Casey Stoner's Dummy

[Valentino Rossi]

Originally Posted by Dani Pedrosa

Que ees all thees? For sure that ees my teddee. That beeg bullee Valentino Rossi pinched eet off me!

For sure Dani
We remember this and........

[luckyskua]

I don't think Casey was right to say he would have won were it not for Valentino's close riding. His Ducati looked to be out of shape to Rossi's on almost every corner with much more movement compared to Rossi who was super smooth for once. With all that traction trouble I would guess that the suspension was set too hard and although he could get past Rossi he could not make any break away and he was probably more troubled by that. I hoped Rossi would have been more sporting and let Stoner past after his early error at the Corkscrew (to have a proper go) but when the flag drops its more common to be impulsive than reserved. As for his post race comments (Stoners) he wasn't going to make up any mileage and if he is really bothered then he should make a protest to Clerk of the course, otherwise keep quiet.