MOTOGP » Ducati praise Hayden after podium debut.

Seems that anyone whose argument is "x and Y crashed in front of him, so it's not a REAL podium" is either not a real race fan, or just trying to stir up S. They don't call it "motorcycle qualifying," they call it "motorcycle racing." As for Duc and whether there are better riders out there than Nicky, what they should be looking at is his PROGRESS over the year. He has made consistent strides: 12th DNF (taken out by Tak) 15th 12th 12th 10th 8th 5th 8th 15th (rain craziness, podium of Dovi, Edwards, DeP) 6th 3rd Seems to me to be the very picture of improvement from week to week. Does that mean he won't have another setback? No, but he's certainly headed in the right direction.

MOTOGP » Laguna Seca MotoGP - Race results.

Dani says he let up on the last lap, allowing Valle to close the gap, but you have to wonder what might have happened if that race was 1 lap longer. Good ride Nicki. More progress...