Buzzin MotoGP

This weekend is the Moto GP in Estoril, Portugal, and Casey Stoner feels confident he will back on top after a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix.

The Ducati-Marlboro rider, could only manage eleventh place at the Jerez track after twice running off of the circuit and into the gravel pit.

Stoner said of the coming race “This circuit is not one of my favourites.  Everyone has the same opinion here, it is a difficult track, very technical, and it is not really enjoyable.  But we’ve always had good results here and always been quite fast here, so with the Ducati -Bridgestone package we should be fast enough to be pushing for another win.  It will be difficult though, as there are a lot of people going quick this year.”

When speaking about the Jerez race, Stoner said “It was very frustrating.  All weekend we put in a lot of effort to make the bike go around the circuit and I thought at worst we could have got fifth.  And with the lap times after we went off track, I think we showed we could do it.  But no matter how much effort I put in, nothing went right.  I saw a position that was reasonable, and I knew I could have got into the top seven, and I think, been in the battle for fifth.  Then, when it slipped away from someone else making a mistake on me, I thought, ‘okay, I made a mistake at the beginning of the race and it can’t get any worse than that. ‘  And it happened again.  I couldn’t believe it.  It was a very disappointing weekend, very, very disappointing.”