MOTOGP » Stoner flattens Phillip Island.

Congratulations Casey!!! Well done mate.
Also congratulations to Ducati for a fantastic year and to Capirossi for the 2nd at the Island. It took a while for a European brand to get the championship. Congratulations to Bridgestone as well after being the underdog for so long. It shows that if you work hard you get rewards.
Casey's speed and pace at the Island was awesome and he backed up his statement that he would have been 1 sec faster in qualifying if it was not for traffic. I was used to watch Rossi and Biaggi do this sort of pace usually.
Come to think of it what Casey should have done is back off the pace and play with the other riders before making a run in about 5 laps to go.

stoner´s talent shows in small things- like being fastest in the first practice session at laguna seca 2006 having never seen the notoriously difficult circuit. also getting pole in his second motogp race after having the flu. it´s only in 2007 that his head has actually matched his riding talent

If you looke at the history of this guy (Stoner) then you must come to the conclusion that he has a lot of talent and guts. If he wasn't fallen in P.I. 2005 he was maybe the W.C. instead of Pedrosa but that is a big IF. Also when you looked to 2006 he was very quick on a number of tracks on a B machine. Despite all his falls he was no.6 in the championship. The guy has a lot of potential and he will be in front again next year fighting with Vale, mark my words..

Sorry I meant Yamaha 3rd...

Ducati 1st, 2nd and 5th
Yamaha 2nd then...9th, then 14th then 16th

Which is the best package....?

The beautiful thing is that you can't take Stoner out of the equasion!
He will be there next year and suppose he wins it then it will add to his credit
and suppose he wins it in 2009 again people will slowly start comparing him with Roberts SR, Rainey,
who won three as well.
We really don't know, we may have a real big one on our hands, quite exciting if u think of it
Remember how Rossi came? Three coloured millimetered hair, looking al ridiculous
Now he's the face of MotoGP, the status quo. And some want him out

Stoner will have to truly prove himself next year. it´ll be much more difficult; hard-man melandri on the same bike, rossi and yamaha will be severely pissed off and desperate to come-back as i suspect rossi may want to leave motogp only if he goes out as reigning champ having beaten the younger generation, and also HRC with dani will be seriously tough. michelin, after dominating for 15 years and only being challenged by rainey on dunlops in 91 and 93, will come back also in a big way. the funny thing is, if you take stoner out of the equation, michelin would have been on top again this year.

He got the best package shoved under his *** that there is this year
this gave him the chance to use his massive talent to the fullest.

Can others do that too? We don't know.
Capirossi certainly can't (at the moment)
Can others? Maybe
Will we ever know? Probably not

stoner came into ducati as a definite #2 to loris in an italian team and ducati would have taken other riders before him if they had been available.loris had mostly dominated all his past team-mates- bayliss,checa,gibernau and stoner has been been the only one to turn the tables.you can blame fatherhood and other things for loris but he´s still a great rider and tough to beat.stoner´s used to pressure, he´s had the weight of his whole family on his shoulder´s since he was 14 when they sold everything and moved to england for his racing,at a time when he hadn´t even ridden a roadbike.you can´t beat rossi for showmanship and marketability but stoner has truly matched him on the track this year

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