MotoGP 2011 Qatar

The 2011 MotoGP premier class season got off to a predictable start at Losail on Sunday night, with four of the top five spots going to HRC machines. Casey Stoner, who has been fast since setting foot bum on his RC212V in Valencia last November, qualified on the pole, jousted with Pedrosa for the first half of the race, and then left the diminutive Spaniard in his wake for Honda’s first

Stoner wins season-opening race in Qatar

Honda's winner Casey Stoner. Photo: ReutersAustralia's Casey Stoner won the Qatar Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2011 MotoGP season on Sunday, ahead of Spaniards Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.Stoner learnt from his mistake of last year, when he started from pole only to crash on lap six, by letting Honda team-mate Pedrosa move ahead early on and even