Stoner steamrolls Assen practice.

go Casey!!!
SMOKE EM..AGAIN

this is great, my 2 fav's at the top of the timesheets, and Dani isn''t at the place where I saw my first live MotoGP race last year

Factory Ducati's apparently make nice book ends. If the software is to explain Casey going faster, then why is the opposite true for Marco?

Caparossi should heed the advice given to Lorenzo - get healed before you climb back on and make it much worse. His hand got a fairly good whack on the tarmac. It will be interesting to see if Spies rides tomorrow.

More like Stoner software hits Assen

Looks like Marco has thrown up the white flag!

Coventry -- I suspect the reason is similar to the one for Casey doing nothing on the Honda that both Marco and Elias won on....but who really knows except them, would love to know personally..
The Ducati with Stoner aboard is now so far ahead of the competition the japs should be embarrassed. They need to improve acceleration and corner exit quick sharpish...

Well done Ducati and Stoner, me thinks they have been clever about it and have more info from F1 etc.,
I would however bet my house that Casey wouldn't win a race on anything but the duke..

J Burgess, how can you say the Ducati is so far ahead when the other factory GP8 is 4.5 seconds off the pace in last place?? Clearly Melandri is a better rider than the Ducati is making him look, and Stoner is doing a great job on it.

PS. Stoner finished ahead of Elias on the Honda in 06 despite 7 non finishes, and Melandri had been in GP for a few years already. What happened the moment Casey got factory support - no more front end issues, bye bye Rossi.

Credit where it's due - Casey is dominating parctise so far on a rider's track. He is responsible for his bike setup just like all the other riders and seems to have figured out what he needs which is pretty good for a 22 year old getting no help from his teammate. Saying he would be slow on anything but a Ducati is ******** - he finished 7th on a privateer Honda as a 20 year old rookie in 2006 including a pole and a podium which was none too shabby.
You don't have to like the guy but if you can't see he is a seriously fast and talented rider then you're blind.

J Burgess

I seem to remember him getting beaten by his now team mate due to bad luck while on a honda. I suppose it is terrible when your 22 and only riden for 2 teams. Should have at least swapped every 6 months. The likes of Edwards & Hopkins are still to win their first. Must be crap riders than. Can't deny they haven't had factory bikes.
They all have 2 wheels, TC and handle bars. Stop moaning, your sounding like Stoner.

You so hit the nail on the head there Mille R

All the Stoner haters hate him cause he moans so much when he doesnt moan anywhere near as much as the moaners on here.

You have a go at his attitude to other riders and him complaining and making excuses. My god look at yourselves.

Atleast when he says something happened to the bike he knows what he's talking about. You lot have no idea what you're talking about and wouldn't know your ass from your elbow compared to this guy, and Rossi and every other rider on the grid.

Casey took pole in his second race on the LCR honda, then almost won his third race (melandri got him, final corner). How close did Checa come to doing that? DePuniet? Melandri & Elias rode for Gresini, not LCR. Same bike, different budgets.

Stoner said himself that the software upgrades to the Ducati TC have enabled him return to 2007 form. (Yes he's riding the bike brilliantly, but he did say this comment at Donnington)..which he went on to dominate.

If Stoner himself says it, why all the thumbs down when people say it's not TC helping stoner? Stoner is the king at using TC, at trusting TC. We non Stoner fans accept this. What he does with a computer controlled machine, is amazing.

Yet....humans aren't computers. Rossi himself said using TC is 'cheating'.
Stoner is better than Rossi?

If Stoner himself is man enough to let the MotoGP world know he need a computer to win, then yes.

He said, what he said.

We keep having this talk but its not Stoners fault he happens to be very good at using his TC do u want him to say sorri for it or somthink? Stoner and Rossi are both very good riders one likes TC one doesent but the fact they both have it there and the winner is who ever can use it better.

Well said Rock. The saddest thing is that the clueless fanboys are bagging stoner cos god forbid anyone should beat rossi, while rossi recently told the media he doesn't want fans that have to hate and bag other riders.

Rossi may have some loser fans, but at least he himself is a class act.

I can remember many comments by Rossi and Hayden about adjustments to TC that made things better. You have Stoner that tells it like it is, or Danny who doesn't say anything. Same age, different personalities. Do you want him to lie, and make him think we don't know. Maybe he knwo we are smarter than that so why say somehting else. i think they call it respecting our insterest in what is going on. Maybe we should show some of the same. He's saying it like it is.

There's quite a few on here that could do with some electronic improvements. Harping on about TC or no TC day in or day out. ******* on a popsicle stick! Just accept that MotoGP is prototype racing and the lot of them are using TC. You don't get to cross the line first in a race because of TC only. If that was the case I would set up my own team and win Assen this year

I read a whilea go an interview with Jeremy Burgess saying that 80% of modern bike setup is adjusting all the electronics to an optimum setting. The TC package is not just a gameboy you switch on - it is just as technical and difficult as tuning the suspension etc. Loading a new electronics package onto Casey's bike is much like adding a new chassis on Hayden's bike. Both require tuning and adjustments to work well which needs accurate feedback and adaptation of the rider.

Yeah but trying to get them to understand that TC is only a small part of electronics is pointless. And besides, TC isn't just a convenient exuse, it's only 2 letters. That's much easier to remember than actual facts

Stoner. Killing it again. Can't wait till the race. Make it another large gap.

Rubbish without the duk Casey would be nowhere, all the evidence points to it... you stoaner fluffers are ridiculous the boy wins last year on a vastly superior bike and he's the second coming..If it's not the bike how come one minute he's 7 seconds back and a few weeks later he's a couple of seconds in front. One thing I've noticed abotu top racers is they are always there or there abouts, dependng on electronincs and of course his main advantage the massive duk power he is either nowhere or so far infront he should have his own race..ma grandpaw always say if something looks to good to be true it probably is....