Casey Stoner gain the 4th place on the starting grid of Italian GP. Casey was doing a good lap but at the end he found some “traffic” and wasn’t able to reach the first row. Pole position goes to Valentino Rossi.

1 Valentino Rossi 1:48.130
2 Daniel Pedrosa 1:48.297
3 Loris Capirossi 1:48.313
4 Casey Stoner 1:48.375
5 Colin Edwards 1:48.383
6 Nicky Hayden 1:48.666
7 Jorge Lorenzo 1:48.905
8 James Toseland 1:49.025
9 Shinya Nakano 1:49.095
10 Alex De Angelis 1:49.145
11 Chris Vermeulen 1:49.220
12 Randy De Puniet 1:49.246
13 Andrea Dovizioso 1:49.565
14 John Hopkins 1:49.601
15 Tadayuki Okada 1:49.829
16 Antonio Elias 1:49.851
17 Sylvain Guintoli 1:50.257
18 Marco Melandri 1:50.465
19 Anthony West 1:50.889

Casey Stoner finished the French GP on Le Mans circuit on 16th position due to a problem on his Ducati that obliged him to stop at box to change his bike and losing the possibility to reache the first positions. Victory goes to Vlantino Rossi followed by other two Yamaha (Lorenzo and Edwards) and Pedrosa.

1 Valentino Rossi
2 Jorge Lorenzo
3 Colin Edwards
4 Daniel Pedrosa
5 Chris Vermulen
6 Andrea Dovizioso
7 Loris Capirossi
8 Nicky Hayden
9 Randy De Puniet
10 Shinya Nakano
11 Toni Elias
12 Alex De Angelis
13 Sylvain Guintoli
14 Anthony West
15 Marco Melandri
16 Casey Stoner

In the Sunday race Casey Stoner confirmed the position on starting grid finishing at 3rd place. This is surely a good hoping result after some problems in the recent races. Victory goes to Valentiono Rossi on Yamaha, followed by Dani Pedrosa on Honda (who is reaching lead in championship).

1 Valentino Rossi 44:08.061
2 Daniel Pedrosa 44:11.951
3 Casey Stoner 44:23.989
4 Jorge Lorenzo 44:30.555
5 Marco Melandri 44:35.018
6 Nicky Hayden 44:36.430
7 Colin Edwards 44:37.841
8 Antonio Elias 44:38.286
9 Loris Capirossi 44:39.501
10 Shinya Nakano 44:44.030
11 Andrea Dovizioso 44:44.307
12 James Toseland 44:51.252
13 Randy De Puniet 44:51.503
14 John Hopkins 44:53.916
15 Sylvain Guintoli 44:54.391
16 Alex De Angelis 44:58.654
17 Anthony West 45:13.654

Casey will start in 3rd position on the Chinese GP. Pole position goes to Colin Edward followed by his ex-team-mate Valentino Rossi.

1 Colin Edwards 1:58.139
2 Valentino Rossi 1:58.494
3 Casey Stoner 1:58.591
4 Jorge Lorenzo 1:58.711
5 Daniel Pedrosa 1:58.855
6 Loris Capirossi 1:58.941
7 James Toseland 1:59.254
8 Chris Vermeulen 1:59.325
9 Randy De Puniet 1:59.357
10 Nicky Hayden 1:59.507
11 Andrea Dovizioso 1:59.559
12 Marco Melandri 1:59.678
13 Shinya Nakano 1:59.716
14 John Hopkins 1:59.740
15 Antonio Elias 1:59.933
16 Alex De Angelis 2:00.316
17 Sylvain Guintoli 2:00.760
18 Anthony West 2:00.838
19 Eugene Laverty 2:08.088
20 Imre Toth 2:09.998
21 Doni Tata Pradita 2:11.516
22 Russel Gomez 2:12.076
23 Alex Baldolini 2:16.172

In the Portuguese GP Casey Stoner ends his race in 6th race. Casey started off from grid in 9th and during the race was able to overcome Toseland and to conquer them final 6th position. The victory went to Jorge Lorenzo, that, after 3 pole position, wins his first race in MotoGP. 2nd place for Pedrosa and 3th for Valentino Rossi.

1 Jorge Lorenzo 45:53.089
2 Daniel Pedrosa 45:54.906
3 Valentino Rossi 46:05.812
4 Colin Edwards 46:10.312
5 John Hopkins 46:16.841
6 Casey Stoner 46:19.777
7 James Toseland 46:25.720
8 Chris Vermeulen 46:29.471
9 Loris Capirossi 46:31.357
10 Shinya Nakano 46:32.565
11 Alex De Angelis 46:54.395
12 Antonio Elias 46:56.956
13 Marco Melandri 47:02.614
14 Sylvain Guintoli 47:02.723
15 Randy De Puniet 47:04.631
16 Anthony West 47:16.718

Not a great period for Casey, after the problem in Spanish GP, in the actual GP of Portugal on Estoril circuit reached only the 9th position in Saturday qualifying. I hope this is only a wrong period (maybe to much pressure after 2007 championship?) so he next races can head the others for victory

1 Jorge Lorenzo 1:35.715
2 Daniel Pedrosa 1:35.948
3 Valentino Rossi 1:36.199
4 Nicky Hayden 1:36.266
5 Colin Edwards 1:36.289
6 James Toseland 1:36.790
7 Andrea Dovizioso 1:36.998
8 Randy De Puniet 1:37.223
9 Casey Stoner 1:37.253
10 John Hopkins 1:37.346
11 Shinya Nakano 1:37.664
12 Loris Capirossi 1:37.786
13 Chris Vermulen 1:37.843
14 Toni Elias 1:38.561
15 Anthony West 1:38.775
16 Alex De Angelis 1:38.823

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.

1. Stoner (AUS-Ducati), 118,36 km in 42′36″587
2. Lorenzo (ESP-Yamaha) + 5.323
3. Pedrosa (ESP-Honda) + 10.600
4. Dovizioso (ITA-Honda) + 13.288
5. Rossi (ITA-Yamaha) + 13.305
6. Toseland (GBR-Yamaha) + 14.040
7. Edwards (USA-Yamaha) + 15.150
8. Capirossi (ITA-Suzuki) + 32.505
9. De Puniet (FRA-Honda) + 33.003
10. Hayden (USA-Honda) + 38.354
11. Melandri (ITA-Ducati)
12. Hopkins (USA-Kawasaki)
13. Nakano (JAP-Honda)
14. Elias (ESP-Ducati)
15. Guintoli (FRA-Ducati)
16. West (AUS-Kawasaki)
17. Vermulen (AUS-Suzuki)
18. De Angelis (RSM-Honda)

Highlights:

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.

1. Lorenzo (Spa-Yamaha) 1′53″927
2. Toseland (Grb-Yamaha) + 0″255
3. Edwards (Usa-Yamaha) + 0″572
4. Stoner (Aus-Ducati) + 0″806
5. De Puniet (Fra-Honda) + 0″891
6. Hayden (Usa-Honda) + 0″953
7. Rossi (Ita-Yamaha) + 1″206
8. Pedrosa (Esp-Honda) + 1″243
9. Dovizioso (Ita-Honda) + 1″258
10. Hopkins (Usa-Kawasaki) + 1″336
11. Vermeulen (Aus-Suzuki) + 1″613
12. De Angelis (Rsm-Honda) + 1″765
13. Capirossi (Ita-Suzuki) + 2″143
14. Elias (Esp-Ducati) + 2″324
15. Nakano (Jap-Honda) + 2″507
16. Melandri (Ita-Ducati) + 2″803
17. Guintoli (Fra-Ducati) + 3″271
18. West (Aus-Kawasaki) + 3″518