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I hope the race will be as exiting as the Laguna Seca meeting of July 2008. The last thing I would like to see would be a season dominated by a single rider or manufacturer. Edwards appear to be at the top of his game and the Monster Yamaha could give the Fiat Yamaha team some competition. Rossi did manage to get the second best time for the day but qualifying will tell if he is sand bagging. Casey Stoner indicated that he would like to kick Rossi of the championship throne and set a very challenging time and if this is an indication of what we will see, it might just be Casey’s year to become motogp champion again.

With the Ducati fastest and three Yamaha’s snapping at the heels we should see some interesting racing, that is if practice reflects what we could see during qualifying. The one rider I would like to see in the first 6 would be Mika Kallio simply because of the new Pramac racing team with two very capable riders. James Toseland could be in the hunt if the injuries he received after his big off does not influence his performance, although it did not appear to give him problems during practise on Friday. We have some new rookies in the class and who knows, one of them might just cause a welcome upset in the ranks. I really do hope that MotoGP give the viewers and the fans the same excitement that the World Super Bike series does with some real close racing.