Motorsport: Stoner wins season-opener
Additional signing Casey Stoner became the basic Honda rider to win the opening battle of the MotoGP season since 2003 with his third victory during Qatar on Sunday.The Australian emulated seven-time planet champion Valentino Rossis effort having the status of he triumphed behind preliminary in the field of pole put he is the no more than motorcyclist to retain increasingly won next to the Losail circuit behind qualifying fastest, repeating his 2009 feat.The 25-year-old finished 3.440 seconds before of Yamahas second-placed the human race champion Jorge Lorenzo, with Honda Repsol associate Dani Pedrosa third.Rossi, who replaced Stoner on Ducati in the same way as leaving Yamaha, finished back taking part in seventh taking part in his presentation zip pro the Italian team.Stoner on pole pro MotoGP season-opener here QatarStoner, the 2007 planet champion and a winner here Qatar the following time, and in progress most recent years line from pole but stopped on reach six.