Stoner out to banish Indy memories

Date published : 31 Aug 2010 - 16:14:42

Casey Stoner wants a strong result at this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix in order to banish the memories of a dismal race at Indianapolis.The Ducati rider crashed out of sixth place at Indy after losing the front end of his GP10 machine over a bump on the infield.But he believes that a return to Europe - and a Misano track at which he won on his way to the 2007 world title can help improve his fortunes."Indy was obviously a big disappointment for us but we're looking ahead," said the Australian. "I am happy to be going to one of Ducati's home circuits and a place where we have gone fast in the past. It is the third of the races I missed in 2009 [for health reasons] so we'll see what we can do this weekend."Stoner lies fourth in the championship, 132 points behind leader Jorge Lorenzo, and has not won a race since Sepang last year. He believes that improving the front suspension set-up on his Ducati will be crucial to making his bike more competitive over the next few races."We'll have to work hard on the front again because we don't want to take a backward step on the progress we've made recently," he added. "The whole team is working really hard, the guys are giving everything like always so hopefully we can have a good result to celebrate on Sunday."