I agree Bowfer, at Donington you could hear the miss fires a the traction control did its work. Prior to TC he used to drop the bike every week. I can't see it lasting too long but look how hard it is to police in F1, it'll be the same in Motogp.
The thing is, whilst TC in F1 is relevant because of its use in road cars its less so in Motogp because road bikes hardly ever make use of traction control, unless the rider is bit of a balls out riding god that is.
For the race, I think Stoney will have it but Rossi will be on his tail, his natural talent at the track is always worth half a second.
Regards
Rob