Stoner is looking forward to wrap up his first world crown with victory at the new San Marino MotoGP at Misano. The only rider to miss a world triumph with a massive lead was Mick Doohan, who led by 65 points with five races left in 1992 before injury struck. Competing the MotoGP class for the Ducati Marlboro team, Stoner goes into Sunday’s 28-lap race holding a commanding 60-point lead over Valentino Rossi. Winning the last six Italian Moto GPs in a row, Yamaha’s Rossi has not yet yielded in his pursuit of Stoner.
Completing two demonstration laps earlier this year at the World Ducati Weekend the leader slams the Misano circuit.
Stoner said:
I did two laps on the Ducati test bike and my brains nearly got rattled out through my head. It’s not really a Grand Prix track and the right hand corner coming off the back straight is fast, perhaps a little too fast. I think it needs to be improved because it’s very bumpy. So it’s going to be pretty loose on these bikes. The track is a lot bumpier than Laguna Seca. There are a lot of long corners with a lot of pressure on the front tyre.
Hosting a MotoGP race on the track for the first time since 1993, Stoner is not the lone rider to condemn, as several other riders also back him.
Via: BBC
