MotoGP: Barros Perfect For Portuguese Win Old guard show the way, Sete in the gravel by toby hirst Sunday, April 17, 2005 Pos.RiderTeamBikeTime1Alex BarrosCamel HondaHonda RC211V47:14.0532Valentino RossiGauloises Yamaha TeamYamaha YZR- M147:16.8243Max BiaggiRepsol Honda TeamHonda RC211V47:20.1244Marco MelandriTeam Movistar HondaHonda RC211V47:43.5995Carlos ChecaDucati Marlboro TeamDucati Desmosedici GP-547:43.8276Colin EdwardsGauloises Yamaha TeamYamaha YZR-M147:58.2697Nicky HaydenRepsol Honda TeamHonda RC211V48:11.1748Shinya NakanoKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki Ninja ZX-RR48:13.9009Loris CapirossiDucati Marlboro TeamDucati Desmosedici GP-5 48:21.77110Ruben XausFortuna Yamaha TeamYamaha YZR-M148:36.48411Troy BaylissCamel HondaHonda RC211V48:47.58212Kenny Roberts Jnr.Team Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki GSV-R48:48.18413Roberto RolfoD'antin DucatiDucati Desmosedici GP-448:50.00914Toni EliasFortuna Yamaha TeamYamaha YZR-M148:50.54515James EllisonBlata WCMBlata2 Laps16Shane ByrneTeam RobertsProton/KTM4 LapsGibernau falls from the lead after downpour. Edwards, Bayliss down but rejoin to finish. Nick Hayden in seventh, Roberts 12th, Hopper out after fall, rider unhurt. Alex Barros takes the race win in style. Full race report and press releases to follow. ENDS

Good for Alex. At the end of last year they were saying that he might be retiring. Good to see him return to the top. I have not seen the race yet, but I was watching the timing on motogp.com and Sete had about 1.2 seconds on Barros when I left to go ride and more than 10 seconds on Rossi. This is why Rossi is unbeatable. He simply does not make that many stupid mistakes and his worst races are so much better than everyone elses. It is a shame Edwards went down. Looked like he was running a great race.

Yet again, poor Gibernaeu. :sad:

HRC my have let there attitude out in public with their comment about Nicky Hayden. Something to the effect that he let conditions bother him that did not bother less experienced riders. That didn't sound good for Nicky fans. Nakano never showed the speed from last weekend and only seemed to moved forward when others threw their bikes away. Rossi really never had anything for Barros.