MotoGP Quatar 2014 < ¡ Spoilers ! >

[HotIce]

That was fun! 
Go VR! Good 2nd.

[bdfinally]

Great start to the season.

I wonder if the M-1's notorious thirstiness came into play that last lap.

[ute]

What happened to Cal's Duc ? out of fuel ??.....see him wiggle at the finish line like he was trying to slosh fuel

[lazylightnin717]

Poor Jorgey tried to pull his first lap gap.I wonder if the Bridgestones weren't up to it or if the track was dirty at turn turn 6. Both him and Bradl lost it there I believe.

Great race by Marquez and Rossi 

What happened to Bautista? Fox Sports went to a commercial and then he was gone.

I wish they would have covered more of the back pack. I might have to put down the cash for the MotoGP subscription.

[Jester]

What happened to Bautista? Fox Sports went to a commercial and then he was gone.

Nothing special.  He went into the corner too hot and lost it.

[Jester]

that was still a full factory bike and team, just not running the repsol livery.

That's why I tossed in "technically."  If one of the current factory Hondas outside Repsol won, it would be essentially the same thing.

[The Architect]

That was a good race!

Turn 6 was a pregnant dog.

I hope Bradl can keep riding up front.

Iannone was over a lap behind after his off but he finished 10th.  If he can keep it on the track he should have some good results in the future.

[TACstrat]

This explains what happen to Crutchlow and why the live timing had him going from 6th to last every lap..

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/201432/1/crutchlows-ducati-in-a-different-place.html

[thought]

Awesome race 

[IZ]

Great race and a nice turn out at Ducati Newport Beach!  Always fun to watch the race with an audience. 

[derby]

That's why I tossed in "technically."  If one of the current factory Hondas outside Repsol won, it would be essentially the same thing.

my memory may be IZ_, but i think rossi was actually run by hrc (hrc/repsol?) with the nastro azzurro livery. he wasn't just running a factory/factory-supported bike.

[derby]

lorenzo says:

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Lorenzo+admits+I+made+a+mistake

[Triple J]

Very good race. Nice to see the satellites up there. Good rides by Smith, Bradl, & Bautista...even if they did toss it late.

MM is still awesome.  Nice 2nd by Rossi...let's see if he can build on it this year, unlike last. Hopefully he can, as it's nice to see him at the front.

Ducati is still in the shit. Without a couple up front crashes they would have finished 7th/8th...as usual.

[duccarlos]

It was great watching 2 guys go balls to the wall! We were missing Vale up there to keep MM on his toes, unlike Lorenzo and Pedrosa.

[ducpainter]

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Ducati is still in the shit. Without a couple up front crashes they would have finished 7th/8th...as usual.

While that is true, the gap to the winner was only 12 seconds. That's half of what it was last year at Quatar.

It's progress.