A very eloquent summary of the season Roxy, sadly a season that is memorable for the wrong reason :'(
I do recall predicting a Stoner championship win earlier in the year, but I didn't expect him to dominate it in the way that he did. Nobody could have expected Rossi to have had such a struggle on the Ducati. Just how different it is to the bike that Stoner could regularly win on I suppose we'll never know, but it certainly hasn't appeared to be an improvement. Most of us have a new-found respect for Stoner and what he managed to achieve when he was on it. Hopefully when it's got the 1000cc engine back in it, it will steer more like it should do. There's normally a test session on the Monday following the Valencia races, it'll be interesting to see who goes well in that one when it happens.
It's a shame that even with the new rules and more bikes on the grid there won't be any more British riders in the top class (at least not as far as I'm aware, I'm not sure what Scott Redding's doing next season yet). As usual, most of the British talent in international racing is confined to sodding proddy bikes, and the GP circus continues without being troubled by the likes of Rae, Camier, Laverty, Haslam, Davies... Oh well, fingers crossed for 2013 then.
Fingers also crossed for some good racing this weekend, and nobody getting hurt