| | | | MotoGP Motegi : A historical Grand Prix |  Written: 24/09/2007 : 14:41. Read 1649 times (7/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Last Sunday, in Japan at Motegi, took place under a cloudy sky, a Grand prix that we can qualify of Historical.
Loris Capirossi has won for the third year straight, Randy De Puniet made his first podium ever in MotoGP, and Most of all, Casey Stoner became 2007 MotoGP World Champion.
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Casey Stoner, valedictorian
He made his worst race ever this season, but despite that he is world champion...
Ok, he was sixth, but it is his worst result in the 2007 season, Casey Stoner always finished in the Top 5... And just because of that, it was impossible to imagine that the title would not belong to him.
At Motegi, e did not have to force his talent, as his major contender was far away off the game...
His only goal was to finish on his wheels (ahead Rossi), he did it, and he is world champion and most of all he diserves it.
Stoner has dominated all his contenders and take the best part of his package (bike/tyres).
But being world champion is also emotional...
"At the moment it all feels a little bit unrealistic! I'm struggling for words, I don't think there's any feeling that can compare to this, but I think it's really going to sink in as the day goes on and heads into tomorrow."
But casey puts back his feet on the ground and talk about his race :
"The race started out quite well, we were able to get up front quite early and I had a reasonably good feeling with the bike, I was in a happy position. But then my rain tyres started wearing out as the track dried, and Valentino and Dani (Pedrosa) came past. I didn't really know whether to come in or not, then my team put 'box' on my pitboard, so I had a bit more confidence to come in. After I changed bikes there was something up with the steering damper, the bike wasn't allowing me to tip into corners, so I had to slow down to unwind it. Then I started to find more of a rhythm, Valentino had a problem and we managed to finish ahead of him. I guess that was the aim of the game today."
Like the artist who see him offer an Oscar, Casey Stoner does not forgot his team and all those who have take a part in his great succes :
"Towards the end everything was creeping into my head, so I just tried to stay focused on the job in hand, I wanted to bring it home for my team. The whole thing is a bit overwhelming, because we didn't really expect to get the cha ...
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