[retired_muggles]

Doesnt appear to be a thread already (i searched 'motogp 2007' and 'moto gp 2007' and didnt find anything). so with the first race next weekend its about time there was one!

First race is next week in Qatar, coverage on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...es/4805050.stm


I predict a Pedrosa v Rossi fight for the title this year :cool:

That said with the switch to 800cc theres room for a few more Elias style suprises :cool:

Oh yeah and Autosport are offering more coverage this year too: http://www.autosport.com/bikes/

[timdude12]

Damn right it deserves a thread.

I can't wait for this season to kick off.
I think your right in that Rossi and Pedrosa will be battling it out, The new bikes are likely to favour the riding styles of those who have come up through motogp on 2 strokes rather than those who have moved to motogp from the four strokes of superbikes.

I will be interested to see if any other teams come to the front after the rule changes.

[retired_muggles]

Kawasaki have done well in preseason testing apparently.. only time will tell though

[retired_betsyt]

Rossi :cool:

[retired_Pinkie83]

Riders

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">No. Name Team1 Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda4 Alex Baros (BRA) Pramac5 Colin Edwards (USA) Yamaha Factory6 Makoto Tamada (JAP) Dunlop Yamaha7 Carlos Checa (ESP) Honda LCR10 Kenny Roberts Jnr (USA) Team Roberts14 Randy De Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki Racing19 Olivier Jacque (FRA) Kawasaki Racing21 John Hopkins (USA) Rizla Suzuki24 Tony Elias (ESP) Honda Gresini26 Dani Pedrosa (ESP) Repsol Honda27 Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro33 Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda Gresini46 Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha Factory50 Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Dunlop Yamaha56 Shinya Nakano (JAP) Konica Minolta65 Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro66 Alex Hoffman (GER) Pramac71 Chris Vermulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki88 Andrew Pitt (AUS) Ilmor GP99 Jeremy McWilliams (GBR) Ilmor GP</pre>

[retired_betsyt]

Bayliss should come to GP

[retired_rubbia]

Bayliss sucked in GP.

The usual 'mon Rossi, but I also have a feeling that Pedrosa will race away with this chamionship and Suzuki will cause a few surprises.

[retired_muggles]

he did alright at Valencia

[retired_omid]

and Suzuki will cause a few surprises

Its about time that they did!

I think that Hayden will be close again, but to be fair you can't look beyond Rossi, as he's proved time and again.

[retired_nhgierke]

Rossi should win hands down this year. Didnt get the luck when he needed it last year and he still came close to winning the Title. The 2 falls at either end of the season pretty much cost him it.

Rossi, Hayden and Pedrosa

Thats how I think the season will finish. Although, in the Mcn Paper, reports are saying Hayden is off the pace by 2 or 3 seconds. Which is worrying considering its so close to the 1st Race.