Casey Stoner: Career highlights

A selection of highlights and milestones from Casey Stoner's grand prix career. The double world champion will retire after Sunday's Valencia MotoGP season finale...
Casey Stoner: Career highlights

July 2001 Great Britain/Donington/125cc - 17th
Casey Stoner makes his grand prix debut as a wild-card rider at the age of 15 (pictured).October 2001 Australia/Phillip Island/125cc - 12th
Finishes in the points in just his second GP appearance and the first at his home grand prix.May 2002 Spain/Jerez/250cc - 6th
Finishes 6th in just his third start as a full-time grand prix rider in the 250cc class - the youngest ever rider to finish in the top six in the intermediate-class of GP racing.July 2003 Germany/Sachsenring/125cc - 2nd
Second place finish at Germany GP gave him the record of being the youngest Australian rider to finish on a GP podium. He held this record until Arthur Sissis finished third in the Moto3 race at Phillip Island 2012.November 2003 Valencia/Ricardo Tormo/125cc - 1st
Becomes the youngest-ever Australian to take a grand prix win.October 2004 Malaysia/Sepang/125cc - 1st
Gives the KTM factory their first ever grand prix victory.April 2005 Portugal/Estoril/250cc - 1st
Wins on just his second race back in the 250cc class - the youngest-ever Australian to win an intermediate-class grand prix race.October 2005 Turkey/Istanbul/250cc - 1st
Wins for the fifth time in 2005 on his way to finishing in second place in the final championship classification.March 2006 Spain/Jerez/MotoGP - 6th
Finishes 6th in his debut race on a MotoGP machine riding a Honda for the LCR team.April 2006 Qatar/Losail/MotoGP - 5th
Qualifies on pole in just his second start in MotoGP to become the second youngest rider of all-time to start from pole in the premier-class; the only rider to start from pole at a younger age is Freddie Spencer.April 2006 Turkey/Istanbul/MotoGP - 2nd
Finishes on the podium in his third MotoGP start - the youngest Australian rider to finish on the podium in the premier-class.March 2007 Qatar/Losail/MotoGP - 1st
Wins in his first race for Ducati - the youngest Australian to win in the premier-class and also the first Australian rider to win in 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP/500cc.June 2007 Italy/Mugello/MotoGP - 4th
Starts from pole for the first time since joining the Ducati factory team.June 2007 Catalan/Barcelona/MotoGP - 1st
With this win in Catalunya Stoner becomes the first rider to win four times in one season on a Ducati.July 2007 USA/Laguna Seca/MotoGP - 1st
Wins from pole and topped all four practice sessions to become the first non-American rider to win at Laguna Seca in the MotoGP era.September 2007 San Marino/Misano/MotoGP - 1st
Wins three successive races for the first time and is the first to do so on a European manufactured bike since Agostini in 1972.September 2007 Japan/Motegi/MotoGP - 6th
Becomes the youngest rider to win the premier-class world title since Freddie Spencer in 1983 and the first to win the title on a Ducati.October 2007 Australia/Phillip Island/MotoGP - 1st
Wins at home in Australia for the first time.November 2007 Malaysia/Sepang/MotoGP - 1st
Takes 10th win of the year.March 2008 Qatar/Losail/MotoGP - 1st
Wins the first ever MotoGP race to take place at night under floodlights.August 2008 Czech/Brno/MotoGP - DNF
Crashes out of the race on the seventh lap while leading - his first non-finish on a Ducati.August 2008 San Marino/Misano/MotoGP - DNF
Qualifies on pole for the seventh successive race - the longest sequence of successive poles in the MotoGP era.April 2009 Qatar/Losail/MotoGP - 1st
Wins the opening race of year for the third successive seasonMay 2009 Italy/Mugello/MotoGP - 1st
Gives Ducati their first ever premier-class win at the Italian Grand Prix.September 2010 Aragon/MotoGP - 1st
Wins the first MotoGP race to be held at the new Aragon circuit.October 2010 Australia/Phillip Island/MotoGP - 1st
Wins his home GP at Phillip Island for the fourth successive year. This was Stoner's last win on a Ducati.November 2010 Valencia/Ricardo Tormo/MotoGP - 2nd
Qualifies on pole and finishes second on his last race for Ducati.March 2011 Qatar/Losail/MotoGP - 1st
Qualifies on pole and wins first race with the Repsol Honda team.April 2011 Spain/Jerez/MotoGP - DNF
Is taken out of the race by a falling Valentino Rossi - Stoner's only non-podium finish in 2011.June 2011 Great Britain/Silverstone/MotoGP - 1st
With this win at Silverstone, Stoner is the first Honda rider to win three successive MotoGP races since Rossi in 2003. This win also puts him in the lead of the world championship.July 2011 USA/Laguna Seca/MotoGP - 1st
Wins for the 5th time in 2011 - the highest number of wins by a Honda rider during the 800cc era of MotoGP.October 2011 Japan/Motegi/MotoGP - 3rd
Starts on pole for the 10th time in 2011 - a new record for most pole positions in a season during the MotoGP era.October 2011 Australia/Phillip Island/MotoGP - 1st
Qualifies on pole for the eleventh time in 2011, wins his home race for the fifth successive year and clinches his second MotoGP world championship title.November 2011 Valencia/Ricardo Tormo/MotoGP - 1st
Wins after qualifying on pole for the 12th time in 2011 to equal the record for most pole positions in the premier-class in a single season, set by Mick Doohan in 1997May 2012 Portugal/Estoril/MotoGP - 1st
Wins for the first time at Estoril which resulted in him having won at every track that he had competed in the MotoGP class.June 2012 Catalunya/MotoGP - 4th
This fourth place finish at the Catalan Grand Prix ended a sequence of 19 successive podium finishes.October 2012 Australia/Phillip Island/MotoGP - 1st
Wins his home grand prix for the sixth successive year, after becoming the first rider in the MotoGP era to qualify on pole at a circuit for five successive years.November 2012 Spain/Valencia/MotoGP - ?
Final race in MotoGP.

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