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Valentino Rossi (ITA), Yamaha Factory Racing Team, Yamaha M1, 46, 2007 MotoGP World Championship, <br>Casey Stoner (AUS), Ducati Marlboro Team, Ducati, 27, 2007 MotoGP World Championship, <br>Round 7, Catalunya, Spain, 10 June 2007

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Crash.net's MotoGP season review – Part 1.

Saturday, 22nd December 2007

Crash.net looks back over the 2007 MotoGP season.

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MotoGP faced a fork in the road during the tail end of 2007, when continued unrest over this season's tyre restrictions prompted the possibility of a controversial single-brand rule being imposed.

The question was whether MotoGP, being a prototype championship, should continue to operate as a 'pure' open-tyre formula - and accept the consequences when one of the brands suffers a bad weekend (or even a bad season) - or should MotoGP's main priority be to protect 'the show'?

In the end a compromise was reached, whereby open tyre competition was given a second chance - but with the tyre rules loosened to help ensure more balanced competition next year, when Rossi will also join Stoner on Bridgestones.

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