Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner
Casey Joel Stoner, AM,is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in 2007 and 2011. Many commentators, pundits, as well as former and current riders including Ben Spies, Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden, consider Casey Stoner to be one of the fastest and most talented riders to have ever raced a motorcycle. Stoner currently serves as a test and development rider for Ducati...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth16 October 1985
CitySouthport, Australia
CountryAustralia
The start was great and I felt really comfortable out front and just concentrated on doing my own thing, but as the fuel got lighter I wasn't able to up the pace as I lost some rear grip. My physical condition was also a factor today and I wasn't feeling 100%.
I think there is no defending a title. You don't go into a season with a points advantage over anyone. So I don't think it's ever a title defence. I think you've got a different number on your bike, if you choose so, but everyone starts at zero again.
Hopefully I'll be back on the track as soon as possible because we have a lot of work to do before the start of the season.
I've said many times in the past that my career's not going to go on much longer; I'm not going to keep going and riding until I'm in my 30s and things like this.
People are telling me I might be going back to MotoGP, but a rumour is a rumour.
Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent.
I've always known there's more to life than just racing for a long time.
I think I don't really have any expectations; I don't look at the season as a whole - I look at it race by race.
I can only do what I can do.
I have been interested in V8s for a long time.
I have been going from one racetrack to another for years, since I was 14.
There are a lot of good guys that I race against, and that's what I enjoy the most.
Even in motocross, youre struggling to see people pass each other anymore. There seems to be one line in motocross.
I have broken my collarbone twice in a year.