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West`s best despite stall, penalty.
The 'angry' Australian clearly crept forward while waiting for the red lights to go out, before rocketing into the lead of a MotoGP race for the very first time on lap two of 24.
Rossi reveals what went wrong.
Rossi came into the event needing to finish in front of Stoner to delay the Australian's title celebrations - and charged from seventh at the end of lap one to overtake Stoner and then Marco Melandri for the lead with ten laps remaining.
Cunning Capirossi a winner again.
Capirossi will leave Ducati at the end of this season, after struggling to replicate his 990cc success with the smaller-engined Desmosedici, but gave the Italian factory a reminder of his talent with a clever victory in the wet/dry Japanese Grand Prix - in which he timed his pit stop to perfectio
Stoner: This is unreal!
"This feels unreal at the moment. I'm struggling for words. I don't think there's any feeling that can compare to this. I guess it'll sink in a little more as the day goes on and then into tomorrow," said a smiling Stoner following a dramatic Japanese Grand Prix.
Stoner wins 2007 MotoGP World Championship!
The 21-year-old needed to beat Valentino Rossi to wrap up the crown three rounds early, and was assured of the title when the Fiat Yamaha rider suffered braking problems on his second bike - after all riders were forced to pit due to a drying track - and finished just 13th.
Dorna propose single tyre for MotoGP.
The controversial proposal follows a 'transition' season in which new tyre restrictions, combined with new 800cc machines, have resulted in one brand - usually Bridgestone - gaining a 'significant' advantage over its rivals at most races.
250: Shuhei Aoyama takes debut pole.
An unusually slow session saw Mika Kallio's Friday pole unchallenged until the very final minute, when reigning champion and dominant 2007 title leader Jorge Lorenzo toppled the Finn by 0.288secs.
Honda explains Pedrosa delay.
Pedrosa has been a Honda rider for his entire grand prix career, while Valentino Rossi is the only rider in recent history to have walked out of a factory Honda ride by choice, making the Spaniard's contract extension widely expected - particularly when factory seats at rival teams were all taken
Hofmann sacked.
Hofmann, who had to start from the pit lane on his spare bike, withdrew from last place with 17 of the 28 laps remaining, saying, "I don't have the motivation to fight for the last positions."
Help Honda! This is ridiculous...
The American again qualified 19th and last for Sunday's Portuguese GP, then retired after just two laps with a slipping clutch.
Rossi wins as racing returns.
Heading into the Portuguese Grand Prix, the previous four races had seen relatively dull start-to-finish processions by Pedrosa, in Germany, then world championship leader Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca, Brno and Misano.
<B>Crash.net`s Portuguese GP Blog:</B> Saturday
Saturday pm - Biaggi Talks MotoGP, But Will Probably Remain a Superbike Man
<B>Crash.net`s Portuguese GP Blog:</B> Sunday.
Sunday pm - Checa Joins Ten Kate - the Team He's Never Met
250: Lorenzo loses pole.
Dovizioso, so desperately disappointed at his home race in Misano when his bike broke down, was a focused man coming out for the second quarter litre qualifying session.
Hayden exorcises Estoril demons.
Last year the Repsol Honda rider lost his world championship lead at the same circuit, then the penultimate round, when he was taken out by team-mate Dani Pedrosa during a bungled overtaking manoeuvre.
Yamaha clarify Lorenzo status, 2008 tyres.
The Italian stated that reigning 250cc world champion Jorge Lorenzo will be a full factory rider, with Valentino Rossi as his team-mate, and thus directly replace Colin Edwards.
Stoner: Anywhere will do.
The young Ducati Marlboro star heads into the Portuguese Grand Prix needing to score 15 points more than Valentino Rossi to wrap up his first ever world championship, and Ducati's first MotoGP crown.
Chaz talks Ducati test, Stoner to watch.
After turning his back on uncompetitive machinery in the 250cc World Championship, the 20-year-old has revived his career in the AMA Supersport and Formula Xtreme championships this season - then was propelled into the MotoGP spotlight when d'Antin Ducati asked the Briton to replace the injured A
Suzuki fills the void.
After a strong start Hopkins slotted into second behind the dominant Ducati rider, but Vermeulen was soon on a charge and - after overtaking both Valentino Rossi and Hopkins within five laps - closed to within a second of Stoner.
Stoner soars as Rossi stops at Misano.
Casey Stoner is on the brink of clinching the 2007 world championship after handing Ducati its first MotoGP victory on home soil with a dominant performance at Misano - while Valentino Rossi failed to finish.
Rossi out!
The home hero, who grew up just ten miles from the Misano circuit, suddenly sat up and began cruising back to the pits while holding fourth position. Rossi was using the new Yamaha engine with pneumatic valves.
MotoGP gets double time.
The 125cc riders will now take to the track at the earlier time of 8.00am, with an extended two hours of MotoGP action - instead of the usual single hour - starting at 9.00am. The remaining Saturday schedule remains as normal, with MotoGP qualifying at 2pm local time.
Has Rossi `lost it`?
Valentino Rossi's latest poor performance, a seventh place finish in the Czech Republic Grand Prix, has dropped the Italian a massive 60 points behind Casey Stoner with six rounds of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship remaining.
New fairing as Stoner form continues.
Stoner tested a new fairing - believed to offer more agility - and was fastest on both qualifying and race tyres, before rain put an early end to the test at 4:00 pm. The Australian was a fraction shy of his pole position pace on the soft rubber, but beat his best lap on race tyres.