As ET pointed out Pedrosa went home. He went out in practice and had his left index finger rigid and pointing, as he went onto the track he was nursing the hand on the tank as if it hurt too much to hold the bar. I thought at the time he shouldn't be on the bike. Sensible choice to step back.
I don't know if you guys saw the podium presentations but Rossi and Stoner shook hands and shared a joke, good to see. Much respect on both sides there I think. Rossi was quoted in the UK press this week as saying that 'Stoner is supernatural'.
Do you remember the Philip Island race when Rossi was given a 10 second penalty for passing under a yellow early in the race? He went on to win by 15 seconds. He said afterwards that it was the only race (up to then) where he had had to ride at 100% every single lap. I reckon Laguna was a close comparison.
Toseland was interviewed after the race and was very dissapointed with 7th. He said that there had been problems behind the scenes that had now been resolved and he was expecting to do much better this weekend.
Apparantly because of the mess that Michelin made and a cool morning some of the guys did the warm up on inter's.
Thug: You're not really and Aussie are ya?
Randy: Edwards just signed for another 2 years, perhaps he took a day off to celebrate? Mamola's words not mine!
