Any one watch ? Good to see Stoner win and congrats Vermeulen ran an excellent race as well.
Stoner rode like a demon ,good to see the guy win . Rossi had no answer for the ducatis' power on the straight ,although he put up a decent fight in the corners. Excellent racing .
SPOILER (can't change the subject line in Google groups sorry) Yeah he rode it well, the last couple of laps I had my fingers crossed that he wouldn't crash out. Rossi was very tactical in that regard - he made that second pass knowing full well the ducati would take it back on the straight but I reckon he was hoping to pressure Stoner into turning it up just a little far (knowing he'd be desperate for his first win). I can't recall exactly what he said in the interview but I read that into it. There's only a couple of tracks as fast as Qatar, and there was no doubt the Yam was just as fast through the corners (seemed like it was probably quicker), so the speed deficit on the straight may not be as big an issue elsewhere the Aprilia triple was by far the quickest in a straight line and the thing never even got close to winning, would have been interesting what would have happened if they had had a qatar race before it was retired. One thing I noted reading AMCN last night was that ducati have ditched big bang and gone back to the screamer firing order to get max power, Yam didn't. I suspect Edwards will be running a screamer in the next race (and Rossi will test it in practise) To be honest not really, it was only tense because it was Stoner's potential first win. Rossi and Stoner quickly buggered off and left an interesting battle for 3rd 4th and 5th we didn't see much of. Bodes well for a good season though 4 different makes in the top 4 places. Shame about the Kwakas. JL
