Lorenzo It Is.

Well, after that Moto2 race, the MotoGP main class was a little sedate. As usual Pedrosa launched up into the top three from a third row start ... then with a little back and forth it settled into Stoner, Lorenzo, Pedrosa. Not much happened for quite some time other than to note that there were two completely separate races going on. After two laps, the CRT bikes were way back on their own, but not so slow that they ever got lapped. A lot of the bikes seemed to have problems with their Bridgestones and as predicted by many, tyres went off with about 6 laps to go. From that point on, Stoner's bike was sliding even with traction control. This probably contributed to arm pump in his right arm that took the wind out of his sails. Lorenzo motored under Stoner to take the lead, then Pedrosa slotted into second with a spectacular hard braking dive into turn one, his rear wheel waving well off the ground. There was a good contest between Cal Crutchlow and Dovi behind the leaders in the last few laps, with Crutchlow finally making the pass for fourth. Further back Hayden got the best of Barbera and Bautista to finish top Ducati. So, Lorenzo takes his first Losail GP after many attempts. I'm thinking he's going to give Stoner much more of a run for his money this year ... a bit of a combination of his wild riding of two years ago and his serious down to business riding of last year. Pedrosa looked in top form as well ... it's going to be a close three-way championship this year. Only problem is that we're down from 17 "real" MotoGP bikes to 12 and poor old Rossi is at the back of the pack.