MotoGP – The 2009 MotoGP season ends on Sunday! – The four elements

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The 2009 MotoGP season ends on Sunday !

MotoGP - The 2009 MotoGP season ends on Sunday! - The four elements

This year again, the Valencia GP serves as the final bouquet: admittedly Rossi already has his ninth world title in his pocket, but the atmosphere should still be warm on Sunday, as there are many contenders for the coup dazzling. ! Trailer.

The four elements

Valentino Rossi has often compared his M1 to an airplane, to a machine flying over the runway … Air therefore – some would even say "divine" -, Vale will ride this weekend for the honor since the world title of MotoGP has already fallen into its purse … for the seventh time! (read).

"I’m very happy to join the last race with the championship in my pocket, the pressure has dropped", testifies the famous n ° 46, because"now we’re just going to have fun" !

The "nine-time" world champion – counting his 125 and 250 titles – will readily admit that the particularly narrow layout of Valence is not the one where he and his Yamaha express themselves best: we remember in particular their blunder in 2006 (read), which cost them the title against Hayden…

However, "we are in great shape and our bike is performing well wherever we go so hopefully the same will be true in Valencia", ensures the Doctor. Thus, Valentino will run – will fly? – Sunday after a seventh and last victory of the season, before testing the next day the 2010 version of his M1…

On the other side of the Fiat Yamaha box, Jorge Lorenzo is also aiming for an excellent result – guess which – to complete his second season at the highest level. Curiously, the young Mallorcan has never won a race on land he considers his…

The third man…

"Valencia is a fabulous place to end the championship: at home, with your fans", rejoices the Yamaha rider before nonchalantly remarking that he has"never won here"… Could Valencia become the next" Lorenzo Land " ?

"The last two races weren’t great for me"Jorge admits. We can count on him to erase that!"In addition, I need a point to become "vice champion" and I would really like to get it with a podium or a victory.".

Indeed, the famous n ° 99 is currently in 2nd place in the championship but has "only" 24 points ahead of the third … Mathematically therefore, Casey Stoner can still catch up … and with the health of the man , Lorenzo better not make a mistake on Sunday !

Handicapped by a mysterious illness at mid-season, Casey Stoner preferred to stay away from the circuits this summer to come back to us more flamboyant than ever this fall. Be aware: in three races, the Australian has won 70 points – out of the 75 available at most – and won a place in the provisional !

The consolation remains however very meager for the n ° 27 who was looking to recover this year – and he had the potential – his n ° 1 plate obtained in 2007 … "We are finally coming to the end of the season and we are already looking to the next", realizes Casey,"so if we win this race it will be great, otherwise we will try to finish on the podium and then start working for next year".

Livio Suppo at Honda

A new season in which Livio Suppo, team manager of the official Ducati team since his debut in 2003, will not participate in the same colors…

"We are so sorry that he decided to leave", regrets Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati,"but given his correctness, his professionalism and his great contribution to the development and success of the MotoGP project and the Ducati brand in general, we can only wish him the best in his new professional challenge."…

A new major challenge, since the Italian will become next year "a kind of marketing director"Honda’s activities in MotoGP! A choice that many would qualify as daring … And if the person who was at the origin of the hiring of Stoner at Ducat ‘managed to unblock the situation at HRC ?!

On the Honda side precisely, Dani Pedrosa should not take it easy this weekend: the Spanish n ° 3 can still retain his status as the third fastest man in MotoGP – in the motorcycle world? – provided you take 12 points from the infernal Casey Stoner…

The Spanish Asimo therefore has only one objective: victory! "This season has not been the easiest and we haven’t been able to fight for the title so that pushes me even more to end on a high note.", confirms Dani, winner only once this year, against six for Rossi and four for Lorenzo and Stoner.

His second place on the soggy Sepang track – which turns out to be his first wet podium in MotoGP – gave him great satisfaction and would have given him back confidence … Enough to repeat his masterful race at the end of the 2007 season. ? Suspense…

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