After eight laps Stoner had eked out a 3 second advantage over championship leader Valentino Rossi and was looking comfortable, so comfortable the Ducati rider decided to have a wee lie down in the Misano gravel. Tomorrow we have scheduled a race simulation. First there was strong wind and low temperatures -10º C-, and later the sky was covered with thick black clouds that brought intermittent rain.

Dani Pedrosa managed to hold up compatriots Toni Elias and Jorge Lorenzo until lap four when both Spaniards made their way into third and fourth.
It will be a hard task for the field to catch Rossi from here, however the drama of the final few rounds of 2006 is not such a distant memory and with six rounds remaining the fight is certainly not over. Moto GP Magazine News This was the official website of Moto GP Magazine. "Carlos had a crash this morning but returned to the track in the afternoon and set some good times.

I’m very satisfied of the work done today and I’m very happy to work with the Michelin technicians at the development of the tyres.

I complet! 1973-2020: König 500GP η τελευταία που νίκησε Ιάπωνες και Ιταλούς! Guintoli’s tenth was the best performance by a Ducati other than Casey Stoner with Elias and Melandri finishing second last and last after being rounded up by a recovering Valentino Rossi for 11th and a valuable 5 points in the championship.The opening lap saw Rossi make a critical error into the left hander at turn one, loading up the rear brake and low-siding on cold Bridgestones. Opinion, analysis and news on motogp, written by the sport's best writers since 1924. Content is from the site's 2005 -2008 archived pages. The reigning world champion has now crashed in the last three rounds, with two of those coming while protecting a comfortable lead handng Rossi the championship lead by 75 points with five rounds remaining.It was an otherwise uneventful race at Misano, after Randy De Puniet got his customary exit out of the way early on lap one the race settled into a rhythm. "It was also the first time out on the 2006 bike for Sete Gibernau, who spent the day getting used to his new team, machine and surroundings. I’m very happy, the bike is working very well and I feel a bit better compared to yesterday.”Toni Elias (80 laps, 2’02”76): “Today we continued working on the setting of the bike, focusing especially on forks and the feeling with the bike has improved. "The team also picked up a sponsor based on today's performance on the test track. But who’s the prima donna in the Andrea Dovizioso/Ducati camp? Capturing all the drama and glamour of Formula 1, it blends incisive writing, award-winning photography and innovative design to deliver the magazine that explores and anatomises the world's fastest, most exciting sport.
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"Both riders have shown great potential with the RCV and have adapted to the machine very quickly," Pons said. All the riders, results, schedules, races and tracks from every Grand Prix. But who’s the prima donna in the Andrea Dovizioso/Ducati camp? I’m feeling more comfortable even though at the moment I’m not riding as I would like to ride. The execs at CleanItSupply were impressed enough to offer sponsorship to the team for the upcoming season. The Ducati pilot doubled his winning margin from Donnington, crossing the line once again standing tall on the vertical Ducati  11.31 seconds ahead of Honda rider Dani Pedrosa.Pedrosa’s teammate Nicky Hayden rode a strong race in third on the new pneumatic engine Honda, but the fresh engine proved to be too thirsty. MotoGP: Η KTM διέκοψε ένα σερί 47 ετών! Dani Pedrosa fired his Honda from 12th on the grid into fifth part way through lap one before slowly fading backwards, while the two Kawasaki’s of Anthony West and John Hopkins battled with Capirossi and Vermeulen on the Rizla Suzukis for the final podium spot. Randy De Puniet made yet another brief but romantic congress with the asphalt on lap five, and on lap six Stoner’s Ducati seemed to hit a bump in the track on a long right hander, throwing the number one machine down the road, and gifting Rossi 25 championship points.With the battle group for third now a battle group for second tempers flared and the pace heated up, Capirossi, Vermeulen, West and Hopkins carving each other up lap after lap until on lap 10, Tony Elias from 13thon the grid launched the satellite Ducati into second, saving face for Ducati on a disastrous day and simulataneously reviving his flagging career.