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I luv the way that competitors nearly always put a positive slant of their performance compared to other racers...

Rossi/Hayden at Qatar...8th and 9th = satisfied.

Cant wait for the season to start and find out who's been foxing....bring it on...

Qatar Test concludes with Stoner top of the timesheet

Monday, 14 March 2011
The Repsol Honda rider beat team-mate Dani Pedrosa to top spot on the timesheet in the final pre-season Test of 2011, as the MotoGP class wrapped up its preparations for the opening round which takes place at the same track later this week.
1 - Stoner 1' 55.681
2 - Pedrosa 1' 55.745

9 - Hayden 1'56.726

“Challenging” final day for Rossi - 1'56.988
The Italian had a fall on Monday at the Qatar Test where he placed 13th on the timesheet. Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden was ninth fastest.

“I’d say that today was pretty challenging: the weather conditions were much tougher than yesterday, and I had another crash when I slipped on a white line. Fortunately, I just fell over on the ground – it was nothing serious. The real problem was that at about an hour and a half from the finish, I started to lose strength in my shoulder, and I just couldn’t push anymore. It’s a shame, because I had just done my best time, and I may have been able to drop it a little more from there. Instead, we didn’t even mount the two soft tyres that we had. I started on a long run, but I stopped because I was losing tenths lap after lap. Let’s say that we’re not as far back as it looks, although we still have a lot of work to do, regarding both the bike and myself, because the shoulder is evidently not yet able to bear two such intense days of testing. Between now and Thursday, I’ll do some light exercise and have it massaged, and then we’ll see.”

RdP fastest Duc

I'm guessing Elias doesn't have the fancypants gearbox?

Going to be an interesting year...

Especially when you read this - http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=33827