Great rides by lorenzo and pedrosa; whatever anyone says about dani, he dose not lack intestinal fortitude as his response to injuries over his career shows. Both rossi, and especially stoner early in the race looked out of sorts. Maybe the usual pace of both does depend at least partly on testing/set-up ability; race conditions were apparently quite different from even the dry practice session. I have to say I wouldn't object to a 4 (or 5)-way championship battle, but will wait to see if normal service is resumed at jerez.
Somewhat encouraging result for toseland; I was disappointed by chris vermeulen's race.
(EDIT I agree capirossi and kallio had praiseworthy rides also)