MotoGP Qatar Race Results

[Cakes206]

What a great race, action throughout the whole race. Poor Nicky...almost had podium...almost. Some superb riding by Lorenzo, made some great moves. Not bad for Spies making top 5 for his first MotoGP race.

1. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha)
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) + 1.022
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) + 1.86
4. Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro) + 1.88
5. Ben Spies (Tech 3 Yamaha) +3.9
6. Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) +9.3
7. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) + 16.5
8. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) + 19.9
9. Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) +20.9
10. Hiroshi Aoyama (Interwetten Honda) +21.1
11. Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda) +31.6
12. Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) +32.6
13. Marco Melandri (Gresini Honda) +40.8
DNF Alvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuk)
DNF Alex Espargaro (Pramac Ducati)
DNF Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro)
DNF Mika Kallio (Pramac Ducati)

[FDNYDANO18]

It was fun seeing Spies rough up Pedrosa and Pedrosa trying to fight right back... and Spies wasn't havin' it... seems that the Hondas still have crazy top end speed.
The Ducs and Yamaha's have lost a little and have a definite top end disadvantage to the Honda's, We'll see if the Honda's engines hold up for the scheduled time frame.

[Cakes206]

Pedrosa is a two pump chump. If races were 8-10 laps he'd be king...he just runs out of steam. Guess when yer that tiny, theres not a lot of room to store up that energy

[carl_g]

I was away on vacation and I just watched all the races last night. The motogp race was great. Hayden looked comfortable and strong.
IMO the moto2 race was ok but it was sorta a cluster fuck with 40 riders gridded up. The only joy I will get out of this series will be when someone crashes. Everytime there is a crash it's a Honda. The 125 race was the best of the weekend with like 6 lead changes in the first 2 laps alone.. That racing is usually the closest and most exciting from a pure racing perspective.