This has been a tough year for a lot of great riders in MotoGP and has made for some interesting races but none so filled with drama as the Motegi race that occurred less than 9 hours ago. Casey Stoner has been doing an amazing job this season on board the Honda machine that is a thorn in all other machines out there on the track. I for one am a huge Yamaha fan and so this season has been a little painful watching Jorge Lorenzo ride absolutely brilliantly just to fall short of the current leader. Also, being American, Ben Spies is my #1 racer to watch and he has been doing an amazing job as well but just shy of where I and I'm sure his entire team would like to see him. Rossi on the Ducati is currently not working as well as they expected by this time in the season and appear to be more focused on next season which I believe is a good idea.
That all said, the Motegi race was a thrill ride of Drama led by "Dovi" who had the chance to lead the race after Casey Stoner managed to avoid crashing but ran off track. I would have been thrilled and would have cheered him the whole way through if it weren't for the "false start" ride through. Definitely feel for him for the way this whole season has gone for him. Then add to his false start, Simoncelli and Crutchlow also had false start penalties to deal with. That alone makes for a drama filled start. Add to that the drama in Turn 2 where Rossi and Lorenzo come together and causes Valentino Rossi, who had a great pre race practice sessions, to crash out. Rossi has had a very difficult season and after the practice sessions, this race seemed to be his best chance to do some real good racing. Along with Rossi going out he brought along with him Ben Spies off track with him but Ben Spies managed to stay upright and rejoin the race in 17th position. Barbera has a bad crash where he fracture his right collar bone. Dovi has a beautiful run through the first few laps before he has to complete a ride through penalty which he follows with some great riding before crashing out later in the race.
Simoncelli manages to get back into 4th place, Dovi into 5th place and Spies into 6th place. All making a great performance, after the horrible start, to finish in these positions. Stoner gets up to 3rd place after his run off and Pedrosa manages the race beautifully to finish off the race as the winner with Lorenzo behind him not able to compete with his Honda.
If you haven't watched it yet, you should. If you want, I will re watch the race with you here at Uncaged Motorsports.
Have a Great day, James
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