life is like a sprinter

This is the second racing of MotoGP.....jerez was the circuit. I always wait for the racing n want to know about it. and in that moment,Lorenzo surprised me....!! he was young rider....but he has good skill and performance.but of course...rossi is still number one....for me...and the other may be....

for your info....this is the result of racing in Jeres.....


Dani Pedrosa gave his home Spanish crowd something to cheer about as the Repsol Honda pilot rode to a dominating victory at Jerez. Pedrosa was joined on the podium by fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, who finished third, and Valentino Rossi, whose second-place finish gives him 100 career rostrum appearances. Casey Stoner earned a lackluster 11th-place finish on a difficult day for the defending MotoGP champ.

Pedrosa's victory came after a solid start, grabbing the holeshot from Lorenzo, who started from pole position for the second time this season. Once Pedrosa got the lead, he built up a cushion by ripping off a lap record on Lap 2 and was unchallenged en route to the checkers.

Lorenzo ran strong, but was unable to hold onto second-place as teammate Rossi would not be denied. The Doctor snagged his first podium since Phillip Island last year.

With the front three ahead of the pack from the outset, fourth-place was taken by Nicky Hayden. The Kentucky Kid had a positive outing, punctuated by a near lowside save similar to but not quite as spectacular as the qualifying move by fellow American Colin Edwards (if you haven't seen Edwards' save, get Googling for the footage). As for the Texas Tornado, a front-row start did not pan out, as Edwards earned a DNF with a Jerez crash he could not miraculously salvage this time.

Some of the best racing on Sunday came over the battle for fifth, with Loris Capirossi emerging on top aboard his Rizla Suzuki. Tech 3 Yamaha's James Tosleand was sixth, Kawasaki's John Hopkins seventh and JiR Honda's Andrea Dovizioso eighth, with all four riders dicing back and forth, separated by less than a second at the finish.

San Carlos Gresini Honda's Shinya Nakano finished ninth followed by Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen, both riders scoring their first top-10 results of the season.

Earning a double-digit finish for the first time since his crash-filled 2006 rookie campaign, Stoner's 11th-place performance included a pair of off-track excursions. The first came early, with the Aussie running off on Lap 2. The second time Stoner made a desperate pitch to get around Vermeulen and Nakano in the final laps, but wound up in the gravel instead.

The Round 2 victory gives Pedrosa the points lead in the 2008 championship - the first time since Round 2 of the 2007 season that the MotoGP points leader was someone other than Casey Stoner. Five points behind Pedrosa is rookie sensation Lorenzo in second, with Rossi just 10 points back and hungry for his first win of 2008. In spite of his poor result, Stoner is within striking distance of the lead, just a single point off Rossi's tally.

The GP paddock now takes a one-week break before rolling into Portugal and the Estoril circuit.

MotoGP Jerez Results:
1. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda)
2. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) +2.883
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) +4.339
4. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) +10.142
5. Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) +27.524
6. James Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha) +27.808
7. John Hopkins (Kawasaki Racing) +28.296
8. Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot) +28.449
9. Shinya Nakano (San Carlo Honda Gresini) +32.569
10. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) +35.091
11. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) +42.223
12. Marco Melandri (Ducati Marlboro) +44.498
13. Anthony West (Kawasaki Racing) +45.807
14. Alex de Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) +45.871
15. Toni Elias (Alice Team) +1'09.558
16. Sylvain Guintoli (Alice Team) +1'14.442
DNF Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) +22 laps
DNF Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) +25 laps

MotoGP Points Standings:
1. Pedrosa - 41
2. Lorenzo - 36
3. Rossi - 31
4. Stoner - 30
5. Dovizioso - 21
6. Toseland - 20
7. Hayden - 19
8. Capirossi - 19
9. Hopkins - 13
10. Nakano - 10

that was the recap of MotoGP 2008 in Jeres....i hope it can make the reader enlarge their knowledge about MotoGP and always be up to date.I add this article with the posting of Bart Madson to complete this article...so..Just enjoy it....!!!


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