At Laguna Seca, at Mazda Speedway, the most historic track of the United States of America, our colorful boxing car is being transported for this weekend. With the Corkscrew turning, the gem of the track for our spectators, a tough rival for our riders and especially Casey Stoner who will have a lot to remember. It was 2008 when Valentino Rossi made an incredible overtaking of the lead Casey Stoner, literally from the ground, as the photo shows. This overrun can be passed in gold in the history records, but 3 has since passed and many have changed.
Casey Stoner with Repsol Honda's RCV212 is in incredible form and is more mature than ever before. No pressure situations remain first in the rating with 19 points difference from the second Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha Factory Racing (133 points). The Australian with strategy moves in the last matches shows an undisputed favorite for this year's title. And we are talking about strategy because in the timed tests it always shows up in the first two positions but in the race itself it seems to push only what it takes to keep a security difference from his Spanish opponent. In addition, his team, Repsol, is following a very successful recipe. He runs this year with three capable riders (Stoner - Pedrosa - Dovizioso) who, in addition to fighting each other, keep away from the top possible pitchers of the podium. If one counts how far the RCV is in relation to M1 and GP11 then the title is one-way for Stoner. Luckily, however, the championship has so much.
Fortunately, because in the next games we hope to see much of what we expect. One of these is the return of Yamaha. Both Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo finally put their heads down and their bike shows many points of improvement. Lorenzo just throws in the last two races. He seems to find his lost form again and with two amazing appearances he puts a stock for the future. Let go of Laguna Seca to see the red-white anniversary show of her 50 years. On the other hand, Ducati has something to do. And it seems that this is not to stop testing as it runs alongside both GP11.1 and GP11 of Jeremy Burgess, which this season does not break the season. At least a moment. The same is true of Simonceli, who has won a non-competitive interest in the state, but he is still immature on the track. While the test is unstoppable, during the race he is not yet mature to prevail in his thirst for discrimination.
It is noted that at last Bridgestone lists new tires, following the prompts of almost all pilots. So we will definitely see very low times in the morning tests and the track is appropriate, but the riders were better looking for the capabilities of their motorcycles.
