MOTOGP » Stoner stoned in Brno

"...it is my only crash with a Ducati in a race..."

Did he crash so hard that he lost some memory and forgot about Laguna?

“We made a big change which would have taken away the element of what caused the crash in the race."

That'll be Rossi then

In fairness he was lucky the bike was still running (in Laguna also). I don't know if the rules are the same in MotoGP but in WSBK if the bike falls on it's side it is supposed to stop automatically for safety reasons (mind you the Ducati seems to bypass this rule in WSBK so maybe they have the same luxury in MotoGP also).

A few people have mentioned the cut out rule which I also believe exists in WSBK can anybody shed any light on it??

Papa -- Love the Rossi element

His only DNF crash since being with Ducati, in fairness in Laguna he made a mistake under brakes and ran wide and only fell off because he lost his footing in the deep stuff - due to being a short****.
As far as the stone in the carboration, it wouldn't have happened if he wasn't playing in the kitty litter.

Agreed Stitcho, I think he means his only DNF during a race... hes made a couple of mistakes like Laguna, and running off at Jerez but this is his only real crash. Hell of a turn around in form from 2006. I dont think it was a case of him being 'that unlucky'... your make your own luck. Keep it out the gravel and away from that 'perfect' stone and wont have these problems! Same goes for any rider so not a dig at Stoner, brakes failing at the end of the straight is unlucky, throwing your bike into the gravel and it not working afterwards is not unlucky, its more probable!

can someone define carboration please....

is it summat to do with fule injektiun???

sorry 4 saying this but this looks to me like searching for excuses.....

I too believe there is a rule on safety cut-out,I'm at work and did a quick search for the regs but couldn't find anything. I thought it was standard practice across the board,from the FIM?

Maybe The Ducati boys should go back to the kitty litter and search for a perfect mouth shaped stone for Casey