Stoner takes season opener in Qatar

World champion Casey Stoner won the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix in Doha last night, the first race of the 2008 season and the first ever to be held under floodlights. The Australian, riding a Ducati, crossed the line first ahead of Spanish polesitter and...

World champion Casey Stoner won the Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix in Doha last night, the first race of the 2008 season and the first ever to be held under floodlights.

The Australian, riding a Ducati, crossed the line first ahead of Spanish polesitter and debutant Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha, with Honda's Dani Pedrosa in third.

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