It was incredible. I could never have imagined such a race. Such ferocity. Such rivalry. The drama that ensued. The joys and tears.

I hope ALL motoGP fans or even mini-fans watched the race yesterday.

The Greatest Race

Here’s a quick summary of yesterday’s mega awesomeness.

Lorenzo starts pole position, followed by Rossi and then Stoner. The red light goes off, and the three played a tight race. I mean wheel to wheel tight. Rossi overtakes Lorenzo. Then Lorenzo took the lead back.

After half the race, Stoner couldn’t keep up with the crazy Yamahas. He had to contend with Dovizioso for third. All this time, the rest of the race has got fierce battles going on simultaneously. But the camera had to focus on the two Fiat team mates.

Rossi stayed extremely close to Lorenzo, doing his classic Rossi pressure. Usually, the guy in front would crack and Rossi would take the chance and slide through, then leave the poor bugger alone. But that’s not the case of Jorge Lorenzo. He’s a daredevil on his own grounds. Lorenzo got to be the champion of the 250 cc because he’s got the same crazies as Rossi.

Lorenzo didn’t budge. But when its 3 laps to go, Rossi slid through at the smallest gap. Incredible. But no, Jorge wouldn’t let the italian go through to win at Catalunya, Jorge’s own home ground. And guess what, Lorenzo beat Rossi again. Rossi stayed right on Lorenzo’s rear tyres. And now we enter the last lap, in what appears to be the greatest battle in history of motorcycle racing.

3 corners to go, Rossi cuts through Lorenzo. 2 corners. Lorenzo slips through. LAST CORNER. Valentino Rossi goes through and sped off to the flag. Jorge Lorenzo came second. Stoner had a dogfight with Dovizioso but managed to stay third.

But the drama’s just begun.

Rossi was happy, Lorenzo seem disappointed. Stoner; He cried. He couldn’t get off the bike. His wife was patting him on the arms. Then he went off and broke down, away from the camera. He caused a delay in the winners getting on the podium.

Rossi paid homage to the Spanish crowd by bowing to them face to face. Then Lorenzo did the same, showing his respect and appreciation to the fans. It was awesome. Historic. Epic.

Then they went to podium. Stoner was up there, but he was limp. As if he couldn’t carry himself. He could barely pop the champagne. His face was red.

The two Yamaha Gilas went crazy with the champagne.

Then the interview; Lorenzo said something that sounded a bit like a brushoff to Rossi’s comments. Oooh, is it gonna be a great rivalry between these two? I wouldn’t mind watching that!

Valentino Rossi is the greatest rider the world has ever known.

I had missed the live telecast due to the exams, but I caught the repeat telecast of MotoGP Qatar later at night, after evading any smses or web feeds regarding the results. So to me, it was as good as live.

Everything was sparkling. It’s the first night race, much like how Singapore’s gonna hold the first F1 night race. The flood lights made everything sparkle and shine. Quite a breathtaking sight. And it’s even more breathtaking to see the new bikes, like Stoner’s new number 1 Ducati, and the highlight: Rossi and Lorenzo sharing the same uniform and bike, under yamaha.

I had hopes that Rossi’s poor performance last season was just a one time thing, and so when Rossi took the first position early in the race, I was enthralled! Then Lorenzo caught up to 2nd! I was freaking excited now… Two crazy ass riders leading the race. Both under the same team. The boring Stoner took 5th.

But as the events played out, Stoner slowly crept up to 1st and led. Lorenzo beat Rossi, and led a high speed chase on Stoner. Rossi now dangles in 3rd. Then Pedrosa pushed Rossi back to 4th.

But that’s not the worst for the 5 time world champ, as some new rookie began overtaking Rossi. He battled for 4th place and actually won Valentino Rossi. By now my thoughts were: Rossi’s reign has truly ended. Stoner’s taken over the throne. And the only contender worth watching out for is the crazy spanish dude Lorenzo, who I must say, reminds me a lot of Rossi himself.

Jorge Lorenzo. Amazing debut, getting 2nd place on his first MotoGP race.

All that’s left to watch now is Lorenzo, the champion of the 250cc fighting Stoner, the champion of the previous season’s MotoGP.

The only good thing about Stoner winning the race is that we get to see more of his wife, Adriana.

Stoner and Adriana

Yamaha Majesty (400 cc)

You’d probably see this more commonly on the road. It was one of the first ‘futuristic’ scooters on the road in Singapore.

Gilera GP 800 (850 cc)

I saw this magnificent beast once on the expressway. I couldn’t lift my eyes off it. Luckily there was a lorry up front and I had to look to where I’m going. Beautiful! At 850 cc, who’d want a bike with gears and clutch and all that stuff.

Suzuki G Strider (916 cc)

Just look at this one. Shit man. It’s bloody cool. I don’t think it’s reached the shores of Singapore, despite being released in 2003. Shit man. Bloody cool.

Honda Griffon (750 cc)

This Griffon just learnt to fly this year. 2007 is the year it’s announced to the world. If this ain’t futuristic, I don’t know what is.

Bikes like these made me reconsider again and again to get a normal clutch’n'gear bike. Scooters are the way of the future. And as you can see here, they’re all class 2 status, except for the yamaha majesty, which is a 2a bike.

So, my class 2 license in the making won’t be for nothing if I decide to pursue scootering to the next level.

All images randomly found on Google Image Search. You know the names, hit the search to find more pics.