The official 2008 season MotoGP thread!

^The honda was/is developed for Pedrosa so i'd say it was more than pure luck, but Rossi should have won it but he kinda screwed up... And Nicky hates all the electronic gadgets, but so do most of the Motogp riders.. :p
 
But the champion is not crowned after only one race. Nicky scored more points over the season and he won it!

I'm just stating the obvious...
 
Naw, I think it was luck and consistency. I still think that it should have been Capirex's year though(2006).
 
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The Doctor is back if anyone ever were in doubt! 3rd win in a row this season and the 7th consecutive win in at Mugello!

Congratulations to Corsi and Simoncelli for making it a Italian hat-trick with their 125 & 250 victories!

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 42min 31.153 secs
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 42min 33.354 secs
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 42min 36.020 secs
4. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 42min 37.466 secs
5. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 42min 43.683 secs
6. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 42min 44.959 secs
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 42min 45.600 secs
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 42min 46.472 secs
9. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 42min 46.480 secs
10. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 43min 1.938 secs
11. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 43min 10.774 secs
12. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 43min 21.174 secs
13. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 43min 21.593 secs
14. Tady Okada JPN Repsol Honda Team (M) 43min 30.002 secs
15. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 43min 31.889 secs

DNF:
Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M)
Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B)
John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B)
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M)
 
Don't think West will have a ride next year. I don't understand how he ever got a ride in the first place. He's a mystery to me like Jos?-Lu?s Cardoso was.
 
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Rumours has it that Rossi will extend his contract with Yamaha!!
 
Valentinos new colour scheme for catalunya, Forza Italia!!!!

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combined practice times:

1. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 43.017 secs
2. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 43.023 secs
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 43.090 secs
4. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 43.099 secs
5. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 43.233 secs
6. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 43.368 secs
7. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 43.442 secs
8. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 43.479 secs
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 43.614 secs
10. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 43.668 secs
11. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 1min 43.707 secs
12. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 43.742 secs
13. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 43.961 secs *
14. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 44.043 secs
15. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 44.610 secs
16. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 44.649 secs *
17. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 44.678 secs
18. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 44.865 secs
 
Lorenzo is out for the weekend with concussion.
 
I guess Lorenzos luck has caught up with him?
It's nice to see that the Suzukis are doing well.
 
I wonder how long Melandri will stay with Ducati..
 
I think and hope he will ride for Ducati next season too. There is no doubt he is a extremely talented rider, he just needs to sort out whatever problem they are having. I think there needs to be a Italian rider on the factory Ducati, and apart from Dovizioso I don't see any alternative in the near future.
 
True.. And Rossi wont be riding for Ducati anytime soon, so i guess Melandri is the only option..
 
Pedrosa rode like he had stolen the bike today!! Equally impressed with Rossi, 3rd row on the grid, finishing 2nd. The last 5 laps he was just playing with Stoner!

Stoner said he had traction problems today, but it was not the tire, probably the set up in some way.
Congratulations to Simoncelli too, 2nd win in a row!

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Pedrosa was in a scintillating class of his very own today. Stole the lead from Stoner into T1 and then set an impossible rhythm for the others. Especially considering his tire choice... our commentators were amazed when the tire choice popped up on the screen for Pedrosa... "Hard-Hard", and they were speculating about a possible use of softs. Amazing.
 
It always makes me a bit puzzled when I think about how popular F1 is compared to MotoGP, on this forum every single F1 race thread has more hits/replies than the whole motogp season thread which I think is a shame considering that every single motogp race delivers more action than a whole F1 season.

Anyways, I just read in the paper that motogp gets more viewers than f1 in Italy!! :) Both motogp and F1 are broadcast live on national tv channels that are free and available to everyone.

On sunday motogp had 8.346.000 viewers with over 9 million viewers tuning in for the last lap! F1 had 7.087.000 viewers.

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