Pole sitter Casey Stoner fails in bid to win 4 races on the trot in Qatar. Rossi inherits lead but had to fend off Andrea Davioso and the Honda top speed to win the round 1 of the MotoGP Championship.

Jorge Lorenzo surged past Davioso to finish 2nd, while a resurgent Nicky Hayden finished just of the podium behind Davioso.

WSBK Champion Ben Spies recovered from a bad qualifying to finish 5th on his proper MotoGP debut

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