Round 1 - 2011 Moto GP World Championship, Qatar

[jhansen]

We are a week away from the start of the 2011 season. I'm putting this up a bit early, since we'll have some testing at Qatar to discuss prior to the race itself. It should serve as a nice form preview for the race weekend. We also have an unusual weekend format for this event, with the event being spread out over four days. So far the riders are not thrilled with the idea.

Story Lines

So, who can stop Stoner and Pedrosa?

Not sure he can stop them, but I think Lorenzo can be on the podium with them.

Or could Dovi make it a Repsol Honda podium sweep?

Ben Spies possible spoiler, and maybe Super Sic...

Outside of that, how bad will the Ducati men embarass themselves?

We'll get to see if Suzuki have finally found a way to make the bike work in cooler temps.

We also get the Moto 2 crap shoot and the last year of the two stroke.

Oh, and at least one racing series can start its year off in the middle east.

Game on!