It has been a day of races. Earlier at noon, Motogp was held in Motegi, Japan. And later at night, the historical F1 Singapore Night Race. And even though F1 was so much closer to home, well, it IS home, I still felt more excitement watching motogp, where the 2008 world champion was decided today.

Valentino Rossi could win the championship title just by finishing top 5, in the worst case scenario where the number 2 man, Stoner finishes first. But that’s not Rossi’s style. He had to go out and WIN the race. And what a fight he gave.

The first 1/3 of the race was superbly nailbiting. With the top racers of the season battling neck to neck for a lead. It was Rossi vs Stoner vs Pedrosa. Closely followed by the likes of Nicky Hayden and Jorge Lorenzo. It was awesome!

But later on, Pedrosa dropped behind a bit, and faces Lorenzo in a hard battle for third position. Meanwhile Stoner and Rossi had it out, again! How many races this season have seen these two racers battle out in close quarters!

If Faster, the docudrama hosted by Ewan McGreggor, was made featuring Rossi and Biaggi rivalry, there should be a sequel to really portray an even more awesome rivalry between the superskilled and crazy Valentino Rossi and the rather skilled, arrogant but with a hot wife Casey Stoner.

Stoner’s trying his best not to be the villian, as Biaggi had before. But I just don’t like him. It’s his style. He’ll ride fast at first (thanks to his Ducati) and lead alone. But he’ll never be able to confidently overtake someone as well as Rossi or Pedrosa could. He’s pretty cowardly when it comes to overtaking. Plus, he’s never happy with any results if its not 1st. One time he actually shakes his head in disapproval to his crew as he rolls in 2nd.

And his victory celebrations can bore me to death. Makes the entire race not worth watching. Unlike Rossi’s antics every time he wins a race.

And what a show he gave when he clinched the 2008 World Champion title today. He went to a table which mysteriously appeared in the middle of the track, and made some dealings with a man in a suit. Reports later claim that he’s going to the Doctor’s office to get his “Doctor”’s license back. And he wears a shirt that says “sorry for the delay”. All these to signify his return to the champion position after two years of letting it slip to Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner.

Boy, do I write a lot when I’m sleepy.

The F1 night race was my first time watching an F1 race, ever. Still I didn’t watch it fully. Just the first few laps and the last 18 laps. It bored me a little, but the crashes made it slightly more interesting.

The circuit looks great, except for the fact that the entire circuit was lined up with cages. That totally removes the “Need for Speed” image I had in my head when they say ‘Night Race’. But still, it looks impressive when they zip by all the familiar landmarks in Singapore.

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It’s not really an interesting race, well, except for the fact that Stoner crashed OUT… AGAIN!

This time, I actually felt pity for the dude. I’d wanted Rossi to kick his ass the old fashion way, beating him in the race itself. But the overambitious whiny Aussie kept pushing himself too hard and he fell down in the last three races, crashing out in the two of them, causing V.Rossi to take the lead and now get a 70+ point lead in the tables.

That’s not all that makes me happy. Jorge Lorenzo, who’s had a poor couple of races, crashing out in some, has come back to 2nd place today! It was a beauty watching two FIAT Yamahas leading the pack, and I’d be even happier if Pedrosa could take 3rd, but I guess Tony Elias got a break today, clinching his rare podium finish.

Pedrosa’s a good racer. Crazy devil, my friend would call him. Lorenzo finished poorly in the last race but I guess that’s just him pacing to strike more ‘gold’ as his helmet suggested. (He wears a golden Chupa-chups helmet)

I was lucky enough to watch the repeat telecast of the race, but I had to run off before the celebrations and the crazy antics I’m sure Rossi did. All thanks to a cockup in my reservist unit, causing me to go back to the faraway camp just to sort things out. Damn.

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 44min 41.884 secs
2. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 44min 45.047 secs
3. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 44min 53.589 secs
4. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 44min 59.354 secs

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The day of the Doctor’s return had arrived. Where to begin?!

Rossi’s victory antics were very welcomed today. Lorenzo’s racing well despite broken ankle

Valentino Rossi, SEVEN time motogp champion, has finally returned to the podium, clinching first place. I seriously hope this is a first of many, for this season. He only managed to claim the 1st position a couple of times in the last season, which led to Stoner’s eventual victory as champion. And who knows what the hell happened when Nicky Hayden won the championship the year before that.

Rossi was on form today, even though the road was glistening after the rain. He had a fantastic neck to neck race with Dani Pedrosa, who currently leads the championship. Dani eventually trailed off after breathing down Rossi’s back tires for 3/4 of the race. Awesome action for the number 1 spot.

Stoner had a ‘lonely’ ride at third place, enough to be clear of the pursuing Lorenzo, but too far behind to catch up with Rossi & Pedrosa. He seemed pissed. Right after the race, he began discussing technicalities with his pit crew, who didn’t look too interested. What’s happening to him? Adriana’s still hot.

But I still think the star is Lorenzo! He had an accident on the track on Friday. And rumours are circulating that he might miss Shanghai. Instead, not only did he attend the race, he climbed from 8th position all the way to 4th, and almost made it to third. He finished fourth, behind Stoner, ahead of other Motogp veterans.

Lorenzo’s injury on Friday. Shanghai pit girls.

The dude’s awesome. What I really wanna see is Lorenzo and Rossi leading the championship, battling hard every single race. But Pedrosa’s really good too. Oh well, this is truly turning out to be a great season.

One observation I made is that so far, every race had been won by a different racer. 1st race won by Stoner, 2nd race won by Pedrosa, 3rd by Lorenzo, and 4th race by Rossi. For the 2nd till 4th race, the podium people are always the same. The championship is really anyone’s game right now.

Anyways, photo courtesy of various sources and especially to fasterandfaster.net. Head over there for more.

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I knew that this day would come. Lorenzo would eventually win his first motogp victory. And he won with such style and finesse that I think he might one day succeed Rossi as the crowd favourite.

The standings are as follows:

1. Jorge Lorenzo [48] - Yamaha Fiat Team
2. Dani Pedrosa [2] - Honda Repsol Team
3. Valentino Rossi [46] - Yamaha Fiat Team

And what did Lorenzo do when he won? He rode on the last ‘courtesy’ lap with a flag in his hand, and when he reached the crowd, he did a ‘moonwalk’ and planted the flag of his name in the sand. Later, in the podium, he did a stupid little dance. Haha. You’ll never get this with someone as boring as Stoner. Rossi’s victory antics are also amusing to watch, but he hasn’t won yet… Although I think this season MIGHT just be his comeback season.

Only time will tell.

Later…

Valentino Rossi (46) and Jorge Lorenzo (48), team mates in what I foresee to be a tight and fierce rivalry in the races to come. [source] I’m glad that fasterandfaster website got a proper domain name. It’s a great site with lots of awesome motogp pics and news.

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The latest motogp race, held in Spain, saw home boy Dani Pedrosa winning 1st place, followed by Rossi (yeah!) and super motogp rookie, current 250cc world champ, Lorenzo (hells yeah!).

Rossi, Pedrosa and Lorenzo. Great riders. Well-deserved podium finish. [source]

I really loved this race. The final results was one reason, but the other reason is that the super boring world champ, Casey Stoner, went out early in lap 2! He overshot his corner and ended in the sand pits. But he tried to come back, struggling from last place to 11th.THEN HE WENT OUT AGAIN! Hahaha! I was freakin’ happy. Really sick of seeing him win every single freakin’ time. Unchallenged, and totally boring.

Rossi vs Lorenzo is definitely an awesome sight to watch. They both ride with the same outfit, and the friendly rivalry looks really fierce. I saw them make hand gestures to each other throughout the race. Don’t know what they mean though. They weren’t offensive gestures, by the way.

After the race, they showed Stoner sitting down, really upset that he went out early. When I saw that, I kinda felt sorry for him. But a friend told me, that there’s no need to, coz’ he got a hot wife. True that.

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