Not a good race for Casey Stoner, probably due to the same problems of Saturday praticte and maybe also a bit pressure because he is the World Champions make him commit a couple of errors. The place under the chequered flag is 11th. Surely a weekend to forget fast. The victory goes to the Spanish Dani Pedrosa, who made a great race, 2nd is Valentino Rossi and 3rd his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
1 Daniel Pedrosa 45:35.121
2 Valentino Rossi 45:38.004
3 Jorge Lorenzo 45:39.460
4 Nicky Hayden 45:45.263
5 Loris Capirossi 46:02.645
6 James Toseland 46:02.929
7 John Hopkins 46:03.417
8 Andrea Dovizioso 46:03.570
9 Shinya Nakano 46:07.690
10 Chris Vermulen 46:10.212
11 Casey Stoner 6:17.344
12 Marco Melandri 46:19.619
13 Anthony West 46:20.928
14 Alex De Angelis 46:20.992
15 Antonio Elias 46:44.679
16 Sylvain Guintoli 46:49.563
On the Jerez de la Frontera circuit Jorge Lorenzo conquered the pole position on the starting grid. For the Spanish on Yamaha is the second pole in two races. Our Casey Stoner after some grip problems finished 7th with 1:39.286. 2nd place for Dani Pedrosa on Honda and 3rd for Colin Edwards.
1 Jorge Lorenzo 1:38.189
2 Daniel Pedrosa 1:38.789
3 Colin Edwards 1:38.954
4 Nicky Hayden 1:39.061
5 Valentino Rossi 1:39.064
6 Randy De Puniet 1:39.122
7 Casey Stoner 1:39.286
8 James Toseland 1:39.334
9 John Hopkins 1:39.439
10 Loris Capirossi 1:39.484
11 Shinya Nakano 1:39.559
12 Chris Vermulen 1:39.704
13 Andrea Dovizioso 1:39.767
14 Alex De Angelis 1:40.037
15 Anthony West 1:40.088
16 Antonio Elias 1:40.286
17 Sylvain Guintoli 1:40.939
18 Marco Melandri 1:41.027
A new season have started, but the race winner is still Casey Stoner. In the Qatar GP Casey had a difficult start but in the middle of the race he started to make many fast laps and he reached the first position followed by the rookie Jorge Lorenzo (who started in pole position). In the last 5 lap Casey left Lorenzo and went to win alone. Great final between the rookie Dovizioso and Rossi.
At his first race on MotoGp Jorge Lorenzo conquered the pole position on the starting grid of Qatar GP. The Spanish on Yamaha precede James Toseland and Colin Edwards both on Yamaha team Tech3. Our Casey Stoner will start from 4th position and Valentino Rossi is 7th on the grid. From this qualifies appear a great supremacy of Michelin with seven riders in the first nine positions.
On 8th March restart the MotoGP championship…this is the season’s calendar:
Losail circuit Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar 09/03/08
Jerez Spain 30/03/08
Estoril Portugal 13/03/08
Shanghai China 04/05/08
Le Mans France 18/05/08
Mugello Italy 01/06/08
Catalunya Spain 08/06/08
Donington Park Great Britain 22/06/08
Assen Holland 28/06/08
Sachsenring Germany 13/07/08
Laguna Seca U.S.A. 20/07/08
Automotodrom Brno Czech Republic 17/08/08
Misano Italy 31/08/08
Indianapolis U.S.A. 14/09/08
Montegi Japan 28/09/08
Phillip Island Australia 05/10/08
Sepang Malaysia 19/10/08
Comunitat Valenciana Spain 26/10/08
Guintoli feared he had broken arm autosport.com, UK - 21 minutes ago Guintoli echoed world champion Casey Stoner's criticism of the gravel traps at the Qatar track, which feature larger stones than other circuits' run-off …
Toseland's the midnight express The Star, UK - 1 hour ago Moto GP world champion Casey Stoner was nearly a second faster than anyone else on the Marlboro Ducati. The full article contains 198 words and appears in …
Toseland performs well under lights The Press Association - 2 hours ago Defending champion Casey Stoner was nearly a second faster than anyone else on the Marlboro Ducati as he lapped in a best time of 1:55.330sec.
Lorenzo flys in final test in Qatar Motorsport.com, Florida - 4 hours ago World Champion Casey Stoner ended fourth with his best time from Friday's night practice. The Aussie was clocked at 1:55.330 on his Marlboro Ducati.
Lorenzo Top Rider On Second Night Of MotoGP Testing In Qatar RoadracingWorld.com, CA - 7 hours ago Toseland’s Texan team-mate Colin Edwards was fourth quickest, while Ducati Marlboro’s World Champion Casey Stoner completed the top five - the Australian 22 …
Spanish GP to Pedrosa, Stoner finish only 11th
