Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner will continue their MotoGP duel this weekend under the lights\u00c2\u00a0in Qatar. With a new season underway, the main question is: will the Doctor repeat his 2008 championship success, or will Stoner return to his near perfect 2007 form? But the expected front-runners will not be alone, as 16 other riders are\u00c2\u00a0ready to challenge for the ultimate road-racing crown. To help you get up to speed for 2009, enjoy Motorcycle USA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MotoGP season preview.<\/p>\n
This season begins after one of the most tumultuous off-seasons in recent memory. First was the announcement of a spec tire in a series which prides itself on its prototype status. Bridgestone claims the coveted spec tire …\u00c2\u00a0 Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner will continue their MotoGP duel this weekend under the lights\u00c2\u00a0in Qatar. With a new season underway, the main question is: will the Doctor repeat his 2008 championship success, or will Stoner return to his near perfect 2007 form? But the expected front-runners will not be alone, as 16 other riders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle","category-roadracing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8214,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8213\/revisions\/8214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}