Rossi

[S1OPP]

I didn't even see it, just read about it in the paper this morning.

Seems that Rossi lead from (almost) the beginning.

There was a comment from Pedrosa which kind of implied he was happy with second. Guess that's going to be the pattern for the season, unless Rossi breaks down.

[doyley]

It was quite good, Rossi overtook Pedrosa about halfway through, then stayed there very slowly eeking away from him, very clinical race from Rossi Stoner was 10th/11th for most of the race then suddenly attcked evryone hafway through and ended up 5th!

[S1OPP]

I guess Stoner's tyres out lasted eveybody elses. The Ducati was never going to be as strong on a track without a 4 mile straight. Still a 5th is a pretty good result for a rookie. I reckon he'll keep either improving slowly or fall off a lot trying to hard.