Physical problems no longer an issue for Stoner

Date published : 18 Oct 2009 - 07:01:21

A strong display on his home circuit at the Iveco Australian Grand Prix brought Casey Stoner victory at Phillip Island for the third successive year, and signalled his return to full fitness. Having struggled with his endurance and requiring a three-race break, Stoner returned to action at Estoril where he secured second spot, before his third win of the season on his home track on Sunday. Stoner enjoyed a battle with championship leader Valentino Rossi for the win and was victorious by a margin of 1.935s after starting from pole position, securing his first win since Mugello. It s not been our year to challenge for the championship and that s a little bit disappointing, but at least we ve had a good run and learnt a lot of things. So it s definitely not all bad, said Stoner. To come back in Portugal was a really nice result for us. Jorge (Lorenzo) was too quick on the day but we almost had the pace to win the race, and we re very proud of the team to have come back that quickly. This race, after the warm up in Portugal, was just a run off of that. We struggled all weekend with rear grip and were trying to get the bike hooked up a little bit better out of turns, but I think everybody was suffering from similar problems. So we did the best we could for the race, and the bike was working pretty well. The 2007 World Champion went on to add, Physically, I was able to do the same from start to finish, and I was just really happy with the way everything was working. Especially with my body; every lap I kept going past the point where I used to just hit my wall. It made me smile, and I enjoyed each lap after that. It s very nice to be back here, and I thank Marlboro for allowing me to use this livery and to the team and everybody for supporting me. To do three from three is a very nice way to end the year for me. TAGSAustraliaCasey StonerDucati Marlboro TeamShareWhat is that What is that These services external to motogp.com allow you to classify, share, rate, manage, comment on and save your favourite pieces of content in the main online social networking communities. Social network on which you can share your thoughts, photos, videos and news with other users.Free microblogging service which allows you to interact with your social network via short messages or "tweets".Content indexing service which gives you the ability to save and store all your favourite content pages in one placeSimple service which allows you to forward content to your friends or contacts via email.Social network which allows users to store and share their favourite webpages with other users with similar interests. Social networking site consisting of user profiles which includes groups with common interests, blogs, photos, videos, music and much more.Online community participation site on which users post news stories and content. Users rate and evaluate the content with the highest rated content pieces placed on the main homepageIndexing site which allows users to search for and organise all types of web content. Send MailSend To: (Enter email addresses, separated by commas. Maximum 200 characters)Your Full Name: Your Email Address: Send me a copy of this message: Add a personal message (optional): Enter the code exactly as shown : RefreshAccept Terms and conditions Terms and Conditions