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Rossi talking to the engineers. He's had to do a lot of that this preseason
Ben Spies is starting to seriously worry the competition
Crutchlow has had a baptism of fire in MotoGP. It cost him the bottom third of his little finger at Qatar
One fast Spaniard. There are a couple of them
Nicky Hayden, doing his best to stay positive. But it's hard...
It's surprisingly cold and windy in the desert
Toni Elias: Not so much Tiger Toni any more
Hiroshi Aoyama wore a black armband for his country. He had plenty of Japanese speed at Qatar
The Suzuki was still pretty strong in the cooler temps at Sepang, but they have work to do
This is a pretty good likeness too
Colin Edwards, wily old veteran
Sideshow Bob is threatening to become the main attraction
A Pramac Ducati rider with scuffed leathers. We saw a lot of that during the Qatar test
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Thanks
Thanks for all these photos they show all us fans a side of MOTOGP that we never get to see in real life. they are fantastic, especially the different expressions of both riders and engineers. Keep up the brilliant work
Nice shots..Very clean
Nice shots..Very clean images. No noise at all.
Great way to start the season!
Great shots, wonderful captions. Let's bring them on!
The captions
The shots are brilliant. Standout for me is the shot of Spies.
The captions are equally brilliant.They pretty much sum up the run in to GP 2011.
really enjoyed the "day off in Qutar ones also"
Great Stuff and great captions... Thank you!
Here's link that Scott posted to his twitter page of his "Day off in Qutar"
http://www.scottjones.net/?p=1472
Now time for racing
Other captions;
Hot italian dumps another dirty boyfriend before he scores with her.
Hard to focus on something that freakin' fast
I thought Stoners were kinda mellow, I guess he switched to speed.
Speez squeezes the brakes
Jeremy only smiles when asked if he was glad Rossi did not go to Suzuki.
beautiful
thanks for posting these.
Wow!
Great fotos, especially the one of Spies -- just an incredible lean angle. These guys are amazing.
Fantastico
Fantastic fotos - makes me yearn for the season to get rolling
"Sideshow Bob is threatening to become the main attraction"
LOL! He is impressive. Seems a little up and down though. Cannot wait for the race. Waiting for live feed right now. Great pics!