Casey Stoner has already showed his prowess in this season of MotoGP (FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix). The Aussie rider claimed seven victories of the 12 races so far aboard his Ducati Desmosedici V4. He aims to score more wins to ensure his championship crown this season. Stoner currently leads the point standings with a total of 246 points, a 60-point lead ahead of his closest rival, the 7-time world champion Valentino Rossi.

Stoner and the rest of Ducati Marboro Team now prepares for the next race in Misano circuit for the 2007 San Marino Grand Prix.

Stoner commented:
"Misano will be a strange race because nobody really knows what it will be like to race a MotoGP bike round there. Loris and I did two display laps at the World Ducati Weekend because the fans wanted to see the Desmosedici race bike. The track isn’t too bad but I feel it needs to be improved because it’s very bumpy, so it’s going to be pretty loose on these bikes. We’ll just have to wait and see how it goes, it could be good for us. I still want to try and win races, if we do good work in practice and we have a good rhythm, we will try and win, if not we will just do the best job we can."

"Every race now I feel less pressure because this season has been unbelievable for us, we’ve proven we’re fast enough, we’ve already won a few races and we’ve got a bigger points advantage. I’m already very happy with the season, so I don’t feel any more pressure. We’re getting the results because we all work really hard: Ducati and the team work hard, Bridgestone works hard, I give them good information and I’ve been training really hard off the track."

Livio Suppo, Ducati MotoGP project director also commeted:
"As an Italian Factory it is always a special event for us to race in Italy and it is a dream for us to be going to Misano leading the World Championship. Although we are having a fantastic season we have yet to win a MotoGP race on home tarmac, so Casey and Loris will be doing their best on Sunday. Casey is doing a fantastic job at the moment, he really is an incredible rider, so talented and so focused, it is a real pleasure to work with him."

I guess the upcoming San Marino GP is really an advantage for Ducati team. It is Ducati’s ground brother!