MOTEGI, Japan – Dani Pedrosa of Spain set the fastest time in Friday’s practice session for Sunday’s Japan MotoGP. Pedrosa’s fastest lap of 1 minute, 46.790 seconds around the Twin Ring Motegi circuit was five hundredths of a second better than his Repsol Honda teammate Casey Stoner of Australia. Spain’s Andrea Dovizioso was third fastest. [...]

After plenty of build-up the Grand Prix of Japan takes place at the Motegi circuit this weekend and on Thursday the traditional pre-GP press conference took place with a quintet of MotoGP riders in attendance. Championship leader Casey Stoner was scheduled to be present at the press conference but the Repsol Honda rider was unable [...]

Published on Sep 29, 2011 TOKYO (AFP) – Championship leader Casey Stoner returns to Japan on a Honda this weekend to continue a powerful push toward his second world championship title. The Australian rider, who has a 44-point lead over reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha, will be trying to retain the Grand Prix of [...]

Wed, 28 Sep 16:16:00 2011 Full rider statistics for the Japanese GP at Motegi, where Casey Stoner is hoping to reprise his victory of 2010. 1. Jorge Lorenzo Lorenzo’s only podium at Motegi when competing in the smaller classes was 3rd in the 250cc race in 2006 He was 4th in the MotoGP race in [...]

[unable to retrieve full-text content]MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner will keep attacking in his bid to wrap up the title quickly. Source:

Tue, 27 Sep 12:16:00 2011 Casey Stoner has vowed to keep attacking at Motegi despite extending his advantage over Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo following his eighth win of the season at Aragon. Stoner’s current 44-point advantage means he could win the title by finishing third in the remaining four races, even if Lorenzo won every time. [...]

The Motegi circuit will welcome the travelling family of the World Championship with Casey Stoner leading the standings 44 points ahead of Jorge Lorenzo. Repsol Honda team mate Andrea Dovizioso lies in third place with Dani Pedrosa just 15 points behind him in fourth. Casey Stoner has achieved 8 wins and 13 podiums in 14 [...]

The Grand Prix of Japan takes place this weekend as the 2011 MotoGP World Championship heads into a swift conclusion which will see three of the final four rounds – starting at Motegi – take place in the space of three weeks. Taking a 44-point lead into this weekend’s 15th round is Repsol Honda rider [...]

An air-conditioned office in Repsol Honda’s paddock village at Misano. There’s me, Casey Stoner and his wife Adriana – pregnant, as he recently revealed. You wouldn’t know from her graceful willowy figure. Adriana is with Casey constantly, and when he’s out working, she’s waiting in the pit. Oh, and the team PR man. He’s listening [...]

[unable to retrieve full-text content]MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner won his eighth race of the season at the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday. Source: