into the desert Photos by Youthstream/QMMF and www.motogp.com Honda Pro images
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he longest FIM Motocross World Championship starts up in less than two weeks. Two rounds of the eighteen have yet to be confirmed (although round five is slated to be another trip to Sevlievo in Bulgaria and the season-closer will allegedly head to Lierop in Holland) but there is little doubt about the unusual launch to the series with Qatar and Thailand already a mouth-watering prospect in terms of the new territories to be discovered. At night, at Losail, in the Middle East and with 40 riders from the total of 58 travelling to form the very first ‘Super final’, Qatar will be a sensory attack as a championship opener. Here are some images from the track’s ‘baptism’ for a local race last weekend and the FIM entry list below. Catch the next issue of OTOR for a full story just before the leg to Asia.