MotoGP mid-season: Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa, the fantastic three

The MotoGP World Championship has reached the midpoint of the 2012 season. It seems like only yesterday that we saw the first start of the world championship at the Qatar circuit, but after the race at Laguna Seca we have passed the tenth round of the calendar, and it’s time to start looking at the feelings and results.

At this stage, two of our riders stand out as the great dominators of the premier class, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, though with all due respect to the reigning world champion, Casey Stoner. The three of them have dominated the season so far, sharing the victories among themselves at every Grand Prix held to date, which makes them the great dominators, the three fantastic riders.

The season began in Qatar with three key names, Stoner, Lorenzo and Pedrosa, and the question mark of Rossi and his Ducati. However, at this first round the power of the first three was clear, with a 99 claiming a hard-fought victory over their main rivals. After that race came Jerez, but at home it wasn’t meant to be and Stoner took the win.

After that event came Estoril, with a victory for Stoner, who was gaining momentum. However, it would not be so easy for the Australian. After that round came the comeback of our riders, with a fired-up Lorenzo and a Pedrosa who never lost touch with the two rivals. In France Lorenzo took the win, adding another in Catalunya and another at Silverstone in consecutive rounds, before leaving the Assen round to Stoner, due to the incident with Álvaro Bautista that everyone knows about.

Then came Pedrosa’s moment. He was always on the podium but deserved a victory, and standing on the top step of the podium, which he achieved in Germany. Mugello was Lorenzo’s territory and Laguna Seca Stoner’s, after he stayed on the Yamaha rider’s tail and overtook him in the final laps.

Right now Lorenzo leads with 205 points, followed by Pedrosa with 23 points fewer and Stoner with 32 points fewer. There are still many races to go, but our riders are there, and that’s what matters.

But these riders are not the only protagonists. The Tech3 duo, Dovi and Cal, is showing great potential, though almost always behind the three leading riders. The same goes for Stefan Bradl, who is making an outstanding debut, not to mention Héctor Barberá with his Pramac Ducati, with which he has several times managed to finish ahead of the factory Hayden and Rossi bikes. Among them, the 69 is making interesting progress, while the Italian remains stuck in a hellish pit.

Among the Spanish riders, the one with the most problems in these last races has been Álvaro Bautista, with many crashes, but he has shown that he can be up there and that he will fight with his Honda.

As for the CRT bikes, we must speak above all of the duo from the Team Power Electronics Aspar, Aleix Espargaró and Randy de Puniet, currently tied at the head of this sub-championship, so there is maximum excitement between them. Meanwhile Iván Silva keeps working, picking up points and adapting to circuits that are completely unknown to him, a great job.

Now the second half of the season begins with the Indy round, don’t miss it. The final will be an entertaining MotoGP finish.

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