The race today showed one thing clearly: the dominace of the factory teams' #1 riders over their teammates. Technically, it was pretty boring indeed. Yam#1, Honda#1 and Duc#1 did their best considering the circumstances. Yam#1 just rode away, Duc#1 grabbed his chance and Honda#1 settled for P3, preferring a rostrum over the gravel trap. The top3 showed their speed, their professionalism, and their race craft.
Shame on Pedro (though he was at least gifted P4), Hayden and Spies. Very smart, though not über-heroic from Bradl (a bit like the first 3 races - I'm impressed for this performance by a rookie, but he will need to up the ante if he wants to seriously start challenging Tech3 etc.), Bautista ran rather mediocre (didn't he want to challenge for the podium?), Barbera nowhere and Abraham DNF, once again on for technical stuff? Strange. And Tech 3 - promising, but overambitious. It's ok considering it's the teams home GP and they could smell the podium. Fortunate both could continue, P7&8 is ok.
CRT: Big, big shame for Petrucci, .... Ellison and PBM (good performance, though). RdP wtf?! That was so ridiculous I almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
Nice to see Rossi and Stoner shake hands on the cool down lap. Seemed almost genuine.
