How to gain twenty positions in five corners.

From the ridiculous to the sublime.

Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia saw the final race of the 2012 MotoGP season and conditions were as nasty as you could possibly concoct for motorcycle racing, damp tarmac.

Conditions in the race were so tricky some riders actually just quit and newly crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo was one of the many caught out by the conditions,  crashing from the lead as he was lapping riders.  Dani Pedrosa won that race helped by a correct setup and tire choice, the misfortunes of others and some great riding.

None of this phased Marc Marquez. The 19 year old spaniard rode his Repsol Suter Honda from DFL, 33rd on the grid to victory in the Moto 2 race. He passed 20 riders in the first five corners on his way to winning the 2012 Moto2 title...and all without safety cars!

I'm not going to far out on a limb saying we will see this guy a MotoGP champion in the next few years if he gets the right ride.

Somewhere Valentino's smiling...

Poor Jorge just does not learn...

2011 MotoGP: it's Stoner under the lights of Quatar

Casey Stoner was the man in the inaugural 2011 MotoGP under the lights of the Losail circuit in Quatar. He beat out Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha and Dani Pedrosa on the other Honda. Valentino Rossi, after a great start ended up seventh, fighting a nasty handling Ducati and pain from his recent shoulder operation.

(motoGP.com)

Results - 22 laps:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike         Time/Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda           42m38.569s
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha            + 3.440s
 3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda             + 5.051s
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda             + 5.942s
 5.  Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda     + 7.358s
 6.  Ben Spies         Yamaha           + 10.468s
 7.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati           + 16.431s
 8.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha    + 26.293s
 9.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati           + 27.416s
10.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Gresini Honda    + 28.920s
11.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha    + 34.539s
12.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati     + 34.829s
13.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati   + 37.957s

Retirements:

     Toni Elias        LCR Honda          18 laps
     Loris Capirossi   Pramac Ducati        1 lap
     Randy de Puniet   Pramac Ducati       0 laps

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MotoGP @ 1500 frames per second.

Since everyone enjoyed F1 in super slow motion so much here are some MotoGP bikes, it's quite short but still very sweet. This is from the German GP at the Sachsenring where Valentino Rossi pulled off yet another amazing ride for his 101st win.

Don't miss a chance to see this race, like many MotoGP races this season, the entire thing was practically a highlight reel. I'm asking the question more and more, why bother watching car racing? In the broadcast the mentioned the lean angles are over 50 degrees...






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