a fantastic ride by pedrosa for a well earned first. a typical fight back by rossi for second place and a valiant effort by melandri with his problems and pain to come in third. just a pity to me not to see stoner on the podium, but at leat he completed the race for a place and not thrown the model away. not so good a display by hayden but he still holds a good lead. the suzukis still going toward rear as the race progresses [a tire issue ] i guess it has to be. with eight to go it only gets more interesting..