WOW WHAT A SPORTING WEEKEND AHEAD...
MOTOGP at Phillip Island.....
going to go Pedrosa, Rossi, Stoner, Hopkins

BSB....Kiyo will take title .....but Rea and Haslam will be fighting for 2nd place with Haslam coming out on top

RUGBY....England to win,.....fingers crossed

Regards Willie

Philip Island MotoGP - always a good one to watch.

Stoner has shown persistent fastest form in (partially wet) practices and will win by 6.1s from Rossi and Pedrosa who will both scrap together to the finishing line.

4th (if he doesn't crash) will be de Puniet then Capirossi and Barros; then Hayden then Melandri.

THE toughest MotoGP race for tyre design and durability too - so that may turn the tables.

Race starts at 06:00 our time

turn the tables what a get out clause.........if Rossi and tyres hold out he could blast it....aka as against Gibernau a few years ago........Stoner by 6.1's......hats off to you if that comes in.......my round .....enjoy regards willie.....P.S. WELL DONE FOSSILS

OH NO, HAVING SEEN GRID POSITIONS ......HOPKINS FOR A FOURTH LOOKS A TAD AMBITIOUS........GET UP AT 5.45AM TO WATCH LIVE, I THINK........WILLIE

Warm-up will knock the winning 6.1s gap down a bit (by a second or so).

I'll be tucked up in bed and watch it later while counting my losses.

Post Phillip Island MotoGP race analysis:

Warm-up actually put Stoner further ahead in my analysis. I now expected a win by 7.1 seconds. The margin was actually 6.8 seconds. So apologies for the difference.

And a genuine apology for underestimating Capirossi. He was actually the 6th fastest (I had him 7th) by fastest lap times but again he chose the right tyres and managed them better than Melandri while the Michelins of Rossi and Pedrosa did drop (as I feared) in grip after laps 7 and 8 respectively.

With hindsight I can see why I undervalued Loris, and I was lucky not to have had a big loss here.

Randy de Puniet again disappointing to finish 27 seconds from the lead, albeit 6th position He and the Kwacka should have been faster.

Rest of analysis I felt was good. What did you think ?

and well done to the fossils

SPOILS IT A BIT WHEN STONER GOES OFF LIKE THAT....6.73second AHEAD OF CAPIROSSI, WHO IS HAVING A GREAT RUN...THEN OFF TO SUZUKI.....OH WELL.....HAYDEN KEPT WITH STONER QUITE WELL UNTIL ENGINE FAILER?.......WHEN WILL HONDA GET IT RIGHT????.....REGARDS WILLIE