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This weekend is the Round 13 of the 2008 Moto GP season, which will be taking place at Misano. It has been a very exciting season so far providing a lot of twists and turns along the way, ...

Moto GP: San Marino GP Preview

by Daniel Chalmers (Columnist)

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Preview/Prediction

August 27, 2008


This weekend is the Round 13 of the 2008 Moto GP season, which will be taking place at Misano.

 

It has been a very exciting season so far providing a lot of twists and turns along the way, and this weekend will see a critical race in the championship fight. However, it is Valentino Rossi who is at the top of the championship with a 50-point lead, which is equivalent to two Moto GP victories with 6 rounds to go.

 

Full championship standings/Stats

 

  1. Valentino Rossi              237 points
  2. Casey Stoner                187 points
  3. Dani Pedrosa                172 points
  4. Jorge Lorenzo               120 points
  5. Andrea Dovizioso          110 points
  6. Colin Edwards               102 points
  7. Chris Vermeulen             99 points
  8. Nicky Hayden                 84 points

 

Number of wins

 

  1. Valentino Rossi              5 wins
  2. Casey Stoner                4 wins
  3. Dani Pedrosa                2 wins
  4. Jorge Lorenzo               1 win

 

Number of Pole positions

 

  1. Casey Stoner                6 poles
  2. Jorge Lorenzo               3 poles
  3. Colin Edwards               1 pole
  4. Dani Pedrosa                1 pole
  5. Valentino Rossi             1 pole

 

Summary of the championship so far

 

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  1. Saraswathi Siriginia 10 months ago

    Wonderful article Daniel, I am a big fan of MotoGP and had written some articles on it for B/R. However, the Motorcycle Racing section on B/R is so damn cluttered and it looks like a junkyard where everything lands up. This article comes under Motorcycle Racing and not Auto Racing so tagged it accordingly. Been asking for that section clean up for quite some time.

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  2. Saraswathi Siriginia 10 months ago

    http://bleacherreport.com/motorcycle-racing

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  3. ricky fay 10 months ago

    great article daniel VERY informative.., any1 follow irish road racing or the TT? (real road racing!!!)

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