Lorenzo wins Jerez Moto GP festival

The Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez won't be remembered for the winner - it was Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo in a perfect ride in difficult conditions - but for the number of riders who couldn't cope.
Chief among them was Valentino Rossi, the nine-time World Champion whose ambition outweighed his talent as he entered the first turn on the eighth of 27 laps. Rossi cleaned Repsol Honda's Casey Stoner out of second place with most of the race to run. Stoner was finished and furious, while Rossi remounted to begin a process that would eventually take him to a fifth-place finish.
As soon as the race ended, Rossi, trailed by a huge media horde, made his way to the Repsol Honda garage, where he apologized to Stoner, who, through a wide grin and already in street clothes, was overheard to say that "your ambition outweighed your talent."

Moto GP opening night in Qatar

New Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner dominated the first MotoGP track session of the 2011 racing season, at Qatar on Thursday night. The Australian, the man to beat for much of pre-season testing, set a blistering pace from the off - and was over two-seconds clear after just three practice laps of the Losail circuit!
The opposition got closer, but the former Ducati star also made minor improvements throughout the session.
The 2007 world champion's superiority was never threatened and Stoner enjoyed a 0.610sec advantage by the end of the 45-minutes. Stoner's third lap would still have been quick enough to keep him fastest and he was the only rider to lap in the 1min 55sec, with his best a 1min 55.752sec. Stoner had set a 1min 55.681sec during Monday's test.
In a repeat of the Qatar test, Stoner's nearest rival once again proved to be team-mate and 2010 title runner-up Dani Pedrosa.
Hector Barbera produced one of the biggest surprises of the evening by snatching third, after benefiting from a tow behind fellow Ducati rider Nicky Hayden.

Valentino Rossi Misano test summary

Misano Circuit: Seventy-three days after an operation to his right shoulder, Valentino Rossi returned to the track at Misano Adriatico aboard a Ducati 1198 Superbike. On November 14 at Cattolica's Cervesi hospital, the Italian had undergone surgery on the supraspinatus tendon and the long head of biceps tendon, as well as cartilage in the Glenoid Labrum.

The day was sunny but chilly, with a maximum air temperature of 100x00ba Centigrade (500x00ba Fahrenheit) and a maximum track temperature of 150x00ba C (590x00ba F). Valentino arrived at the circuit at around 1:20 and met a team of Ducati technicians that included his own crew's two engineers, Matteo Flamigni and Gabriele Conti, as well as Ducati Marlboro Team Manager Vittoriano Guareschi. A half-hour later, he turned the first laps aboard the 1198 to test the status of his shoulder which, though recovering nicely, is still quite painful, just a few days ahead of the first test in Malaysia with the Desmosedici GP11.

"First of all, thanks to Filippo (Preziosi) and to Ducati, who organized this test," said Valentino Rossi. "Misano Circuit let us use the track on a day when Mattia