Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: CASEY STONER
TEAM: DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM
NATIONALITY: AUSTRALIAN
DATE OF BIRTH: 16/10/1985
MARRIED: MARRIED

Casey Stoner stunned the MotoGP paddock by storming to victory, on his Ducati debut, at the 2007 Qatar season opener - and his rivals arguably never recovered.

By the end of only his second season in MotoGP, Stoner and his powerful Desmosedici had won 10 races, taken 14 podiums and lifted his and Ducati's first world title with a season's worst sixth place at the wet/dry Japanese Grand Prix, round 15 of 18.

The 22-year-old's faultless 2007 performances - when he finished every race - were in complete contrast to his rookie 2006 season, when he failed to finish seven GPs for the satellite Honda LCR team.

Stoner had hinted at his future stardom by finishing sixth in his first ever premier-class race - despite missing the final pre-season tests due to surgery - then took pole position next time out and a debut podium, just 0.2secs behind race winner Marco Melandri, in his third ever MotoGP race.

Unfortunately for Casey, that second place marked his first and last podium of the 2006 season, with accidents dropping him steadily down the championship standings to eighth by the season's end.

Despite his 'incidents', Lucio Cecchinello had hoped to retain Stoner for a second season, but Casey was chasing a factory ride and - while negotiations with Yamaha broke down early - his raw speed was enough to convince Ducati to take the considerable gamble of signing him over the experienced Sete Gibernau, a double MotoGP World Championship runner-up.

Stoner was thus partnered with Loris Capirossi for the first season of 800cc racing and the rest is history. With Ducati legend Capirossi completely overshadowed by the Australian, taking only one win, Loris will be replaced by fellow Italian Marco Melandri for 2008 - when Stoner will proudly ride with the #1 plate.

Casey and his family's commitment to achieving his goal of a world championship is hard to fault. After uprooting themselves from their native Kurri-Kurri on Australia's idyllic Gold Coast, they spent time in Britain establishing Stoner as a European name. After dominating Aussie dirt bike riding as a kid, they knew Europe was the place to be to further his career. It was a risk as well as a sacrifice - and the gamble paid off.

In 2001 Stoner finished second overall in two highly regarded championships, the Spanish and British 125cc series, and it from here that he continued to shine as a rider when the careers of many other hopefuls have stalled. Then Cecchinello stepped in to guide him, recruiting him to his Aprilia 250 squad for 2002 where he finished 12th overall in his first full GP season, took a debut win in his second season - after switching to the 125cc class - before taking another 125cc win the following year, for the factory KTM team.

A switch back to Cecchinello, Aprilia and 250cc for 2005 yielded five wins and second in the championship behind Dani Pedrosa - enough to convince Honda to hand him a satellite RC211V for 2006.


Career highlights:

1989 & 1999: 41 wins in Australian dirt bike Championships
2000: 1st British Aprilia RS 125 Challenge
2001: 2nd Spanish 125cc Championship, 2nd British 125cc Championship
2002: 12th 250cc World Championship Aprilia
2003: 8th 125cc World Championship Aprilia
2004: 5th 125cc World Championship KTM
2005: 2nd 250cc World Championship Aprilia
2006: 8th MotoGP World Championship Honda
2007: 1st MotoGP World Championship Ducati

END OF 2007.
STARTS: N/A
WINS: 10 (MOTOGP) 5 (250CC) 2 (125CC)
POLES: 6 (MOTOGP) 10 (250CC) 10 (125CC)
FASTEST LAPS: 6 (MOTOGP) 1 (250CC) 3 (125CC)
POINTS: N/A
DEBUT: SPA 2006 (MOTOGP)
DRIVEN FOR: DUCATI MARLBORO (2007/2008) / HONDA LCR (2006)

Stoner fixes wrist surgery date

Stoner has continued racing despite the discomfort in his left wrist
Casey Stoner will have surgery on his left wrist almost as soon as the MotoGP season ends in Valencia on 26 October.

The 2007 MotoGP champion originally broke a scaphoid bone in 2003, but the injury has never healed properly.

"The operation has to be done," said he Australian. "We are lucky we found it now. I will be ready to mount a better attack (for the title) next year."

Stoner, 23, could clinch second place in the standings in this weekend's Malaysian GP at Sepang.

Newly-crowned champion Valentino Rossi has 332 points, with Stoner on 245 - 36 points ahead of third-placed Dani Pedrosa.

Stoner is expected to test his 2009 Ducati bike for two days after the final race of the season in Spain and then undergo surgery.

He added: "It'll take about three months to come good.

"But we should have that amount of time before testing starts next year and then we should be a little bit more competitive."

Big news on Casey

LMAO!!
I needed that.. Thanks!!

LMAO @ moron of the year

yeah.........i was a bit worried no one had posted on here yet thought we might be a bit too well mannered on the new forum.............its only a matter of time before KC brings out the worst in us.........BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKC!

now nina

i think he brings out the best in us

its all in your perspective

perfect tamm lets go with that...............

he he he....................


even the marshall is taunting him "LOOOOOOSER"................

Oh poor Casey..

He's just misunderstood

his bike stopped front of us in Brno,

boy what he got...

everyone was cheering and waving bye bye Casey!!

this is a Dsquared t-shirt from 2005..

no comment...

omg i wrote BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKCOFF! BUT I MUST HAVE PRESSED PREVIEW INSTEAD OF SEND!!!!!!!! phew it still worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol nina
its the thought that counts

Casey Stoner proud despite heavy title loss
By Matthew Birt

MotoGP

22 October 2008 09:29


Aussie Casey Stoner reckons he is still proud of his achievements in the 2008 MotoGP world title race, even though he goes into the final race trailing Valentino Rossi by over 100-points.

Stoner has still been in superlative form at times during 2008, and he goes into this weekend’s season finale having won five races.

The 23-year-old said he would look back on ’08 with pride, despite his title hopes being blown by costly crashes in successive races in Brno and Misano.

"The last race tends to make you reflect on the whole season and I think we can be proud of ourselves, even though there have been highs and lows. We didn't win the championship but we fought hard for it, making up and then losing a lot of ground, staying together through all of it and always giving our best.

"We'll try to keep that going at Valencia, a track I have always liked because even though it is tight and twisty it does flow well, with some long corners where you can keep the speed of the bike up. Valencia is also the place where I took my first victory and where I rode the Ducati for the very first time back in 2006.”

Stoner is also hoping for an easier ride than he got in last weekend’s Sepang sauna in Malaysia. He struggled badly with the left wrist he needs an operation on imminently, and he’s hoping he will be fit to test Ducati’s new GP9 after the final race.

“We'll ride the GP9 on the day after the race and I really can't wait for that. I hope the wrist doesn't give me the same problems I had at Sepang so that I can be in shape for a good race on Sunday and two solid days of testing on Monday and Tuesday, “said Stoner.

those need to be posted over and over and over in a row
it will looking like he is a cartoon character just rolling away
lol

LOL, i love the one of Mrs Moaner LOL
All the pictures are cherring me up, and just making me laugh and laugh
The big question is, will he race at Valencia, I rekon he will, cause Ducati want to get 2nd in the constructors, amd he wants to test
So...........................????????????????

ewwwwwwww @ them kissing blurgh

Not nice @ them kissing
Although they do make a good couple, Miserable and moody!!

Stoner expecting return to full training in under three months
Wednesday, 26 November 2008

In attendance at Jerez, Australian reviews bone graft surgery on scaphoid injury.



Ducati rider Casey Stoner was present in his team´s garage on Wednesday afternoon in Jerez, although the Australian is a long way away from participating in any Official Test activity after surgery on his left wrist. Stoner flew into southern Spain to aid new teammate Nicky Hayden and the Ducati crew with their development of the Desmosedici GP9, used by all of the Italian factory´s riders on the opening day of the test.

Stoner arrived from Modena, Italy, where he had undertaken an X-ray to assess his recovery after the operation carried out a fortnight ago. The grizzly details of the scaphoid fracture, a `reoccurrence´ of a previous injury, were made apparent when doctors performed the surgery, with Stoner explaining that a bone graft had to be taken from his hip during the procedure.

`There was a bit of bone that had been floating around in there for a while, and the Doctor could just pull it out –that´s how loose it was,´ said the 22 year-old, who is still around two weeks away from being able to start light training.

When the 2007 MotoGP World Champion is able to throw himself back into full training, the workload will be an intensive one. That is likely to come in 2.5/3 month´s time, with a lot of catching up to do before the first test of 2009.

`I´m 99% certain that I will be riding at Sepang, although I doubt that it would be at full fitness,´ Stoner admits, although some pressure has been taken off his shoulders by the sharing of developmental duties.

`This is probably the longest period I´ve gone without riding a bike at all since I was three years old! It is good to watch the bikes on track together with my engineers and then speak about it with Filippo (Preziosi) and Nicky, to share our feelings and see what we can do to improve our machine for next season.

`We´re not going to change a heck of a lot with the bike; we´ll wait on Nicky and the others for information and there´s not too much that a small factory like us can change anyway. In Valencia myself and Nicky were both fastest on two different days in different conditions, so that shows that we´ve got a good bike already.´

MotoGP » Stoner a spectator at Jerez.
Wednesday, 26th November 2008

Casey Stoner present at Jerez test, as a spectator.

Casey Stoner may be unable to ride a MotoGP machine until next year, due to recent wrist surgery, but that didn't stop the 2007 world champion being present at Jerez on Wednesday.

The Australian has remained in Europe for the first phase of his recovery from an operation on his left wrist on the 30th October, and was keen to link up with his Ducati team at the test, albeit as a spectator.

An x-ray on the joint carried out in Modena yesterday was positive and Stoner will be able to start light training in around two weeks' time.

[color=indigo]I hope Stoner the Moaner lightens up this year.

He’s a really talented rider he just lets himself down with his attitude and lack of humour!! I think he’s going to be a good rider this year, I think he hates to loose and he’ll come back better and faster

I honestly think vale is going to have to watch out this year, anyone else agree? [/color]