Motegi MotoGP review and some old champions

Right Motegi Motogp Review and talking about Max Biaggi (World Superbikes), Dario Franchitti (Indy Cars) and Sebastian Loeb (WRC) sorry about the longest of the blog.

Good points

• Casey Stoner (started 2nd, but lead from the start to finished with a win)
• Andrea Dovizioso (on pole finished 2nd, much better)
• Valentino Rossi (started 2nd, finished 3rd, great duel with Jorge Lorenzo throughout)
• Colin Edwards (finished 5th, better from him for the past few races, much better, top privateer)
• Marco Simoncelli (finished 6th, good duel with Edwards)
• Alvaro Bautista (finished 7th)

Bad points

• Jorge Lorenzo (started and finished 4th no help from Rossi)
• Dani Pedrosa (collarbone injury five minutes into practice, unable to race championship over?)
• Ben Spies (poor second lap with Hayden, still recovery drive to finish 8th)
• Loris Capirossi (another dnf at end of race for poor Capirex)
• Anyone on a Ducati (minus casey of course, Hayden 12th, Barbera 13th, Espargaro 14th, Kaillo 15th)

Overall, a brilliant race altogether, expressly with the Duel (best between the pair of them since Catalonia last season) with Rossi and Lorenzo, should Rossi should have lead Lorenzo pass him? NO, teams mates or not it was great racing, never like each other as team mates, going to hate each over next season on different bikes.

As for Lorenzos championship, he will win the championship either at Sepang or Phillip Island, be cool and you will win it. As for Pedrosa, forget the championship this season, 69 points behind Jorge (mission impossable in my opinion to catch up) if I was Dani, I would recover for Estroil and wait till next season to challenge for the World Championship.

Don't forget Casey Stoner winning the race, well well (no typo) done Casey, when you look for any other Ducati's, not even finishing in the top 10. Casey is a very special talent on that bike.

In other news, former MotoGP star Max Biaggi won his first World Superbike championship last week in Imola ridding his Aprilia RSV4, his first championship since the four 250cc championships in the mid 1990s. While yesterday Biaggis team Aprilia won the World Superbike constructors championship at Maney Cours. Well done Aprilia and well done Max Biaggi.

Dario Franchitti won his third Indy Car championship. In beating Australian Will Power by six points, due to will Powers dnf at the final round at Homstead. While Franchitti finished eight to clinch the championship. Making Dario Franchitti the first back to back Indy Car drivers championship since Sam Hornish Jr (2001 and 2002) and the first for a Ganassi driver since 1997 and 1998 with Alex Zinardi.

I think either Dario or Will would have been great champion this season, both drivers would have deeply earned the championship. So with Dario winning his third Indy Car championship, are we going to see Dario winning a forth in five years next season? Wait and see. Anyway well done Dario for this season.

Also, yesterday Sebastian Loeb winning the Rally de France, which makes him winning his sixtieth rally in his career and a seventh World Rally Championship in a row in his Citroen C4. It is incredible winning seven in a row for Sebastian Loeb but winning sixty rally within eight years. I would like to see him next season, if Sebastian wins a eighth championship with a brand new car (Citroen DS3, the rules will change from WRC rules to S2000 rules where the cars will be 1600cc turbo engines) were he won perviously with the Xsara and the current car the C4. So contractions to Sebastian for winning his seventh championship.

Predictions for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix later in the week and a story from last week which is quite funny. Bye for now.