in 10 rounds of the series.Stoner, who's based in New South Wales has just finished testing the new 2008 Desmosedici MotoGP bike at Sepang, where he ran second fastest to Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden.

to just follow or to try and attack. I tried to fight Casey because following him until the end of the race is not in good taste." said RossiValentino lies in second place in the championship chase. Many thought he main rival would be Repsol Honda's number

and started picking off the pack, taking the lead on lap nine and from thereon dominated the proceedings.Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa couldn't get the advantage over Rossi and didn't look to have enough in him to do anything more than just keep up

Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1m49.927 secs9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1m50.132 secs10. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1m50.169 secs11. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1m50.392 secs12. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa blasted to an emphatic victory at the German Grand Prix on Sunday to record his first win of the season in front of a sell-out crowd at the Sachsenring circuit. The Spaniard's huge margin of victory - 13.166 seconds

.The Repsol Honda Team were busy at the test too. Yet to have a win, World Champion Nicky Hayden and his Spanish team-mate Dani Pedrosa made the most of the conditions to undertake some valuable wet testing on their new-for-2007 RC212V machines. As well

Repsol Honda Team (M) 51min 36.041 secs5. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 51min 47.879 secs6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 51min 52.276 secs7. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 51min 59.786 secs8. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati

. Rossi dealt with Vermeulen with his usual clinical finish. Next up were the Repsol Hondas - who were a fighting pair, up at the sharp end - but Rossi made light work of the duo, taking him up to third place.Hopkins was up next and he didn't last long