The difference between the first three prevented

Only Jorge and Dani continue to champion
Casey Stoner started the World Cup as they ended last year: bulldozing, but with the Spanish

Pedrosa and Lorenzo completed an excellent performance,Pedrosa and Lorenzo completed an excellent performanceí"
Germán G. Casanova

The World MotoGP booted in the emirate of Qatar with the first night race in history. A

detail that, very soon, he began to go unnoticed for spectators who gathered at the empty

bleachers of the route and the millions of fans who saw him on television.

The stars were not yesterday in the Qatari desert sky, exploded with full brightness on the black

asphalt of the track, which saw the new generations of young pilots handed the passport to the

great Valentino Rossi, who yesterday, finally, he finished excuses.

Casey Stoner won, champion of the world and that it meets its third year in MotoGP, which

dominated the race as did last year, causing havoc. But maravilló Jorge Lorenzo, a 20-year-old

boy who in his first Grand Prix signed between the large pole and finished second in the race,

which is only accessible to the largest in the history of motorcycling. And best, behind Jorge,

also on the podium, another Spanish, Dani Pedrosa, who with a motorcycle that has not worked

throughout the preseason and immersed in a sea of troubles made a meteoric output (from 8 °-1 ),

dominated the race for four laps and finished third, beating Rossi clearly.

Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo signed yesterday a career supercampeones and opened the hope that the

Spanish motorcycling, in the end, to fight for the crown of the queen category, which has been

reluctant since when Alex Criville won the only big title for The Spanish motorcycling.

Lawrence deserves some mention. In his first race took the Mallorcan behaviour of real

superclass. Not lost nerves in no time, or when the output yielded four positions and was back up

to third place behind Rossi and Pedrosa, Stoner nor when it happened, or when he had to overtake

Pedrosa and his' boss' row, Rossi, which surpassed in the ninth round with a devastating inside.

It was the very best, generational renewal and the confirmation of two things, Yamaha knew full

well what he was doing when the Spanish fichaba despite opposition from Valentino, and that the

YZR M1 is a motorcycle fast and competitive with the Michelin tyres and that the change required

by the Italian to Bridgestone was no more than a tantrum bad loser. Undoubtedly, a lot of racing

ahead, in which many GP Rossi, secure, will have its ownership, but yesterday was the day to

demonstrate many things and the Italian having been overtaken by his fellow debutant, and Pedrosa

and Stoner, more painful Indeed, the Honda Satellite Andrea Dovizioso, a superpiloto of which we

have already warned on more than one occasion, will not be in MotoGP as comparsa and yesterday it

showed fighting with Rossi for the fourth position, hand in hand, and advancing the great idol

Italian masterly manner.

The race began dramatically. Pedrosa, who came out from the third row (8 °), rose among all its

rivals, like a rocket, and was the first, followed by Edwards and Toseland, who had surpassed

Lawrence, who came out with the pole. In the second round, and Rossi was second, behind the

Catalan, and followed by Toseland, Lorenzo and Stoner, not attacked at the beginning. In the

third round the debutant Toseland was dropped from the front group and Dani became the first

target followed by Rossi, Lorenzo and Stoner, all of them to a heart-stopping pace with the

pilots marcándose very closely and letting the wheel to the minimal chance. Rossi became Pedrosa

in the fifth round and Lorenzo did the same in the seventh. It was at the beginning of the eighth

when Stoner decided to move to the attack, it was the first and started throwing followed by

Rossi, who just endured a round of the embestidas Lawrence. The Majorcan was the only one who

could follow while Stoner, Rossi and Pedrosa behind. The Australian began to tick fast laps and

the gap between him and Lorenzo with respect to the other two began to grow. Dani became 'Okay',

which did not have the pace and left him.

Gradually the Australian was increasing its advantage, the first one second, then 1.6, then 2.4

... Lorenzo aguantaba as a champion without perderle of view, but without being able to reach.

Further back still Pedrosa, first to 3.6, then 5.1 and 10.6 at the end of the winner and 5.3

Lorenzo, a merit for a pilot 24 hours before I did not know if I was going to run with the Honda

2008, as did at the end , or the last year, which was what use his companion Nicky Hayden, who

finished tenth to half a minute for Dani.

The difference between the first three prevented certainly see battle and emotion in the head,

but a great career as yesterday deserved a thrilling final, and took the fight for fourth place.

The supercampeón Rossi, without options to the podium, tried to make a fourth place, the worst

debut Dovizioso him aguó the party. With a Honda satellite, 'Dovi' endured in fifth place until

lap 19, studying Rossi and waiting time. He went with a beautiful interior, racing to the

fullest. Valentino, desairado, replied with a tight braking impossible, but 'Dovi' not lost his

calm and returned to try again and again, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, with fairing

fairing until, in the last round, went finally to Yamaha.

Obviously, by the end of the season a lot of things can happen, but yesterday began to write a

beautiful story in which young people, fresh blood for so many years that claimed the

motorcycling world made it clear that it is already here, sending and win and best of all is that

among this group of young pilots are exceptions and
Two Spaniards, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.