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KUALA LUMPUR : Moto GP icon Valentino Rossi crashed on the first day of pre-season testing at Malaysia's Sepang circuit, clearly rusty after a long layoff due to injury, organisers said on Tuesday.

The seven-time world champion has been out of action since fracturing his right hand in three places during a qualifying crash at the Valencia Grand Prix in Spain in November.

Sporting a new crew-cut hairstyle, Rossi returned to the track aboard his new 2008 YR-M1 machine but his gestures to his Fiat Yamaha team showed he was not happy with the handling of the bike, organisers said.

"Entering his 20th lap at noon, Rossi crashed at the entry of the sharp Turn 2 after his front wheel gave in," they said in a statement.

The Italian rider jumped off his bike to escape injury and then walked back and picked up the fallen machine.

"As he rode slowly to the pits (Rossi) was seen holding his left hand with the new machine badly dented on the right side," it added.

Rossi, who won five world titles in a row from 2001-2005, has struggled in the past two seasons, seeing American Nicky Hayden win in 2006 then Australian Casey Stoner triumph in style last year.

His new team-mate Jorge Lorenzo also had a crash in a disappointing session for Fiat Yamaha. Rossi clocked the eighth fastest time of 2 minutes 3.295 seconds while Lorenzo was fifth fastest with 2 minutes 2.871 seconds.

Stonor went out on the morning practice run but did not finish the lap.

Honda's Dani Pedrosa clocked the fastest time of 2 minutes 1.864 seconds despite also crashing at turn one.

The Sepang tests will run for three days until Thursday. Afterwards they will shift to Phillip Island in Melbourne before returning to Sepang on February 4-6 for a second round of testing. - AFP/de

Rossi ko DIn gaYO aba!! .. its time 4 sum hotshots like Dani pEdrosa!! .. dis season GP .. m full support of PEDROSA!!!

Australian Casey Stoner was in ominously good form as made a winning start to the defence of his MotoGP crown under floodlights in Qatar.
The Ducati rider was never seriously challenged after taking the lead on lap eight and cruised home ahead of Spanish duo Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.

Valentino Rossi finished back in fifth place, one ahead of British debutant James Toseland.

It was Toseland's first race after his move from World Superbikes last year.

 I felt it would be a hard race - I didn't have a lot of grip at the rear and people were bashing fairings and knocking each other out of the road

Race winner Casey Stoner 

Toseland finished just 0.7 seconds behind Rossi and admitted he had been "amazed" by his own performance.

"I gave it my best shot. For my first race to be just behind Valentino on the same bike is amazing," he said.

"When the new engine comes we can be more competitive.

"I'm still learning. I made a couple of hard moves but that was a lack of experience at this level on my part.

"I passed Jorge hard and we touched but fortunately he was OK and went on to finish second."

Pedrosa was the race leader in the early stages before Stoner, who started fourth on the grid, managed to impose himself.

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The style of his victory was reminiscent of his dominance last season, but the Ducati rider told BBC Sport his work had been cut out securing the win.

"It's been a hard weekend for us," said Stoner.

"We didn't start well at all. I felt it would be a hard race - I didn't have a lot of grip at the rear and people were bashing fairings and knocking each other out of the road.

"I was surprised to be up going into the eighth or ninth lap.

"I managed to get in front where I felt comfortable and then do some reasonable lap times."



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Qatar MotoGP result:
1 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 42:36.587
2 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha at 5.323
3 D Pedrosa (Sp) Honda 10.600
4 A Dovizioso (It) Honda 13.288
5 V Rossi (It) Yamaha 13.305
6 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 14.040
7 C Edwards (USA) Yamaha 15.150
8 L Capirossi (It) Suzuki 32.505
9 R de Puniet (Ff) Honda 33.003
10 N Hayden (USA) Honda 38.354


World championship standings:
1 C Stoner (Aus) Ducati 25 pts
2 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha 20
3 D Pedrosa (ESP) Honda 16
4 A Dovizioso (It) Honda 13
5 V Rossi (It) Yamaha 11
6 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha 10
7 C Edwards (USA) Yamaha 9
8 L Capirossi (It) Suzuki 8
9 R de Puniet (Fr) Honda 7
10 N Hayden (USA) Honda 6


250cc race result:
1 Mattia Pasini (ITA) Aprilia 40:16.202
2 H Barbera (Sp) Aprilia @ 0.557
3 M Kallio (Fin) KTM @ 1.029


250cc championship standings:
1 M Pasini 25 pts
2 H Barbera 20
3 M Kallio (Fin) 16


125cc Grand Prix result:
1 S Gadea (Sp) Aprilia 38 mins 09.444 secs
2 J Olive (Sp) Derbi 38:10.376
3 S Bradl (Ger) Aprilia 38:11.104
4 M Di Meglio (Fr) Derbi 38:11.215
5 S Redding (GB) Aprilia 38:11.263
6 D Webb (GB) Aprilia 38:17.133


125cc world championship standings:
1 S Gadea (Sp) Aprilia 25 pts
2 J Olive (Sp) Derbi 20
3 S Bradl (Ger) Aprilia 16

i , only feel sorry for john hopkins and marco melandri  .

rotten luck for rossi. left the michelin for bridgestone but michelin improved by 25% this year.   :hammerhim:

Qatar MotoGP has written a new name with it's debut...
The first ever nightrace in the history of motogp  :udau:

Yeah it is an impressive game with the New Riders...

Jorge really proved it....

Damn the control of the bikes are amazin   
Dovizioso :juggle: left keep staring the 7 time world champ Homie Vale at the final lap...   :eyebrow:

but rossi and Stoner's tyre are same ....
Is he still searching some defects...  :igy:

2 bad i missed it, aabo replay hernu parchaa, but halka clippings herda ta 1 thing comes to my mind !!


Next Superstar of Moto GP after Rossi ta it is the Lolly Pop Kid ( Jorge Lorenzo ) for sure !!

in straight line ducati is unbeatable, so, but yamaha was beaten even by honda so there isn't any rossi fault .it's juss a matter of luck . rossi's golden days of motogp aren't over yet as he got many races ahead and rossi now doesn't need to prove that he is best motogp rider as  he is already a legend and legend has nothing to lose .   :peaceevery1:

good choice

First of all... my big salute for those rider... No.1 to no. last... all are the best so they are there....

Frankly, am also Rossi's fan... so I also fully support Rossi cum other all riders.... I love to see Rossi winning and those how wins Rossi also.... Coz I respect their skills... wish to run around the track one day/some day or dream only... Jai Rossi mai... hahahaha.. and other riders too... Tapaiko Bhoot hamima pani sarosh re ke.. hehehe

Roxan...

Honda rider Dani Pedrosa took the championship lead after powering to victory in front of his home crowd at the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez.

Pedrosa, last year's championship runner-up, took the race lead early from the front of the grid and finished ahead of Valentino Rossi.

Britain's James Toseland was pushed back into sixth on the final bend.

Jorge Lorenzo came third, as defending champion Casey Stoner finished 11th after twice running in to the gravel.



Pedrosa passed his compatriot on the first corner and was never seriously challenged in the rest of the race.

Pedrosa's first MotoGP win at Jerez comes less than three months after he broke his leg in a training crash.

"I'm very happy about the performance because it comes after a difficult winter during which we couldn't test so much," he said.

"To score good results in two complicated races and lead the championship is very important.


 
"I got a good start - not spectacular like in Qatar but effective - so I was able to take the lead."

Stoner was trying make up ground from the start, having begun the day seventh on the grid.

But his chances of a decent finish took a knock on lap three when he ended up in the gravel and was relegated to the back of the field.

By the end, he had battled his way through to 11th place but another misjudgement as he tried to pass Shinya Nakano and Chris Vermeuelen saw him end up in the gravel again.

 It's so frustrating as the bike's been working so well in pre-season

James Toseland

Toseland's performance was all the more impressive as he was suffering from a chest infection, but afterwards he said he was pleased with his day's work.

"I've had easier races, I'm not too good but I want to thank the mobile clinic for pumping everything into me," he told BBC Sport.

"It's so frustrating as the bike's been working so well in pre-season - I was hoping for fifth place, better than in Qatar, but to equal that is great."



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Jerez MotoGP result:
1 D Pedrosa (Sp) Honda
2 V Rossi (It) Yamaha
3 J Lorenzo (Sp) Yamaha
4 N Hayden (US) Honda
5 L Capirossi (It) Suzuki
6 J Toseland (GB) Yamaha
7 J Hopkins (US) Kawasaki
8 A Dovizioso (It) Honda


MotoGP championship standings:
1 D Pedrosa 41 pts
2 J Lorenzo 36
3 V Rossi 31
4 C Stoner 30
5 A Dovizioso 21
6 J Toseland 20
7 L Capirossi 19
8 N Hayden 19
9 J Hopkins 13
10 S Nakano 10


MotoGP constructor standings:
1 Honda 41 pts
2 Yamaha 40
3 Ducati 30
4 Suzuki 19
5 Kawasaki 13



250cc race result:
1 M Kallio (Fin) KTM 45 mins 27.908
2 M Pasini (It) Aprilia 45:32.185
3 Y Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 45:32.195


250cc championship standings:
1 M Pasini (It) 45 points
2 M Kallio (Fin) 41
3 H Barbera (Sp) 31


Jerez 125cc race result:
1 S Corsi (It) Aprilia 41 mins 46.100
2 N Terol (Sp) Aprilia 41:49.306
3 B Smith (GB) Aprilia 41:51.086
4 S Bradl (Ger) Aprilia 41:51.122
5 P Nieto (Sp) KTM 41:52.354
7 S Redding (GB) Aprilia 42:08.617
DNF D Webb (GB) Aprilia


125cc championship standings:
1 S Corsi (It) 34 points
2 S Bradl (Ger) 29
3 N Terol (Sp) 26

i really feel sorry for bautista.

what happened to Bautista.............? i haven't had the chance to see any races........kasto Sunday ko din ma hunu parne yaar, we have sunday rides so no chance of watching .

250 cc race was much more exciting than motoGP.

@ lilmc
on the final lap Marco Simoncelli had a go on Alvaro Bautista (they were on it for the whole lap) which resulted in crash (both of them went down).
Here is a Spanish 250cc race review.