MotoGP Review: Uneven Playing Field
By Friday morning at Laguna Seca, everyone thought Casey Stoner had the US GP in the bag, but Valentino Rossi thought otherwise. Toby Moody is still suffering chest pains from that race...
It's three hours after the race here in the Laguna Seca press office, and my chest still hurts from a quite incredible race. Just where in heaven's name did that come from?!
Ducati and Casey Stoner had the US GP won on Friday morning. End of story. Or so we thought. We had stupidly forgotten the genius that is Valentino Rossi and the brains of Yamaha's Jerry Burgess to outwit an Aussie on a faster bike.
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