Tue, 24 Jan 16:07:00 2012 Casey Stoner says his dominance of the 2011 MotoGP championship with Honda – and Valentino Rossi’s struggles after replacing him at Ducati – have given him a credibility he never attained while riding for the Italian marque. Stoner won his first MotoGP crown with the Desmosedici in 2007 and was [...]

Sun, 22 Jan 08:29:00 2012 MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner hopes his former employer Ducati can produce a more consistent challenge in 2012 – especially with the number of works bikes at the front of the field shrinking. Ducati has not won a race since 2010, as Stoner’s Honda team and Yamaha dominated last season. [...]

Casey Stoner has been involved in 2012 pre-season testing on his Repsol Honda. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Casey Stoner hopes Valentino Rossi will mount a challenge in 2012 Seven-time MotoGP champion Rossi without a win for Ducati last year Stoner claimed second title with 10 wins for Repsol Honda Australian sees Jorge Lorenzo as his main rival [...]

World champion Casey Stoner wants long-time rival Valentino Rossi to mount a serious challenge to his MotoGP crown after a lacklustre season left the Italian without a race win for the first time in his 15-year career. Stoner, the 2007 and 2011 champion, wants to see a healthy challenge launched by Rossi’s Ducati team, but [...]

AFP – World champion Casey Stoner on Friday told long-time rival Valentino Rossi to mount a serious challenge to his crown after a lacklustre season left the Italian without a race win for the first time in his 15-year career. Australian rider Stoner, the 2007 and 2011 champion, wants to see a healthy challenge launched by Rossi’s [...]

Last year’s MotoGP World Championship did not excel in terms of producing regular down-to-the-wire battles, rather it was a season blighted by the controversy surrounding flamboyant Italian Marco Simoncelli.The talented Italian incurred the wrath of many of his peers, including Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, earning an unwanted reputation in the class for [...]

MotoGP’s Casey Stoner 1st, F1′s Jenson Button 2nd in Crash.net’s Racer of the Year pollNewly crowned double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has beaten F1 runner-up Jenson Button to be voted as the 2011 Racer of the Year, by Crash.net viewers.Stoner won his second MotoGP title in 2011 by showing overwhelming superiority during his debut [...]

Moto GP NewsThe Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme has announced the provisional grid for the 2012 MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 World Championship’s.The 2012 MotoGP World Championship, which gets underway on April 8th with the opening round in Qatar.MotoGP1 Casey Stoner Honda Honda Team4 Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha Yamaha Tech 35 Colin Edwards ART* Forward Racing6 Stefan Bradl [...]

‘I do not want to say from the start that I cannot fight for the championship, but I have to be realistic’ – Valentino RossiMotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi admits he faces an overwhelming challenge to put himself on a par with world champion Casey Stoner and Honda in 2012.Rossi struggled to make an impact on [...]

10. Nicky Hayden samples the DTMFootage of 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden joining former F1 racer David Coulthard to sample a Mercedes DTM machine – with mixed results…9. Stoner tests and talks 2012 HondaPerhaps inspired by Ducati (see #5 below) Repsol Honda also released a special video after star rider Casey Stoner made his [...]