MOTOGP » 'Proud' Stoner celebrates home run

"The track temp seemed low, or am I mistaken?"

It was clear and sunny. Darryl Beattie and Mick Doohan both commented on how unusually warm and perfect the conditions were. Mick pointed out he was wearing a t-shirt, which is rare at PI.

"It looks like a pretty exposed place out there near the sea...."

It is very exposed. It's a tiny Island!!!

At least it wasn't pouring down like at Indy.

These are professional bike riders - should stop winging.

Casey rode perfectly today and deserved the win. And the next six riders didn't do so badly either!

But what to say of Melandri? He seems to be getting worse with every outing: the only thing he seems to put any effort into are his excuses. I'm sure that the Ducati is a difficult bike to ride and might entail a change in riding style, but isn't that what he's paid for? The Alice riders have occasionally shown some speed, but Marco...

He'd better ride the wheels off his new Kawasaki or his reputation, what's left of it anyway, will be thoroughly shot.

This is the only way stoner can win that is when vale is not well and is not in first 2 rows.Next year nicky will be different team mate and will give him a tough time.Great achievement by Rossi considering the grid position and physical condition.

Its very easy to diss Marco Melandri, however i honestly believe he cannot ride the ducati bike. When he rode with yamaha, he had decent results, when he moved to Honda, he had wins under his belt, great year in 2005. Marco has not forgotten how to ride. IMO, he only can ride the japanese bikes. Moving to kawasaki, with factory support should produce better results, but kawasaki has a long way to go before they can even win a race. Kawasaki should fire all their race engineers/test riders who are giving the wrong feedback and find fresh minds who can produce a bike that can battle for wins. Kawasaki should take a page from the Yamaha book and bring their own chief engineer to races.

Although it might seem I am knocking Stoner, but isn't he a bit like Wayne Rainey

Congratulations Stoner,when unchallenged he rides very well. Its good to see his "career threatening wrist" suddenly ok. No mention of it today???????????? and he seemed to pick that champagne bottle up with both hands and shake it.Not bad for a "career threatening injury" hahahahahahha
Well done Toseland

my my lol... someone is carrying a HUGE chip on their shoulder! LOL

Well ridden by Stoner and a good interview afterwards. I think the lad is maturing...
And major congrats to Hayden who was just a worn out Micelin from 2nd. I think he and Casey will put on quite a show next year.
And Rossi will continue to be the benchmark by which all the others are judged.

Although it might seem I am knocking Stoner, but isn't he a bit like Wayne Rainey

Hopefully he can win 3 Worldchampioships as well and maybe more