MotoGP 2009 Begins at Qatar

In about 2 days and thirty minutes from the moment I’m writing this entry, the 2009 MotoGP season will kick into gear as the start flag falls over the line of the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar on the track at Losail. Casey Stoner returns to the race grid this weekend at a venue he was a history of success on, he’s won the prestigious race in the Arab emirate twice before, and is probably glad to be starting the 2009 MotoGP season on a track he knows well and has won on before.

The MotoGP 2009 season kicks off at Qatar

Casey is probably feeling pretty good heading into the first race of the 2009 MotoGP season, he was the winner in the BMW M Award competition held at Jerez, which has probably given him a little shot of adrenalin as he makes his way to Qatar in search of a second MotoGP World Championship. His Desmosedici GP9 ran pretty fast and nimbly in the Jerez test, and he’s surely feeling confident about his bike, but is taking nothing for granted and is preparing as we speak to go to war.

American Nicky Hayden will be starting his 100^th Grand Prix race as Stoner’s teammate with Ducati, an amazing feat that Nicky should be proud of, and hopefully one of many to come for the American prodigy. Like all the racers, I’m sure he would love some more quality time with his bike, but knows the curtain has to rise sometime on the season, and just wants to do what he loves, race.

The months of hard work for Casey Stoner, and all the racers, and the team of professionals that supports him in his bid for a second world championship is about to be put to the test again. Improvements to the power delivery from the engine, the stability of the bike’s carbon frame, and even a new carbon swingarm have under gone testing and now its time to see how they work under race conditions.

Casey and Nicky will be taking their bikes out to test them against the track and other bikes in two days, you can catch them in their bids for glory and world championships as millions of other fans will on television and even in person, in two days time.

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