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So now I'm going to talk about motorbikes again so you can skip this if it's of no interest to you. I've been looking at the rule changes. I don't like them. Any rule changes designed to even races out are in my opinion not good.

Any rules in any sport which aim to level the playing field are not good. Professional sport by it's nature is a meritocracy - the best should win. MotoGP is not a one man show, and even when it was, Valentino Rossi was exciting enough that it didn't matter.

Tinkering with the rules to handicap the best is the kind of thinking that led to communism. MotoGP is not like Formula 1 used to be when Michael Schumacher was racing and the race outcomes were determined before the race in the pits by the engineers. Some teams have more money in MotoGP than others, but that hasn't led to success. Honda have cabillions and zillions and yet they haven't won since Hayden luck boxed his way to a title three years ago.

Apart from anything else these rule changes will ultimately give more of an advantage to Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner as they're the best riders. When the other riders had a wider choice of tyres they had more scope to set their bikes up exactly to their liking, they can't do that now.

They're only allowed 20 tyres and two compounds which means the weaker riders will struggle if the conditions don't suit the tyres. It's also probably less safe as Nicky Hayden found out yesterday and the high-side that launched him in the air last night will happen more often, which makes for spectacular telly, but one would rather it didn't occur. They may have ruined Formula 1 by making it too safe, but motorbike racing will always be a dangerous sport and they don't need to make it worse.

Anyway..so the qualifying session saw a predictable front row: Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Colin Edwards is sixth, which is good enough. I accidentally backed Dovizioso last night so I think I've got all bases covered.