MOTOGP » Stoner shines on opening night

Lorenzo looks to be a great addition to MotoGP,another young,hungry and extremely fast contender.He will open a few Yamaha eyes in 08 for sure.

Not so sure how special Stoner is, but the Duc is a pretty special Bike.

What though is the point of running night races with enough lights to make it like daylight. It's not as though the bikes have lights and have to race through the dark!

2009
1.Casey Stoner
2.Dani Pedrosa
3.Jorge Lorenzo

"Until then bide your time until traction control is restricted, then we'll see the world tuned upside down"

Yes of course it's the traction control, that's why all the Ducatis perfrom so well. Why is it when Rossi dominated on the Honda and Yamaha (with team-mates who were either rookies or plain slow) no-one said "it's just the bike"? Stoner is doing just as Rossi once did but against team-mates who are established in the series.

All we have ever seen is Rossi on the very best machinery; until the last two seasons. Now he has no mechanical adv and is getting beat down to 3rd in the table.

I'd love to see these two on the same machinery, they are both very very good riders.

"Not so sure how special Stoner is, but the Duc is a pretty special Bike."

Hmmm... Capirossi finishes 7th with less than half the points of Stoner last year... on the same bike... on the same tires. This is the same guy who finished 3rd in '06 just 23 points behind Hayden.

Still not so sure?

What it comes down to is Stoner is just plain, old-fashioned, fast as hell. Even if he blows everyone away this year, there's always the race behind the leader, and the rookies seem to be up to it.

Err, yes you are a sad clown... Is that Stoner falling off again?... Oh dear..And quite frankly unless it was Stoners ducati the last thing you would want to see is them on the same bike.... and you know it........

Sad Clown... you really do believe that EVERYONE who doesn't lick Stoner's wheels is obsessed with Rossi don't you? LOL... Point proved...

3 out of 4 Ducatis Crashed ....

We follow our country men/women just as you would.
And one that has beaten Rossi (the best so far maybe), and so Hayden can be proud too. Nothing wrong with that..

I love to see all the Australian guys do well, common Anthony.

Iam sure no one complained this much when Agostini was dominating either! (except his competitors) The sport survived fine for many years and will for many more.... Absolutely nothing wrong with the state of the sport as a matter of fact in my opinion its just the 'blow in' clown groupie fan state of mind thats wavering quite obviously going off some of the ongoing boring bleating. History 101- Spencer, Lawson, Rainey, Doohan all dominated in their day its the nature of the sport so get over it!!! It just happens to be Casey's turn at the top...