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I Love MotoGP

I've been watching the MotoGP season this year and yesterday's race at Estoril was so great that I just had to write this post.

If you're not familiar with MotoGP [Wikipedia], it is the premiere class of motorcycle racing, and it is absolutely amazing to watch. These riders reach speeds in excess of 200mph and it is a pure sprint from start to finish -- no pit-stops! What really makes these races exciting is the speed, the skill of the riders, the amazing machinery and how (usually) close they are all the way to the finish line. That is why yesterday's race was so much fun to watch -- it was full of great racing, great passing and was exciting from start to finish.

If this at all gets your curiousity going, I'll leave you with these few videos:

This is a video that someone made of last year's race at Mugello, Italy. Valentino Rossi is in all yellow leathers fighting it out with the Ducati riders on the red white and green bikes (emulating the Italian flag for their home race). This video has the description: "The best rider ever, on one of the best races ever." This is the most well put together MotoGP video that I've seen.

Mugello 2006 - Music: Muse - Knights of Cydonia

And here is yesterday's race at Estoril:

Part 1/4 - Part 2/4 - Part 3/4 - Part 4/4