Australia’s Casey Stoner says he has not eased off in his MotoGP campaign after signing a deal to move from Ducati to Honda next year. ‘I’m still working for Ducati and I’m still riding my butt off and I will continue to do the best job I can for them,’ said Australian Stoner ahead of this weekend’s round in Misano, Italy. ‘I’ve got a new challenge next year but that’s in the future and Ducati have done a fanatic job for many years now. ‘I’m still giving them 100 per cent and that’s all I can ask of myself and that’s all they can ask of me.’ Stoner has had a dismal campaign this season and has not won a race but he says he is simply being outpaced by other machinery. ‘Personally I think I’m riding as good as I’ve ridden. I’m as fit and strong as I’ve ever been and everybody in the Ducati team is working hard to get results,’ he said. Stoner heads to Italy and the passion of Ducati’s home fans in a bid to end his 12-race losing streak. He won this race during his world title winning 2007 season but crashed out in 2008 and missed Misano last year while on sick leave. With seven wins from 11 races 23-year-old Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo has command of this year’s championship. Stoner has scored five podiums with a best result of second place at last month’s US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. He crashed out of Sunday’s Indianapolis GP to drop to fourth in the standings. ‘The championship is out of the question, I’ve just got to get some results,’ Stoner said. I’m just going to take it race by race and try and see where I end up.’ Stoner has been hit by a series of confidence-sapping front-end handling issues on his Ducati and even a new suspension set-up at Indy did not fix the problem. ‘Indy was a big disappointment. We’re just going to have to see if we can come up with some solutions to make the bike easier to ride,’ he said. Meanwhile Italian hero Valentino Rossi continues to battle fitness issues ahead of the Misano race just 20 minutes from his Italian home. He is recovering from a broken right leg suffered at Mugello in June. ‘I’m only about 70 per cent fit and after about nine laps I…

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