Last year Portugal GP was belong to little Spaniard, Dani Pedrosa. Start from 3rd position behind Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli, Pedrosa took the 1st podium 4 laps before race over. Pedrosa made a good acceleration on the Estoril longest straight, took over Lorenzo on the turn 1 and lead until the end of the race.
The crash drama also happened on the first lap. Marco Simoncelli and Hector Barbera were separately crashed on first lap, on the same turn. Both of the couldn't continue the race. Karel Abraham also crashed on 2nd lap. Other rider who not finish on that race was Ben Spies.
Another great battle on Estoril last year was between double Italian, Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi. Both of them were fight for 4th position. Valentino Rossi still lead on last turn on last lap. Unfortunatelly, Andrea Dovizioso took over him on the longest straight of Estoril, just a few inches before finish line.
This year after 2 laps on Qatar and Spain, we see that Honda and Yamaha still dominant. Last year, we saw Ducati can fight with factory team. Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden show better progress on Jerez, and confident for this race. Let see if Ducati can do better on Estoril this weekend
