It's such early days and you're writing him off! He was behind Sete and Max in 2004 for about 5 races wasn't he... He won the last race for goodness sake!

Stoner was superb but Pedrosa I think is genius... An inspired ride that HRC will be proud of, even if he lost. 17th to 1st! If he didn't wreck his front tyre lapping in the mid 53's trying to catch the leading group I'm sure he'd have won. If he ever qualifies well and then gets a good start the other I think are fooked... What I love about his riding is the way he just dispenses with other riders. No sitting behind them for 4 laps blah blah.

One of the best races in a long while.
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