

Round 2 in Jerez this weekend.

Tempted to back Lorenzo for this one. He's got a good record at this circuit in 250's and Stoner had a mare last year - although he did do well in testing there earlier this year.

Lorenzo on provisional followed by Rossi and Edwards.Stoner 6th after dropping his ducati.Smith second in the 125's.Over 135,000 at sundays races including a couple of my mates,swines

.Definatley one of my favourite tracks to.

Lorenzo on pole with Pedrosa and Edwards making up the front row.Hayden ,Rossi and De Puniet on row 2,Stoner in 7th.The highlight from qualifying was Edwards dropping his bike and bouncing back up again,incredible how he did that,naturally followed by a wave to the crowd!Bradley Smith on pole again so lets hope his bike performs this time,roll on tommorow...

Eventfull to say the least!Great ride by Bradley after a top fight with Bradl and the 250's were unbeleivable with my favourite Bautista being taken out my afro wearing Simoncelli on the last.Great start by Pedrosa proved to be enough but how well did JT do?He looked like a bag o sh*te after the race,good to see Rossi back and Stoner will be glad to see no more sand in Spain for a while

Just wait until Toseland and Edwards get the extras for their bikes that Rossi and Lorenzo already have being full factory bikes.

a strange old race that one. Never seen Stoner struggle like that on a Ducati. I liked the Edwards/Pedrosa recoveries on turn 1 though, very impressive!

Have dumped the BBC coverage for this season. I am finding the Eurosport presentation much more informative and knowledgeable. The only down side is the adverts but so far it is still worth it.

The in-house battle between my choice Edwards and the Wifes favourite Rossi is not as clear cut as it looked before the season.

we will see

And miss Suzi Perry ?

I certainly think that Toseland can bag a few podiums this year.

He's outpacing what should be, on paper at least, quicker bikes and he is clearly a very good rider. Some of his overtaking moves in Jerez were excellent and it was just a shame that he got pipped by Capirossi at the end.

Hopefully the transition to the new engine goes smoothly. If it does, Estoril could be very interesting.

I agree with you. I think he will get podiums once he gets the new engine and other parts fitted. He might even win one.

JT is definatly good enough to win a gp and with parts arriving in time for plenty of practise for Estoril its looking good for him,The engine ,no illness and his mums cooking will all be in his favour.Hayden stayed behind last week for over 80 laps trying for more improvement so its hotting up already at the top,a certain Mr Schumacher was on a ducati at Mugello yesterday lapping at around 1'58 for 40 laps,lap record is about 1'50,i wonder if he could have made it on 2 wheels instead of 4.....

i can see casey snagging a few podiums

Lorenzo on pole yet again,Pedrosa and Rossi with him.JT,Hayden and Edwards on 2nd row but everyone will be looking up at the sky tommorow with a dodgy forecast.Toseland has impressed so much he's signed a new contract already.

Good news for Toseland in that he's made the second row.

He and Edwards had a terible time in Friday's free practice, finishing in the bottom two (JT was almost 7 seconds behind Stoner). Hopefully, Tech 3 can change over to the new engine smoothly and we can see an even bigger challenge from Toseland



Stoner will be an interesting one to watch tomorrow as well. Came out top on Friday, struggled in qualifying and if Jerez was a nasty track for Ducati, this one will be even worse.

we will see . JT the great hope for you guys

Valentino Rossi's been the quickest all weekend so far,with Stoner back on the case and Pedrosa going well.But the big news in Shanghai is Lorenzo having a huge high side in turn 2,fractured left ankle,badly bruised tib fib and ankle bone on the right,will he ride?........possibly! www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Lore ... +confirmed oucheee

Valentino Rossi's been the quickest all weekend so far,with Stoner back on the case and Pedrosa going well.But the big news in Shanghai is Lorenzo having a huge high side in turn 2,fractured left ankle,badly bruised tib fib and ankle bone on the right,will he ride?........possibly! www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Lore ... +confirmed oucheee

he will most prob ride

He is

well qualifying at least,he looked in agony before when he getting on his bike,and i thought footballers were tough!

Rossi's new helmet is [url=http://www.lindependant.com/articles/2008/06/01/20080601-Sports-Basket-ball-Les-Celtics-en-finale.php5awesome[/url. Looks particularly good when he's head down behind the bubble on the main straight at 210mph.
The look on the face on the helmet is probably the same one he pulled when the taxman told him how much he owed.

Rossi wins again. May aswell hand him the trophy now. Would be a massive effort to stop him now. He's looked unbeatable the last few races.

rossi on a mission

Another good performance from Rossi although Pedrosa is still on his coat-tales.

He's managed to be very competitive on a weaker bike than the Yamaha and with Honda's penumatic-valve engine is supposedly on the way next week, I wouldn't write him off.