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Casey Stoner
Stoner, as a Ducati rider, at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix
Nationality Australian
Born (1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 39)
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Current teamRepsol Honda Team
Bike number27
Websitecaseystoner.com.au
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2006–present
ManufacturersHonda, Ducati
Championships2 (2007, 2011)
2010 championship position4th (225 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
99 32 58 33 27 1536
250cc World Championship
Active years2002, 2005
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2005 championship position2nd (254 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
31 5 10 2 1 322
125cc World Championship
Active years2001, 2003–2004
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia, KTM
Championships0
2004 championship position5th (145 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
30 2 10 2 3 274

Casey Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career. After first competing internationally in 2002, Stoner became MotoGP World Champion in 2007 for Ducati Corse and won a second world championship title in 2011 for Repsol Honda.

In 2008, Stoner was named Young Australian of the Year.

Career

Early years

He competed in his first race was when he was four years old, in an under-nine years old race at the Mike Hatcher's dirt racing track on the Gold Coast of Australia. Between his very first race win at the age of nine and the age of fourteen, Stoner won 41 dirt and long track titles and 70 state titles.[1]

One feat he achieved that illustrates his passion and "need" for racing was at age twelve. Over one weekend he raced in 5 different categories in all 7 rounds of each capacity. A weekend consisting of 35 different races... Not only did he compete in all these categories and different engine capacities, the young Casey Stoner went on to win 32 out of the 35 races. There were five Australian titles to be won that weekend, Stoner won all 5.

The legal age to enter into road races in Australia is 16. At the age of 14 years, Stoner and his parents agreed he was ready to move up onto road racing so they packed up and moved to England – where the legal age for road racing is 14.[1]

From 2000 to 2002, he contested the national 125cc GP championships in Britain and Spain, winning the English 125cc Aprilia Championship in 2000, before moving fulltime to the 250cc GP World Championships in 2002. His season on an Aprilia under the guidance of Lucio Cecchinello was turbulent, with no podium places from 15 race starts.

125cc

In 2003 Stoner moved to the 125cc GP category. Here, working again with Cecchinello and Aprilia, he met with considerable success, scoring his first GP race win and three second places, finishing 8th overall at the season's end.

In 2004 Stoner joined the Red Bull KTM factory team in 125cc class and continued to improve, with another race win, two second places, three thirds, and a final championship position of fifth.

250cc

In 2005 he rejoined the 250cc world championship class, racing once again for Lucio Cecchinello' team on an Aprilia. Onboard a factory Aprilia, Stoner emerged toward the season's end as a serious threat to championship leader Dani Pedrosa; a threat that only dissipated with a crash at Stoner's home Grand Prix of Phillip Island, allowing Pedrosa to establish an insurmountable points lead. Stoner went on to claim a solid second place in the overall championship standings, with an impressive five race victories for the season.

MotoGP

2006

Stoner during the MotoGP pre-season test session at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia in January 2007.

Stoner was in advanced negotiations with Yamaha,[2] but after they dropped him he settled on an alliance once more with team manager Lucio Cecchinello on a Honda RC211V, on a one-bike team new to the series for the 2006 Season, Team LCR. He took pole in just his second race MotoGP, but crashed several times during the season. He finished in 8th position with his best result being a 2nd place at the Turkish GP, where he was leading until overtaken on the final corner by Marco Melandri.

2007

Stoner secured a ride with the factory Ducati team for the 2007 season,[3] joining Loris Capirossi on the new 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7. 6 poles and 10 race wins (including three of the first four[4]), took him to his first GP title, by a margin of 125 points (equivalent to five victories) over Dani Pedrosa, which he built during the second half of the season.[5] His worst finish was a 6th place at Motegi, which was all he needed to clinch the title that day.[6]

2008

Stoner opened the 2008 season with a victory at Qatar, before a run of two races without a podium. He returned to the podium with a second place at Mugello, before starting a run of seven successive pole positions.[7] He turned three of them into successive victories – a lights-to-flag win at Donington,[8] leading every lap at Assen six days later,[9] and recovering from a huge Friday crash at Sachsenring[10] to win in the wet after Dani Pedrosa crashed,[11] moving to within 20 points of the championship lead. However, successive crashes while fighting for the lead at Laguna Seca (where he remounted to finish second to Valentino Rossi),[12] Brno and Misano ensured that he could not defend the title successfully.[13][14] Stoner finished the 2008 season as runner-up to Rossi with 280 points, the highest amount of points ever gained without taking the title.[15]

2009

Stoner's bike in Brno

Stoner remained with Ducati for the 2009 season with new team mate Nicky Hayden, with a further option for a 4th season in 2010.[16] A strong start to the season left Stoner in a three way battle with the Fiat Yamaha duo of Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, before he was struck by a mystery illness which caused him to feel tired long before the end of races, leaving him 16 points behind Rossi and 7 behind Lorenzo after the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on 5 July.

Stoner was subsequently diagnosed with anemia and an inflammation of the stomach lining.[17] Stoner later disputed the diagnosis however and, after continuing to struggle with the condition, he announced on 10 August 2009 that he would miss rounds 11, 12 and 13 in Brno, Indianapolis and Misano respectively in an attempt to recover from the illness.[18] Mika Kallio was chosen as Stoner's replacement for the three races.[19] Stoner returned to racing late in the 2009 season, placing second in the Portuguese Grand Prix and an emphatic first in the Australian Grand Prix, which he led throughout. At interview following the Australian Grand Prix, Stoner said that he experienced none of the premature tiredness that had dogged him earlier in the 2009 season. He followed this up with another first place in the wet at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

At the last round of 2009 at Valencia, Stoner dominated all practice and qualifying sessions to take pole, only to crash on cold tyres on the warm-up lap and miss the race.

2010

At the test held immediately following the Valencia round, Stoner was once again fastest while testing the new 2010 version of the Desmosedici. However, Rossi was fastest in five of the six pre-season tests.

Stoner qualified on pole for the season opener in Qatar, and was leading the race when he crashed out, later acknowledging that this was his own mistake.[20] He also crashed out of round 3 at Le Mans, this time attributing the crash to the front of the bike unloading when not running at maximum pace.[21] His first podium of the year came at Assen, despite struggling with arm pump late in the race.[22]

For 2011 Stoner has joined Honda Racing Corporation after four years at Ducati Corse,[23] where he has been replaced by Valentino Rossi.

2011

Stoner at the 2011 Czech Grand Prix

Stoner is racing with the Repsol Honda Racing Team in 2011, with team mates Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. In preseason testing in Malaysia, Stoner was quickest in all three sessions,[24] closely followed by Pedrosa and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner won the season-opening race in Qatar from pole position,[25] and had been quickest in each of the free practice sessions held before qualifying. Stoner won three out of the first five rounds of the season, with victories in Le Mans and Catalunya to add to his Qatar victory. Stoner added victories at Silverstone in damp conditions, and Laguna Seca, to hold a 20-point lead over Jorge Lorenzo with eight races to go in the season.

Stoner proposed boycotting the Japanese Grand Prix out of fears for his health from radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant even though all the independent scientific experts including the World Health Organization and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency stated that it is safe to live permanently 80 km (50 mi) or more from the plant, and despite the fact that he rides for a Japanese manufacturer.[26]

Stoner won the World Championship for the second time at his home round at Phillip Island, Australia.[27] On his 26th birthday, Stoner won his ninth race of the season, and with his only challenger Jorge Lorenzo ruled out of the race due to a hand injury suffered in warm-up, Stoner finished the weekend with an unassailable 65-point lead. His victory in the Australian MotoGP was his fifth in succession in his home race dating back to 2007 making the him only rider to have won at Philip Island during the 800cc era of MotoGP.

Status and personality

Stoner has showed signs of feeling underappreciated by the general public. He was angered by consistent suggestions that the bike and tyres had a bigger role in his success than he did,[28] and unhappy at being booed at Donington in both 2007 and 2008.[29]

In August 2008 he was criticised for his team's association with tobacco company Philip Morris.[30]

Stoner has stated that he would prefer to shun the limelight and would prefer to let his riding style do the talking. In a recent interview with Australian Motorcycle News, he was quoted as saying that he would prefer a return to purer form of racing from the 500cc days, stating that "Back in those days, it was just racing – Doohan, Rainey, Schwantz, Gardner, Lawson – not half as much bullshit as now. That was the life." compared to the racing that he participates in.

Personal life

Stoner met Adriana Tuchyna from Adelaide when she approached him at Phillip Island in 2003 and asked him to sign her stomach.[31] A relationship began in 2005 when she turned 16,[32] and they were married in Adelaide on 6 January 2007.[33]

Following his experience of tiredness and sickness during 2009, Stoner was ultimately diagnosed as lactose intolerant.[34]

At the Czech Republic Grand Prix in August 2011, Stoner announced that his wife was pregnant with their first child.[35][36]

Career statistics

By season

Season Class Bike Team Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2001 125cc Honda RS125R 2 0 0 0 0 4 29th –
2002 250cc Aprilia RS250 Team LCR 15 0 0 0 0 68 12th –
2003 125cc Aprilia RS125 Team LCR 14 1 4 1 2 125 8th –
2004 125cc KTM 125 FPR Red Bull KTM 14 1 6 1 1 145 5th –
2005 250cc Aprilia RSA 250 Team LCR 16 5 10 2 1 254 2nd –
2006 MotoGP Honda RC211V Team LCR 16 0 1 1 0 119 8th –
2007 MotoGP Ducati GP7 Ducati Corse 18 10 14 5 6 367 1st 1
2008 MotoGP Ducati GP8 Ducati Corse 18 6 11 9 9 280 2nd –
2009 MotoGP Ducati GP9 Ducati Corse 13 4 8 3 2 220 4th –
2010 MotoGP Ducati GP10 Ducati Corse 18 3 9 4 3 225 4th –
2011 MotoGP Honda RC212V Repsol Honda 16 9 15 11 7 325* 1st 1
Total 160 39 78 37 31 2132 2
  • * Season in progress.

By class

Class Season First Races First Podium First Win Race Wins Podiums Poles FLaps Pts WChmps
125 cc 2001, 2003–2004 2001 Britain 2003 Germany 2003 Valencia 30 2 10 2 3 274 0
250 cc 2002, 2005 2002 Japan 2005 Portugal 2005 Portugal 31 5 10 2 1 322 0
MotoGP 2006 – present 2006 Spain 2006 Turkey 2007 Qatar 99 32 58 33 27 1536 2
Total 2001 – present 160 39 78 37 31 2132 2

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2001 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR
17 		GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS
12 		MAL BRA 29th 4
2002 250 cc Aprilia JPN
Ret 		RSA
Ret 		SPA
6 		FRA
Ret 		ITA CAT
6 		NED
8 		GBR
11 		GER
Ret 		CZE
5 		POR
Ret 		BRA
6 		PAC
17 		MAL
11 		AUS
10 		VAL
13 		12th 68
2003 125 cc Aprilia JPN
Ret 		RSA
10 		SPA
6 		FRA
4 		ITA
18 		CAT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GBR
5 		GER
2 		CZE POR BRA
2 		PAC
2 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		VAL
1 		8th 125
2004 125 cc KTM RSA
3 		SPA
5 		FRA
8 		ITA
2 		CAT
4 		NED
3 		BRA
2 		GER GBR CZE
Ret 		POR
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		QAT
Ret 		MAL
1 		AUS
3 		VAL
Ret 		5th 145
2005 250 cc Aprilia SPA
Ret 		POR
1 		CHN
1 		FRA
4 		ITA
4 		CAT
2 		NED
6 		GBR
3 		GER
7 		CZE
3 		JPN
3 		MAL
1 		QAT
1 		AUS
Ret 		TUR
1 		VAL
3 		2nd 254
2006 MotoGP Honda SPA
6 		QAT
5 		TUR
2 		CHN
5 		FRA
4 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		NED
4 		GBR
4 		GER
DNS 		USA
Ret 		CZE
6 		MAL
8 		AUS
6 		JPN
Ret 		POR
Ret 		VAL
Ret 		8th 119
2007 MotoGP Ducati QAT
1 		SPA
5 		TUR
1 		CHN
1 		FRA
3 		ITA
4 		CAT
1 		GBR
1 		NED
2 		GER
5 		USA
1 		CZE
1 		RSM
1 		POR
3 		JPN
6 		AUS
1 		MAL
1 		VAL
2 		1st 367
2008 MotoGP Ducati QAT
1 		SPA
11 		POR
6 		CHN
3 		FRA
16 		ITA
2 		CAT
3 		GBR
1 		NED
1 		GER
1 		USA
2 		CZE
Ret 		RSM
Ret 		IND
4 		JPN
2 		AUS
1 		MAL
6 		VAL
1 		2nd 280
2009 MotoGP Ducati QAT
1 		JPN
4 		SPA
3 		FRA
5 		ITA
1 		CAT
3 		NED
3 		USA
4 		GER
4 		GBR
14 		CZE IND RSM POR
2 		AUS
1 		MAL
1 		VAL
DNS 		4th 220
2010 MotoGP Ducati QAT
Ret 		SPA
5 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
4 		GBR
5 		NED
3 		CAT
3 		GER
3 		USA
2 		CZE
3 		IND
Ret 		RSM
5 		ARA
1 		JPN
1 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
1 		POR
Ret 		VAL
2 		4th 225
2011 MotoGP Honda QAT
1 		SPA
Ret 		POR
3 		FRA
1 		CAT
1 		GBR
1 		NED
2 		ITA
3 		GER
3 		USA
1 		CZE
1 		IND
1 		RSM
3 		ARA
1 		JPN
3 		AUS
1 		MAL
 VAL
 1st 325*
  • * Season in progress.

References

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  4. ^ Valentino Rossi's hairpin bender leaves Casey Stoner clear for a third MotoGP win
  5. ^ Q & A with Casey Stoner
  6. ^ Steve Parrish on Casey Stoner
  7. ^ Motorcycling: Stoner takes fourth consecutive pole at German GP
  8. ^ Sublime Stoner beats Rossi to Donington glory
  9. ^ Casey Stoner makes case for MotoGP title
  10. ^ Sachsenring MotoGP: Casey Stoner fastest after massive crash
  11. ^ Stoner wins again at wet Sachsenring
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