Updated: Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 10:59 PM EDTPublished : Sunday, 28 Aug 2011, 10:59 PM EDT SPEEDWAY (AP) – Casey Stoner thought Sunday’s Indianapolis MotoGP might be tougher than qualifying. He ought to know better. The Australian motorcycle star lost the lead on the first turn, retook the lead on lap 7 and pulled away [...]
Published on 8/28/2011 MotoGP star Casey Stoner on Sunday was the clear winner of the 2011 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix, crossing the finish line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway nearly five seconds ahead of nearest rivals Dani Pedrosa and Ben Spies. Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) took the early race lead until teammate Stoner overtook the Spaniard [...]
STEVE KEATING It takes more than a win to put a smile on Casey Stoner’s face as the Australian continued his Brickyard bashing despite a dominating victory at the Indianapolis MotoGP. A weekend that should have sparked a lifelong love affair instead ended with Stoner refusing to back down on his criticism of the Indianapolis [...]
Alhough the new Indianapolis asphalt may still not be to all of the MotoGP riders’ liking, the lap times tumbled today at the Brickyard with a new pole position record of 1’38.850 going to Casey Stoner. Just 2.2 seconds separate the entire field and that is with virtually a full second covering the front row. [...]
Already the fastest man on track in this morning’s practice, the Australian showed he was ready to fight for his seventh pole of the season, and was the only rider capable of lapping in the 1’38′s in a very tough qualifying session, with an air temperature of 31 degrees and a track temperature of 51. [...]
In this morning’s first session, all three riders complained with the lack of grip that this new surface suffers from. Conditions improved slightly for the afternoon session after more rubber had been laid on track from the other classes. Lap times dropped consistently and Casey Stoner lapped three seconds faster than his morning lap time. [...]
Safe … Stoner is hoping the Indy circuit is much smoother since it’s resurface Source: Darron Cummings / AP Aussie Casey Stoner is hoping for safer conditions at Indianapolis Speedway after the track was re-surfaced following criticism of the circuit which runs through the in-field of the famous oval. The entire interior road course section [...]
[unable to retrieve full-text content]MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner is looking forward to experiencing the new conditions at Indianapolis this weekend. Source:
Thu, 25 Aug 15:51:00 2011 Casey Stoner is looking forward to trying out the new track surface at the Indianapolis GP this weekend. The standings leader said the old surface was dangerous and added that he expects the Repsol Honda to be easier to set up there than the Ducati he formerly rode. “In the [...]
World Champion Jorge Lorenzo hopes to make up some lost ground on Australian Casey Stoner as the 2011 MotoGP heads stateside this week for the second of two races on American soil. Spain’s Lorenzo is just 32 points back of overall leader Stoner as MotoGP returns to the US for the 12th race of the [...]