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sábado, 29 de março de 2008

Has the season actually started? Three weeks is a long time, especially if you're a butterfly, and since the opening eclipse round in Qatar we've all sort of fogged over. Can anyone remember what happened?Never mind, what's more important is that after the false start it's all due to start up again for real in the south of Spain at Jerez.


Now is there anything the Spanish love more than MotoGP? Well yes, plenty. Lazing around and animal cruelty to name but two. So although not the premier Spanish pastime it's fair to say that the work-shy greasebags do absolutely love their MotoGP…but which local boy will they be supporting?The grey corner - Dani 'the boring little sulkster' Pedrosa.


Thumbelina Pedrosa moved from 250's to HRC a few years ago and with the introduction of Honda's crap 800cc rule everyone rolled their eyes and expected that GP racing would have an even more boring Spanish champion than Alex 'blackout' Criville. At the time Honda were riding high and clearly had the best machine - how else could Nicky Hayden win the championship?But like all the Spanish Senoritas HRC's beauty suddenly turned withered and ugly building Dani a nail for 2007. It wasn't the plan. A good enough reason for him to frown.
2008 is looking better but is the little upstart now just a modest failure?The gold corner - Jorge 'King Midas'


Lorenzo could be one of the savours of MotoGP. Okay so we all hate him and would all like to 'knock him and his swollen head down a peg or two' but his evil face makes MotoGP more interesting. Admittedly after last season a small piece of tissue paper blown up against the main grandstand (or even James Toseland) would make MotoGP more interesting but Midas gives it something else. Furthermore he hates Pedrosa and is ready for a fight.His opening race at Qatar was brilliant…a future world champion?


Okay so there are Spain's two big hitters. (Or one and a half if you want to get medical). The problem is that both riders are fairly detestable. In days gone by the local carnivores only had Jester Gibernau to support so some would split and back Rossi instead…but the Italian's a failure these days and his defeater, Casey Stonehead, hasn't really got the 'likeable gene' possibly due to him being Australian.


So maybe the Spaniards will just turn up with their neat donkey and enjoy the race? And maybe we will? The race in Qatar was borderline interesting and maybe Jerez will take it one step further?

F1 vs MotoGP

The opening round of the Formula One championship was, believe it or not, actually quite interesting. The banning of driver aids, such as traction control and carbon-look dash stickers, meant there were loads more good quality smashes.But as brilliant as seeing the angular chin of Coulthard have his car turn to brittle jelly and then him taking a sulk like a defeated Rob Roy it did present us with two downsides. Firstly it gave the certified halfwit Jackie Stewart a platform for him and his clown-like attire to spout off about stuff. Much more importantly, however, it moved F1 out of the deep grey and into a position that bordered interesting. Would MotoGP become worse than F1?


Luckily the second round of the F1 championship reverted to the tried and tested format of a high-speed cigarette parade. This then gives our boys in MotoGP a real chance to impress at Jerez and once again break free of the pursuing F1 boredom challenge.

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