Well, well what do you know—Nicky Hayden qualified 4th today for tomorrow’s Alice Motorrad Grand Prix in Sachsenring, Germany. His best qualifier yet. Nicky qualified with a time of 1:34.404 just behind Casey Stoner’s 1:33.759. Might this be because of the new handlebars? Go Nicky! Complete qualifying results for Germany Valentino Rossi 1:32.520 Jorge Lorenzo [...]
Casey Stoner was some three tenths of a second quicker than any other rider, with a time of 1’22.779 under wet weather conditions in Sachsenring, Friday. “If there are wet conditions over the next two days like it was earlier today it is perfect for us, because we can go further in the race and [...]
The mystery illness that has been affecting Casey Stoner making him unable to competitively finish a race due to total exhaustion has been diagnosed after a series of tests done in the United States. Ducati and Stoner have had to put their faith in Clinica Mobile staff and specialists in California as they look to [...]
Casey Stoner’s post-race reflections: “I can’t be happy with fourth place, even though I know that we have performed some damage limitation in terms of the overall standings. It’s a weekend to forget.” “Today I didn’t feel as bad at the end of the race as I have done in the last two, but I’m [...]
“The last two GP weekends have not gone according to plan, we thought everything was going to be great in Assen, things started off really well and it just went downhill after that. We really struggled but we still came away with a podium and that was important for not losing too many points in [...]
…says Ducati Project manager Livio Suppo Australian Casey Stoner has been experiencing dips in physical fitness over the last two races. Although the mysterious did not Casey from getting on the podium, Ducati’s MotoGP project manager Livio Suppo was convinced that he would have been closer to the Yamaha boys, particularly Jorge Lorenzo who finished [...]
Casey Stoner was once again totally physically exhausted after finishing a third-place race, this time at Assen. Casey was unable to attend post-race media briefings, because he had to receive treatment from Clinica Mobile staff in his motorhome. The Ducati Marlboro team has been doing everything they can to help former World Champion Casey Stoner [...]
Fully recovered from his Barcelona illness, Casey Stoner was back on near-best form in Thursday’s practice session for the Alice TT Assen. The Ducati Marlboro rider placed third fastest in the tight timesheet, and insists that there is more to come from him at the Dutch track. “The first day’s been quite positive for us. [...]
Ducati Marlboro’s former World Champions review the first day of action at the Grand Prix de France. Day one at Le Mans saw Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden at opposite ends of the MotoGP FP1 timesheets, with the American set to play catch up on Saturday. Casey Stoner – 2nd “In the first part of [...]
Casey Stoner backed up his best ever MotoGP qualifying performance at Jerez with his best ever result in any class here today, sealing third place at his bogey circuit with a superb performance. The Ducati Marlboro rider got an ideal start from third on the grid, chasing early leader and home favourite Dani Pedrosa over [...]
